Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the Rings
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Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the Rings
Join The Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen, on a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story, and explore Middle-earth through the magical game-world of Lord of the Rings Online.
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Session 350: The Final Darkness
Join us while we grope our way in the dark with Gandalf and the Company.
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Session 347: Gandalf Proposes a Solution
In which Gandalf reveals his plan for enabling the Company to escape their predicament.
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Session 348: He “Sang in Answer a Song of Staying”
In which a real magical duel is fought, though we can't quite tell what is happening.
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Session 349: Gandalf Returns
In which Gandalf faces a deadly opponent and falls ... down the stairs.
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Session 346: Frodo Is Injured Again
In which Corey returns to the Chamber of Mazarbul for the penultimate time, and in which Frodo is skewered like a wild boar.
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Session 345: They Have Come
Tonight we discuss the fight by Balin's tomb, in which Sam experiences his first combat.
Session 344: Frodo's One Moment of Martial Glory
Tonight we return to the cave-troll attack, already in progress. Let's watch as Frodo achieves the acme of his combat career.
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Session 343: The Cave Troll Cameo
Tonight we get more up close and personal with a troll since anyone since Bilbo, and this one is all out of talking purses. Probably.
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Session 342: Resolution
The Company of the Rings resolves to make a stand against overwhelming odds.
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Session 341: Defiance Rather than Hope
Corey returns from Mythmoot to discuss how Gandalf defies the horde of orcs outside the chamber and assesses their odds -- which are not great.
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Session 339: Drums in the Deep
Tonight we are catapulted back into action as the words of the long-studied Book of Mazarbul now spring to life and relevance for the Company.
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Session 340: The Company is Startled into Action
They are coming! But who is coming, and how? And what can we learn from the actions of the company as Doom drives them into action?
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Session 337: Re-Entry
It's time at last to turn from Tolkien's images of the Book of Mazarbul and remember where we are.
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Session 338: Gandalf Sees the Path Clearly
Join us as we watch Gandalf casually figure how to get out from the Chamber of Mazarbul.
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Session 336: The Last Page
Tonight we turn to the last page of Tolkien's illustration of the Book of Mazarbul, and Chad helps Corey interpret the final words of Balin's companio...
Session 335: What Gandalf Spared Them
We return to the book and Ori's beautiful Tengwar, only to read the most grim passage that Gandalf skimmed over.
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Session 334: The Orthography of Ori
Corey returns, once more with the assistance and advice of the inimitable Chad Bornholdt, to the Book of Mazarbul. Tonight, we examine Ori's script!<...
Session 332: The Rosetta Stone of Mazarbul
Tonight we look at Tolkien's Book of Mazarbul illustrations, putting ourselves in Gandalf's shoes and puzzling out the text, with the help of special...
Session 333: More Cirth! The Real Book of Mazarbul Continues...
Tonight, Corey continues to learn the Cirth with Chad Bornholdt's help, and we read more of what Gandalf did not.
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Session 330: A Great Work is Begun
Happy Gondorian New Year! In our second session on the Book of Mazarbul, we will get to the high water mark of Balin's expedition.
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Session 331: Balin's End
Tonight we discuss the end of the Book of Mazarbul, and Balin's end.
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Session 329: Storytime with Gandalf
Tonight we begin our discussion of Gandalf's reading from the Book of Mazarbul!
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Session 328: The Chamber of Records
Tonight we discuss (at least!) our first slide of the new chapter, examining the Chamber of Mazarbul.
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Session 327: The Mournful Inscription
It's time to start a new chapter, and one we've been excitedly waiting for: The Bridge of Khazad-dum. Let's start by learning about runes!
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Session 323: Bilbo's Gifts
We discuss Gimli and Frodo's very different reactions to Gandalf's download of mithril lore.
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Session 325: The Beginning of the Last Day
Tonight, let's check in with Boromir and see what his current assessment of Gandalf's leadership is.
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Session 326: What the Daylight Reveals
Join Corey as he joins the Company is seeing what there is to be seen in the early light of the new day in Moria.
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Session 324: A Chance Meeting
Corey returns just in time for the introduction of central character in the LOTR!
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Session 322: Gandalf's Mithril-Lore
Tonight Corey looks at what Gandalf emphasizes about Moria-silver.
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Session 319: Finding the Third Dimension: the Antepenultimate Stanza
The poetic experiment continues as we examine the last monochrome stanzas of Gimli's poem.
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Session 320: Poetry Appreciation
Corey returns to the world of prose to discuss Sam's response to Gimli's song and the overall shift towards practical application.
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Session 321: What We Know About Mithril
What does Tolkien tell us about mithril? Tonight we discuss the passage that contains about 80-90% of what we know.
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Session 316: The Second Half of the Song
Tonight we continue with our initial pass through Gimli's Khazad-dum poem!
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Session 317: The End of Gimli's Song
Corey discusses the ending of Gimli’s song and then presents his observations on what makes this poem not at all boring.
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Session 318: Finding the Third Dimension: the Middle Stanzas
Tonight we return to Gimli's poem one more time, finding the third poetic dimension in the middle stanzas.
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Session 315: The Dwarves' World
We are back and ready for some poetry. Are you prepared for one of our three biggest glimpses into dwarfdom in all of the LOTR?
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Session 314: The Dwarf Perspective At Last
Tonight, we hear from Gimli at last, and get a glimpse of his experience. And we prepare for the poem!
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Session 313: Uptown Moria
Tonight we come to the end of the second Moria March in comparative comfort, underneath the unseen sky.
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Session 312: The Second March
It is time for the Second March of the Company through Moria. Things are trending up in the deadly dark.
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Session 311: A Humanizing Interlude
Tonight we examine Gandalf and his benevolent nicotine addiction.
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