Following an insensitive remark about the “darksome” halls of Khazad-dûm by Samwise at bedtime, Gimli delivers an impassioned defense of his people’s lifestyle choices — in verse — and Gandalf gives a history lesson about Moria and mithril. Safe in his (really valuable) mail-shirt, Frodo takes the first watch… and starts to believe he may not be the only one doing the watching. We revisit the ill will of Caradhras, spoil Gimli’s family reunion plans, and terrify our vegetarian listeners (and Alan) with way too much talk of meat extract.
To watch grown men put something in their stomachs that doesn’t belong there, check out the Top Gear “V8 Beef, Bovril and Brick Smoothie” segment on YouTube here: youtube.com/watch?v=vDlMLqdvHzI
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Recommended Reading:
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings (Mariner Books, paperback) pp. 307-12, “A Journey in the Dark”
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit (Mariner Books, paperback)
Tolkien, J. R. R. (Christopher Tolkien, ed.) The Silmarillion (Mariner Books, paperback)
Where is the info on metallurgy? I was surprised you didn’t think that they would alloy mithril: gold, bronze, silver, white gold, stainless steel are all alloys.