Now ringed in by the Rohirrim, the Orcs wait for reinforcements, all the while continuing their civilized parliamentary deliberations. Grishnákh seizes an opportunity — and the prisoners — but Pippin thinks quickly and devises a Tookish (and very...
The Hobbits continue their zero-star walking tour of Rohan, trudging along with the Orcs in an endless tunnel of misery with nary a pub nor a B&B in sight. We wonder about Orc parents’ baby naming practices, revisit The Fall of Gondolin, and imagine...
Looks like meat's back on the menu as we pick up the tale of Pippin and Merry and their delightful hosts: an army of Orcs on their way to Isengard. We learn way more about Orkish medicine than we ever wanted to, offer a sidebar on the history of the...
While Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli look for their horses, we welcome listeners to the common-room for our last live Q&A episode of 2020! We speculate on what Lobelia might have done if the One Ring had fallen into her hands along with Bilbo's spoons...
Éomer bends the rules "just this once" to let the wanderers go free in Rohan, and even lends them cocon— uh, horses* to ride, on the condition that after they find the bodies— uh, their friends*, they return the rentals to Edoras in good condition...
Éomer, Third Marshal of the Riddermark, demands proper identification from the Three Hunters, and Aragorn gives it to him by name-dropping a lineage going back three thousand years and unsheathing a sword even older than that. Also, word-nerdery on...
The Three Hunters continue their pursuit across the plains, their hearts growing wearier due to the physical effects of Saruman's opposing will. A new sunrise brings new counsel, and a chance meeting (if chance you call it) with an éored of Rohan's...
Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli pursue the Orcs taking Merry and Pippin through Rohan, where the folk of Eorl raise the greatest cocon— uh, horses. Real-life horses. But the Orcs are moving quickly, not stopping by night or by day; and for the three...
The three remaining members of the Fellowship of the Ring (as far as they know) prepare Boromir for his last journey down the Anduin, and as the son of Denethor floats away they eulogize their fallen comrade... in song form! Aragorn steps into the...
Still searching for Frodo after the chaotic events of the previous chapter, Aragorn is interrupted by the sound of Boromir's horn. He arrives on the scene just in time to bid farewell to the fallen hero, and for Shawn to atone for all the Boromir...