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Join Jude and Stef for a fun, informal AthraChat about Amazon’s The Lords of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 4. Beware of spoilers and a tree or mud that may swallow you.

Citations: Francesco Nepitello on Twitter: @FNepitelloThe One Ring by Free League Publishing: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/the-one-ring/  (Accessed August 27, 2024)War of the Ring strategy game by Ares Games: https://www.aresgames.eu/games/war-of-the-ring-line (Accessed August 27, 2024)

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Jude and Stef discuss the first episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - season two! Beware spoilers for episode 1 of season 2, as well as spicy opinions about Elrond, elven set-design, and which version of Sauron is sexiest!

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1985. Kindle edition, eISBN: 978-0-358-61268-1, Version 07182023KO v1.0421 (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Lays of Beleriand”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Lays_of_Beleriand (Accessed July 12, 2024)Tolkien Society - Oxonmoot 51: Thursday, August 29 - Sunday, September 1.Website: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/

Citations: Garth, John. Tolkien And The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. First Mariner Books edition 2005. eISBN 978-0-544-26372-7. V2.0519. (Accessed June 30, 2024)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed June 30, 2024)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 30, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for Eärendil https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/E%C3%A4rendil (Accessed June 29, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for The Book of Lost Tales: Part Twohttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Book_of_Lost_Tales:_Part_Two (Accessed June 29, 2024)Tolkien Gateway entry for The Tale of Eärendelhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Tale_of_E%C3%A4rendel (Accessed June 29, 2024)Join the Athrabeth Discord!https://discord.gg/x5UVB7M3Summer learning opportunities:Saturday July 6: Tolkien Society Summer Seminar - Tolkien’s Romantic Resonanceshttps://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/the-tolkien-society-hybrid-seminar-2024-tolkiens-romantic-resonances/ (Accessed June 29, 2024)Sunday August 4: From the Politics and Prose bookstore - “Tolkien's “The Athrabeth” and “Myths Transformed” Presented by Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger. https://www.politics-prose.com/class/online-class-tolkiens-athrabeth-and-myths-transformed-2485 (Accessed June 29, 2024)Thank you to friend-of-the-show Clare Moore for alerting us to this class! Clare can be found on Twitter @claremoore94Thursday August 29- Sunday Sept. 1: Tolkien Society - Oxonmoot 51https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/ (Accessed June 29, 2024) 

CitationsTolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. Takahashi, Dean. A new generation of J.R.R. Tolkien games is coming | Lee Guinchard exclusive interview. Venture Beat website.  https://venturebeat.com/games/a-new-generation-of-j-r-r-tolkien-games-is-coming-lee-guinchard-exclusive-interview/ (Accessed June 4, 2024)New York Tolkien Conference 2024https://nyctolkienconference.wordpress.com (Accessed June 4, 2024)Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2024https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2024/ (Accessed June 4, 2024)

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.Tolkien Gateway entry for “The Music of the Ainur” https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Music_of_the_Ainur (Accessed April 27, 2024)

Citations: Thank you to Fornad for joining us this month on Athrabeth! Check out these ArdaCraft links: ArdaCraft’s linktree: https://linktr.ee/ardacraftArdaCraft homepage: https://ardacraft.me/How to join ArdaCraft: https://ardacraft.me/join/Discord: https://discord.com/invite/qcYBkCmAKZPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArdacraftYou Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArdaCraftMCInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ardacraft/TikTok: https://tr.ee/gM2mTG1JeSTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArdaCraft_Bluesky: https://staging.bsky.app/profile/ardacraft.bsky.socialOfficial Server List: https://findmcserver.com/server/ardacraftPlanet Minecraft: https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/ardacraft/See their beautiful map: https://ardacraft.io/map/Here is an incredible Google Earth view of the ArdaCraft map: https://sites.google.com/view/micahvanderlugt/middle-earth?authuser=0 

Citations: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.

Citations:Berridge, Elizabeth. “Recent Fiction”. The Daily Telegraph. Friday, 2 December, 1983, Page 21. Accessed through Newspapers.com on January 27, 2024.Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983.TolkienBooks.net “An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography”https://tolkienbooks.net/php/home-contents.php#i (Accessed 2/6/24)

Citations:Thank you to the panelists of the “Tolkien and New Media” panel at Oxonmoot 50, September 2, 2023:Marcel R. Bülles, a.k.a. The Tolkienist: Tolkien scholar and founder of the German Tolkien Society. @The_Tolkienist, @thetolkienist.com, https://thetolkienist.com/Mercury Natis, Queer historian and Tolkien scholar. @Mercuryreads, @mercuryreads.bsky.social, https://lushthemagicdragon.carrd.co/S.R. Westvik, Tolkien scholar, writer and researcher. @srwestvik, @srwestvik.bsky.social, https://srwestvik.com/Tolkien Experience Podcast episode 18 with Luke Shelton and Maria Alberto: https://luke-shelton.com/2020/08/28/tep-18-maria-alberto/Tim Scholz : Tim’s Tolkien Tempel websitehttps://www.tims-tolkien-tempel.de/Poem “Why Bother?” by Sean Thomas DoughertyFrom his book The Second O of Sorrow.https://www.boaeditions.org/blogs/main/poem-of-the-week-august-27-2018Jude mentioned the artist ElmenelWebsite: https://www.parmaeldalieva.com/Patreon: www.patreon.com/Elmenel

Citations:Thank you to Thomas P. Hillman for joining us on Athrabeth! Tom’s book: “Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many” is being published on December 19, 2023 by The Kent State University Presshttps://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2023/pity-power-and-tolkiens-ring/?highlight=Pity%20PowerTom’s blog: Alas, not mehttps://alasnotme.blogspot.com/Tom’s YouTube channel: @tomhillman9519https://www.youtube.com/@tomhillman9519Tom’s social media:Twitter: @alas_not_meBsky: @alas-not-me.bsky.socialInstagram: @alas_not_me You also find him on Facebook! The book Tom mentioned is: “Pagan Saints in Middle-earth” by Claudio A. TestiOur pal Dr. Luke Shelton can be found on Twitter @LukeBShelton

Citations: The Book of Lost Tales, part 1Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed 10/26/23)Histories Volume 4Tolkien, J. R. R. The Shaping of Middle-earth. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 4. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1986. The HobbitTolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)The Lord of the RingsTolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)The SilmarillionTolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Back Doorhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Back_Door (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Doors of Durin https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Doors_of_Durin (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Door of Nighthttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Door_of_Night (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Fen Hollenhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Fen_Hollen (Accessed 10/26/23)Tolkien Gateway entry for Paths of the Deadhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Paths_of_the_Dead (Accessed 10/26/23)Jude’s other podcast: The Babylon Podject, https://babylonpod.page/, @babylonpodject In this episode Jude plugged DIE by Kieron Gillen: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/die

Citations:The One Ring role playing game by Free League: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/the-one-ring/Cast:Lore Master: James Kaku Pierson, @jpiersonTheo Fleetfoot: Max JiménezOzzie Oiolaire: Zeke Pease, @ezpease,  @greenvillearms Iadar Listbalarion: Jude Vais, @eremiticjudePumpkins Proudfoot: Stef Midlock, @thenorthfourTitle music is “Lord of the Devil Rings” by Ponymusic, courtesy of Pond5Soundscapes provided by Tabletop Audio, https://tabletopaudio.comAdditional Music and sound effects licensed from soundstripe, https://www.soundstripe.com  Support Zeke and check out The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn! https://www.greenvillearms.com

Citations (episode notes)Thank you to Jordan Rannells for joining us!Jordan’s website: https://jordanrannells.com/Kickstarter: An Unexpected Soundscape & A Soundscape of EäKickstarer link: http://kck.st/46khBIpEnds in the morning on Friday, October 13!Athrabeth listeners can use promo code LOTR25 to get 25% off the entire collection of A Long Expected Soundscape on Jordan’s webshop: https://jordanrannells.com/shopJoin Jordan’s Discord: https://discord.gg/kWqw8SXtjJordan’s Social Media:YouTube: @alongexpectedsoundscape514Instagram: @jordanellisrannellsTwitter: @LOTRSoundscapeJordan's Music of Middle-earth podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-music-of-middle-earth/id1498646998A Long-Expected Soundscape Full Sample on YouTube:https://youtu.be/1Mjxw_x6Th0?si=AjnOV3Ql6SGRJS4a  Sample tracks heard in today’s episode:Sample 1: TreebeardSample 2: Black GateSample 3: Sam finds Frodo(All used with permission from the artist)Folks Jordan mentioned:Victor Wooten (Bassist and music educator): https://www.victorwooten.com/, @VictorWooten Bret Devereaux (Military historian): https://acoup.blog/, @BretDevereauxThank you again, Jordan! 

CitationsThe Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs(Accessed July 7, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin(Accessed July 30, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gothmog (balrog)”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_(balrog)(Accessed July 30, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Udûn (disambiguation)”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ud%C3%BBn_(disambiguation)(Accessed July 19, 2023)Allan, Jim. “A Flying Balrog”. Mallorn, issue 54, Spring 2013. pp. 43-44Harrison, Juliette “The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated”Published June 5, 2023, Den of Geek websitehttps://www.denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-1950-movie-you-never-saw/ (Accessed July 23, 2023)Tierney, Alan. “Balrogs: Being and Becoming”. Mallorn, issue 49, Spring 2010. pp. 31-37Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fall of Gondolin. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 2018. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 25, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3. HarperCollins, London, 1985. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07.  (Accessed June 24, 2023)SAG-AFTRA Strike FAQS for Podcastshttps://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs (Accessed July 22, 2023)

CitationsThe Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Balrogs”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Balrogs(Accessed July 7, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gondolin”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gondolin(Accessed July 30, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Gothmog (balrog)”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_(balrog)(Accessed July 30, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Udûn (disambiguation)”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ud%C3%BBn_(disambiguation)(Accessed July 19, 2023)Allan, Jim. “A Flying Balrog”. Mallorn, issue 54, Spring 2013. pp. 43-44Harrison, Juliette “The 1950s Lord of the Rings Movie That J.R.R. Tolkien Absolutely Hated”Published June 5, 2023, Den of Geek websitehttps://www.denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of-the-rings-1950-movie-you-never-saw/ (Accessed July 23, 2023)Tierney, Alan. “Balrogs: Being and Becoming”. Mallorn, issue 49, Spring 2010. pp. 31-37Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fall of Gondolin. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, London, 2018. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 25, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lays of Beleriand. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 3. HarperCollins, London, 1985. Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 24, 2023)Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07.  (Accessed June 24, 2023)SAG-AFTRA Strike FAQS for Podcastshttps://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs (Accessed July 22, 2023)

CitationsThe Tolkien Society- Summer Seminar, “Númenor, the Mighty and Frail”: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)The Tolkien Society- Oxonmoot 2023: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2023/ (Accessed June 24, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. HarperCollins E-Books. ISBN 978-0-00-732260. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. HarperCollins e-books. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed June 20, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Thranduilhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thranduil (Accessed June 20, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Oropherhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oropher (Accessed June 20, 2023)Google Image Search for “Sexy Lee Pace Thranduil”https://images.google.com/ (Accessed June 20, 2023)

CitationsTolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part I. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 1. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1983. (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Book of Lost Tales, Part II. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. The History of Middle-earth: Vol. 2. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984. (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien, J. R. R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Apple Books edition. (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Maiarhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Maiar (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Ossëhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oss%C3%AB (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien Gateway entry for Uinenhttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Uinen (Accessed May 20, 2023)Tolkien Society Summer Seminar: Númenor, the Mighty and Frail- Sunday July 2, 2023https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/seminar-2023/Clare Moore’s Twitter name: @claremoore914