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.
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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Tonight we discuss the fight by Balin's tomb, in which Sam experiences his first combat.
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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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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The Company of the Rings resolves to make a stand against overwhelming odds.
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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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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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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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Join us as we watch Gandalf casually figure how to get out from the Chamber of Mazarbul.
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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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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 companions.
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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!
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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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…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 guest Chad Bornholdt!
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Tonight we begin our discussion of Gandalf's reading from the Book of Mazarbul!
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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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Tonight we discuss the end of the Book of Mazarbul, and Balin's end.
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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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Tonight we discuss (at least!) our first slide of the new chapter, examining the Chamber of Mazarbul.
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Tonight, let's check in with Boromir and see what his current assessment of Gandalf's leadership is.
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