The Tolkien Road

In episode 4 of our epic, chapter-by-chapter Silmarillion journey, we’ll explore the first half of Chapter 1, “Of The Beginning of Days”.
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This chapter concludes the era of Aldarion, one of the most important kings in the history of Númenor. As we learned in the last episode, his father, Tar-Meneldur, chose to turn the rule of Númenor over to Aldarion earlier than was normal, due to a letter from the Elven High-King Gil-galad. asking for Númenor’s aid amidst the increasingly dire situation in Middle-earth. In this chapter, we’ll explore Aldarion’s reign, as well as what becomes of his wife Erendis and daughter Ancalimë.
As with our last few episodes, this is a longer chapter than most of the Fall of Númenor chapters, so we’ll only be hitting the high points.
However, if you’d like a more in-depth discussion of the tale of Aldarion and Erendis, to include Greta’s perspective, please check out the notes, or just go back and find episodes 183, 185, 186, and 187.
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DISCUSSION EPISODES ON THE MARINER'S WIFE / ALDARION & ERENDIS:
EP183: https://youtu.be/Ey76ckHwROE
EP185: https://youtu.be/l83a6Idacg4
EP186: https://youtu.be/NgcX2-QOmSI
EP187: https://youtu.be/8HzR-raLIjc 
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Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, so given we are in his birth month, we’ll be revisiting our four-part series on his life story over the next few Fridays.
In this episode, we’ll revisit part three, as we examine the years from 1937 to 1949, as Tolkien struggles to surpass The Hobbit with a far more ambitious sequel while enduring the uncertainties of World War II in Great Britain.

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In episode 3 of our epic, chapter-by-chapter Silmarillion journey, we’ll explore Valaquenta, an account and description of the gods of Middle-earth, including the first inklings of Gandalf’s origin story.
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Read Tolkien's Overture - Concerning the Music of the Ainur: https://tolkiensoverture.com/
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This chapter continues the story of Aldarion, destined to be Númenor’s 6th King. While it begins with the wedding, long-expected, of Aldarion and Erendis, it concludes with many events unexpected, including word from Gil-galad to the King of Númenor regarding “ a new shadow arising in the East”.
This is a long chapter dense with nuance and character development, perhaps the richest glimpse we get into the various psyches of Númenoreans as individuals, and while I’d love to give it a much more in depth reading, I’m only going to hit the high points as regards this history of Númenor.
However, if you’d like a more in-depth discussion of this story between me and Greta, please check out the notes, or just go back and find episodes 183, 185, 186, and 187.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE » https://youtu.be/Ega_4eoLio4
DISCUSSION EPISODES ON THE MARINER'S WIFE / ALDARION & ERENDIS:
EP183: https://youtu.be/Ey76ckHwROE
EP185: https://youtu.be/l83a6Idacg4
EP186: https://youtu.be/NgcX2-QOmSI
EP187: https://youtu.be/8HzR-raLIjc 
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