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The Shire: Home of the Hobbits

November 9, 2022

The Shire is home to the Hobbits, and involved the commonly known large houses and holes that were also inhabited by large families - where all Hobbits lived.  However, in Bilbo’s days, only the richest and poorest of the Hobbits lived in hobbit holes, while the others had to adopt other forms of abode. Regions (0:22) The Shire was first divided into 4 quarters, called the Farthings - North, South, East, and West - within which there are a different number of folklands. While Tooks ...

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Introducing the new...YouTube Community Tab

YouTube Community Tab

November 7, 2022

So....I just got access to the YouTube Community Tab! It has been nice to be able to use this tab for polls, questions, and connections. YouTube Community Tab! At first, I thought it was some sort of joke...though in another channel I rarely use, I got access to the Community Tab a few days before, and then had that retracted. And I had it back a few days later, right when I had it for this one. Maybe there's no subscriber limit anymore? I had heard you needed a certain amount of ...

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What happened to the Dwarves before The Hobbit?

October 23, 2022

Dwarves had different relations compared to the Valar and the Elves, especially Aulë. Making and Awakening of the Dwarves The Dwarves were made by Aulë, who kept this work hidden from the Valar, against the will of Eru. When asked, Aulë said he didn’t desire lordship. He would later repent. “I desired things other than I am, to love and teach them, so that they too might perceive the beauty of Eä…and in my impatience I have fallen into folly.” (Silmarillion, “Of Aulë and ...

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Isildur’s Bane: Disaster of the Gladden Fields

October 13, 2022

Isildur, the son of Elendil, returned to Gondor after the fall of Sauron and remained there for a year. Unbeknownst to many in this context - Sauron was at the time diminished but not destroyed.  As a man of great pride and vigor, he had become the King of Arnor, as well as proclaim his sovereign lordship over the Dúnedain in the North and South. Disaster of the Gladden Fields Since he had left his wife and sons in Imladris, and wanted to seek counsel from Elrond, he had desired to ...

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The Downfall of Númenor

September 29, 2022

Before the Downfall of Númenor, Men fell swiftly under Morgoth, as they listened to his evil and cunning words. While they feared the darkness they believed, they also worshipped it.  Thus, some of them would sail west, as “they had heard a rumour that in the West there was a light which the Shadow could not dim.” (Silmarillion, “Akallabêth”) Eärendil had sailed west just before then and never returned. After Manwë put forth Morgoth and shut him beyond the world for him never to return, ...

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Rings of Power Episode 4 Breakdown + Review

September 22, 2022

Rings of Power Episode 4 - So I first thought about ceasing watching #ringsofpower after two episodes but I heard from some people I knew that Episode 4 gets much better than the previous ones. So maybe it’s worth giving a shot. Personally I won’t have much time to go through all the episodes but would be able to go through some of them. Yes I have watched episode 3. Of course we got to see #Númenor for the first time! And Númenor looks like #middleearth in my opinion. Of course ...

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