30. B2:C3 - The Ring Goes South - [LoTR Read Along]

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The Nicks talk about getting used to crazy amounts of noise, or the lack thereof. The forming of the Fellowship of The Ring, as in the title of this volume of the novel. The preparations of the Fellowship, and the courage of the hobbits as they set forth. The lands between Rivendell and The Gap of Rohan, the mountains under which the ancient civilization of the Dwarves: Khazad-Dûm was crafted. Being beaten down by the misfortune of weather, and why you should read the next chapter in the dark! All this and more of Tolkien's world in this episode of Green Dragon Live!

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LoTRproject.com interactive map - Caution: spoilers for new readers!

Notes for this episode

THIS JUST IN!

THE COUNCIL WAS DECISIVE!THE RING MUST BE DESTROYED!

THE HALFLING STILL CARRIES THE RING

SAMWISE GAMGEE STILL GOING ALONG!

WHAT BRAVE SOULS WILL ACCOMPANY?

WHO WILL REPRESENT THE FREE PEOPLE?WHERE ARE THE RIDERS NOW? DID THEY SURVIVE?WHEN WILL THIS STORY CONTINUE, AND WHAT DID THEY NAME THE PONY? The story in this chapter:

• Hobbits meet by themselves
  • Merry and Pippin want to go
  • “Nothing’s been decided yet” What were you all doing in there then?
• Scouts sent out to look for signs of the riders and other enemies
• Gandalf overheard a hobbit say that people of intelligence are needed -- tells Frodo that he is THINKING of coming along.
• 2 Months go by - Winter sets in. Council of Elrond October 25 - Fellowship leaves December 25
  • Scouts return 8 of 9 Nazgul accounted for - scattered and sent back to Mordor, no Gollum
  • Bilbo and Frodo meet one on one for the last time - Sting, Mithril coat
  • Fellowship officially formed
    • Gimli will represent Dwarves
    • Legolas Elves
    • Aragorn Men (Boromir coming too)
    • Gandalf shall be the intelligence
    • Frodo
    • Sam - packing his things
    • ...2 spots left. Elrond wants to send two from his house- Merry and Pippin interrupt. Elrond is okay with Merry, but not Pippin.
• Southward bound
• Hollin
  • Aragorn starts being a Ranger!!! He notices there are no bird sounds -- odd to him. So silent that the fellowship merely talking “vibrates the ground”.
    • Gandalf says that you always listen to a ranger, especially when it’s Aragorn!
  • Crebain
  • SPIES OF STAR WARS!
• The Redhorn Gate - Over Caradhras
  • The mountain defeats them.

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