Exploring Tolkien21 Nov 2023

77. Men Want Power, Isildur Didn’t Kill Sauron, and the Ring’s Mind – with The Tolkien Road!

This week we’re looking at the prologue of Fellowship of the Ring with John Carswell from the Tolkien Road podcast. Listen in as we discuss:

Men Want Power, not Immortality
Elendil’s Battle and Elrond’s Pleading
The Ring’s Got a Mind of its Own

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Could Sauron have made the ring with one of his eyeballs?! 😜
Why didn’t Elrond take the ring from Isildur (in the movie) when he had the chance?
Did Elrond know he couldn’t take the Ring himself (when he was with Isildur)?
How would we have changed the final battle between Elendil/Gil-galad and Sauron?

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The Silmarillion
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