190: The Hobbit 59: The Battle of Five Armies
Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained
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🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Why do Tolkien's battles feel so different from his other scenes? Something changes in his writing style, and I think I've figured it out. Oh, and lots of fun details from the battle. ;)
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| 1:01.2 | Recall. |
| 1:10.2 | Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lore cast, the show that explores the background of Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning. |
| 1:38.3 | We are now at the Battle of Five Armies, and this has been a moment that I've been waiting to get to for a very long time, because it's a really cool moment. The dwarves show up, the men and the elves have to deal with them, but then, oh no, there are goblins here and wargs, and so now they have to deal with them, but then, oh, no, there are goblins here and wargs, |
| 1:45.0 | and so now they have to deal with those, and so they band together. |
| 1:48.1 | And then, of course, there's the scene where Thorne and Company come out of the mountain. |
| 1:53.1 | And we'll get to all that. |
| 1:54.4 | But before I get to that, I want to point out something that I've mentioned before, |
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