Well, good evening, little masters, and welcome to episode 285 of the Brancig Boni podcast

where we wonder if there's a baggage charge when the traveler is the bag.

Have you not listened to a word, Mary Settman?

He's not a bag!

Not what Elfilm says.

Folks, pull up a bench in the common room and join us.

I'm Marcel, the Tolkienist, and I'm here with a man of the West who coincidentally

is also gnarled as an old stone Ellen Sisto.

Well, I think my beard might be a little less mossy than old Hans, though.

So, folks, join us as Mary refuses to be put in the overhead compartment.

Theodin meets with a strange man, and we find a really nice side road to avoid traffic.

In the first of two long episodes on the short chapter, the ride of the Rohirrim, the

fifth chapter in the Return of the King.

Folks, some of you are here in this podcast for the very first time, and to you, we bid

a very warm welcome.

Here at the Brancig Boni podcast, we are reading, talking, speculating, and often joking,

our way through middle-earth a few pages at a time.

That's right.

Now, we do take a deep dive into the lore, we explore how the story came to be, talk about

our favorite themes, and a whole lot more.

But in a lighthearted and fun way, like friends, chatting at the pub, which we have

actually done a number times by now, I might add.

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