Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lorecast, the show that explores the background of

Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning. So it's already been three episodes.

We're already three episodes into this show.

And thank you for tuning in again.

Welcome back.

So I've already introduced the first three of the Valar, Manway, Al-A, Olmo.

I wanted to take this episode to pause in our story, at least for the most part.

We've introduced the creation of the world, the beginning of time.

And the focus of this episode is introducing the rest of the Valar.

And it's a little bit hard to talk about them outside of some of the things that they

actually do in the rest of the story.

And this is something that I debate internally when thinking about how to talk about them

without covering some of the things that already happen later in the story.

But I guess, spoilers, there's not really a way to say that. And it's, you know, I don't know,

it's, it's one of those things that you debate as a storyteller. Like, do I, do I tell you

only what they are capable of without actually telling you what happens later in the story. And I think in this

episode, I'm going to, I'm going to go ahead and tell you more about the characters and what

happens later in the story in order to give you a more full picture of the Valar and what they

actually do. So if that, if that

ruins it for you in some, in some way, then I guess skip the episode. I don't know. I don't

know the best way to say it. Because it, this being a lore cast is more about getting the information in your head and less about telling the story in order.

I think that's where I come down on this.

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