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Good evening, Little Masters, and welcome to episode 382 of the Prancing Pony Podcast,

where today we begin our 10th season of the PPP with an episode of special magnificence.

And not just because I'm back for this one, right? Although that alone would do it. Oh, well, thank you. I appreciate that. Always good to have you back, Sean. It's always good to be back, my friend. But folks, pull up a bench in the common room and join us. I'm Sean Marquesi, the Lord of the Mark, and I'm here with the men of the West, Alan Sisto. Thank you, Sean. A couple of months back, James Taubour and I had the opportunity to close out season nine of the PPP by talking with Darren Ormandy, head writer for Tales of the Shire from Weta Workshop. Fantastic, chat. If you haven't listened to that, go back and do that. Today, though, the Weta wonderfulness continues. Yeah, that's right. Today, we're joined by not one, but two incredible folks from the creative force in New Zealand.

Leonard Ellis is a sculptor and model maker whose work with Weta runs the gamut from

happy Hobbit holes to the Doers of Duren and more. And our other guest today is Daniel

Falconer, a designer who's been working in Middle Earth for a quarter century from the Fellowship of the Ring all the way up to the War of the Rohirum. He's also the author of the behind the scenes books on the Hobbit film trilogy, the art of the War of the Rohirom, and the massive tome could also be used. I mean, I'm thinking of it like in terms of the Clue film.

Like it's Allen in the library with the book.

With the book.

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