0:00.0	Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lorecast, the show that explores the background of Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning. It's getting...
0:21.6	It's getting... kind of a...
0:40.3	rough out here.
0:43.3	There's a storm off, um, on the horizon.
0:48.3	And I'm sure you can hear the just echoing thunder.
0:52.3	It's... it's clearly coming this way.
0:57.2	Well, I'll try to get this recorded it while I can.
1:03.0	Something I want you to be aware of when we're talking about the story of Turoin.
1:10.4	We've talked about this before, but keep this in mind, especially for this episode,
1:15.6	that this is a tragedy.
1:21.6	This story, just like the encroaching clouds, will keep getting darker and darker.
1:31.3	And in this episode, I want you to...
1:35.3	There goes again.
1:36.8	I want you to...
1:39.3	Think about something I find particularly interesting about these stories,
1:43.0	because in this section, the thing
1:44.7	that I'm about to explain to you, we get two examples. And notice, have you noticed how some of
1:52.5	these things happen in pairs or trios in Tolkien's work? We have a character, Turin, who has accidentally done some terrible things. And when you
2:07.4	think about it, it's usually because he's acting in haste and acting in very real human-like ways.
2:18.8	When somebody picks on him, he responds.
2:22.3	He stands up for himself.
2:24.2	When he is scared, he reacts.
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