58: The Downfall of Doriath
Lord of the Rings Lorecast
Robots Radio
5 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Thingol, now the possessor of both a Silmaril and the Nauglamir, decides he wants to combine the two, and makes the terrible decision to hire dwarves to do so.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lore cast, |
| 0:09.0 | the show that explores the background of Tolkien episode, |
| 0:39.2 | then what are we doing down here with the dwarves and the mines again? |
| 0:46.3 | Well, this story starts off with Thingl, King Thingle of Doria, |
| 0:54.0 | having recently reacquired the Naglamir from Huren. |
| 1:00.3 | This story picks up right as the events of the last episode, I guess finish off, I guess you |
| 1:08.3 | could say. |
| 1:09.0 | This is the same chapter in the Silmarillion, chapter 22. |
| 1:12.8 | And it's interesting how this story of Huron goes right into the whole second half of this |
| 1:19.6 | chapter, which is focused on Thingl and Dorias. |
| 1:23.6 | It's like Huron brings us on this journey across these locations that we've been to, and |
| 1:30.3 | then now back to Doriath, and then we're back to, well, let's continue the story about Doriath and |
| 1:35.8 | Thingl. It's an interesting way that Christopher Tolkien kind of weaved these stories together |
| 1:41.2 | in this chapter. And the story of Doria here is important. It's, |
| 1:47.0 | it kind of comes out of left field. It's like Christopher was saying, hey, remember that story |
| 1:54.8 | about Baron and Luthian? Remember the whole thing about the Silmaril? Remember Thingle's greed? |
| 2:01.2 | And I guess you could call it... |
| 2:03.9 | No, I think you have to call it greed. |
| 2:05.9 | Because as we know, |
| 2:08.9 | Dingle was never in Valenor. |
| 2:10.9 | Thingle is not one of the Noldor. |
| 2:13.5 | Thingle's desire to possess a Silmaril |
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