The Silmarillion: Chapter Eight: Of the Darkening of Valinor
An Unexpected Podcast: Talkin' Tolkien
Lord of the Rings
4.7 • 651 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 215 minutes
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Summary
SPECIAL GUEST: In this episode, we dive into one of the most devastating and pivotal moments in Tolkien’s legendarium: The Darkening of Valinor from The Silmarillion.
This chapter marks the destruction of the Two Trees, the rise of Morgoth’s power, and the beginning of the long darkness that shapes the fate of Middle-earth.
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We break down:
- The role of Morgoth and Ungoliant
- The destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor
- The theft of the Silmarils
- The consequences for the Valar, the Elves, and the world
Whether you’re reading The Silmarillion for the first time or revisiting Tolkien’s deeper lore, this breakdown will help you understand one of the most important turning points in the entire story.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends and welcome to an unexpected podcast. I'm Ez. |
| 0:16.3 | And I'm Lane. |
| 0:18.4 | And I'm Jake. |
| 0:20.2 | And we're talking talking. |
| 0:22.6 | We're coming to you from three separate locations, the power of three, up in the |
| 0:27.6 | north farthing in Gandalf's Pad, the Flannel Wizards, a beautiful home, in the back end of America, |
| 0:35.6 | here in Amanda, and also in the Minas Tirith of England in Crouch End with Jake in London. |
| 0:43.3 | Let's go, baby. That's your line. Let's go. What are we doing this week? And I'm leading into it this week, friends. |
| 0:50.3 | You thought I didn't know. You thought I didn't know. I literally have pulled up here |
| 0:56.2 | an actual thing that I was going to read and you just... |
| 1:00.0 | I ruined it. Lime. Oh, I steam rolled. Oh, man. Oh, man. It was... |
| 1:05.2 | Shame. Well, what, did you see that? I was... Yeah, your camera's pretty fancy, man. |
| 1:10.2 | God dang. I'm trying to hide the laundry in the |
| 1:11.9 | background there, but it's, it's still, it's, it's still. Lanes? Lanes? You're actually doing this. |
| 1:17.1 | Sorry, Jake, we're already out of control. We're already out of control, man. |
| 1:20.7 | Look, there's Jake's, okay, we have the vision. All right. There's definitely a conspiracy |
| 1:26.3 | happening here. No, This week, friends, |
| 1:29.8 | this week we're talking about the darkening of Valanor. And I have to disclose that this episode |
| 1:35.8 | was actually postponed due to the darkening of the North Farthing. Yes. It was so dark in my house that we could not actually podcast. No. And then to go with the power of three, this is the third attempt. It was attempted on Friday. Right. It was attempted on Saturday. And it was so close on Saturday, man. It was so close. I don't know what you guys, but that tension, I told Sarah, I was like, |
| 2:02.1 | I love being titulated like this. |
| 2:03.3 | And she was like, do you? |
| 2:05.0 | You do, don't you? And I was just like, this tease is awesome. Like, it's like, are we, aren't we? What's going to happen? Is it going to work out? Is the internet going to come back on? And it was more like the power, right? |
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