The origins of the Kingdom of Rohan, long-time ally of Gondor, keepers of the white horses called the mearas, and befuddled enemies of Saruman. Today we explore their history, which surprisingly has less to do with horses, an...
Middle-earth’s greatest power couple: Aragorn and Arwen. If we stripped away all the battles, all the struggles, all the rings, dwarves, dragons, dark lords, wizards, Nazgul, hobbits, if we stripped all of that away, and we w...
We explore the rise and fall of Gondor, the southern kingdom, once ruled by Isildur and Anarion, sons of Elendil. We’ll track the line of kings from beginning to end, explore the Ruling Stewards' attempts to repel Mordor, and...
We all know that Aragorn is Isildur’s heir, but there’s 38 generations and nearly 3000 years between them. What happened during that time? Elrond said that Aragorn was “descended through many fathers from Isildur Elendil’s so...
What was the promise that Tolkien made that he wished he could take back? What project was he working on that lead to the delay for the publishing of the final volume of The Lord of the Rings? What part of the book did Tolkie...
Three Rings for the Elven Kings, The Stranger’s new adventure, and Halbrand is back in Mordor. We continue our spoiler-rich adventure—exploring the lore behind the finale of Rings of Power season 1! This our third and final l...
The Stranger banishes the cultists and Sauron twists Galadriel’s mind. We continue our spoiler-rich adventure—exploring the lore behind the finale of Rings of Power season 1! Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspod...
Sauron revealed, Halbrand’s healing miracle, three gemstones, and a fool’s hope: today I’m giving a lore breakdown—scene by scene—of Rings of Power season 1 finale! Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p...
Deadly Harfoots, a weeping Elendil, a jarringly humble Galadriel, kneeling Elves, and who is Celeborn—we’ll wander through all this in more in my breakdown of Rings of Power Season 1, Episode 7: The Eye. Exclusive discounts f...
We explore the lore the origins of Orcs, and entertain some possible answers to the riddles of their creation and redemption. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact info, social m...
We explore the lore from Amazon's Rings of Power Season 1 Episode 6 "Udûn". Water vs fire, speaking Sindarin to horses, translating Black Speech, and Adar's claims about Sauron. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.rings...
Tolkien expert Paul Genesse joins me to talk about Tolkien's power as an author, Galadriel as a character, the first five episodes of Rings of Power, and why Paul trusts what the show runners are doing. Exclusive discounts fo...
We explore the lore (or lack of lore) from Amazon's Rings of Power Season 1 Episode 5 "Partings". From Adar to the Stranger to Númenor. And I offer some thoughts on why Elrond's origin story for mithril is so controversial. E...
We explore Howard Shore's music, and its interesting visual symbols, in Amazon's Rings of Power intro sequence. Use the links below to send me your questions after you watch Rings of Power episode 5! Support the show with a w...
We explore the lore in Amazon's Rings of Power episode 4: The Great Wave. Númenor's White Tree Nimloth, the mysterious sword hilt, Orcish emotions, mithril, and more! With a bonus: is Halbrand connected to Aragorn? Exclusive ...
The Lore behind Amazon's Rings of Power episode 3: Adar. Númenor history and status; Ëarendil, Elros, Elrond; the Orcs, Adar, and Sauron; and a new theory about the Stranger. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspod...
What's going to happen not only in Season 1 of Rings of Power, but in all 5 of the reported seasons? I give my predictions! Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact info, social med...
The lore behind Amazon's Rings of Power episode 2: Adrift. Fëanor, the Silmaril's, Khazad-dûm, and the Stranger utterances. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact info, social med...
Lore and Easter eggs in Amazon's Rings of Power episode 1. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact info, social media links, discounts and more on the Lore of the Rings website: ht...
A brief look at Elrond the Half-elven and his importance in the works of JRR Tolkien. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact info, social media links, discounts and more on the Lo...
The origins of Gil-Galad, Elven King, and Celebrimbor, crafter of the Rings of Power, and how they fit into Amazon's Rings of Power series. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact ...
A quick look at the origins of the Dwarves of Khazad-dum, and the Harfoots—the ancestors of the Hobbits. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact info, social media links, discounts...
A quick look at the background of the cannon characters from Númenor that we'll see portrayed in Amazon's Rings of Power. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact info, social media...
We examine the origins and some surprising tales about the main bad guy of the Third Age of Middle-earth: Sauron. Exclusive discounts for you : https://www.ringspodcast.com/p/discounts/ Find contact info, social media links, ...
