balrogs Archives - THE RINGS OF POWER WRAP-UP https://ringswrapup.com/tag/balrogs/ Presented by The Prancing Pony Podcast Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:37:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/ringswrapup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-ppp-icon-2022.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 balrogs Archives - THE RINGS OF POWER WRAP-UP https://ringswrapup.com/tag/balrogs/ 32 32 202775436 014 – Foundations: Harfoots & Orcs https://ringswrapup.com/014-foundations-harfoots-orcs/ https://ringswrapup.com/014-foundations-harfoots-orcs/#respond Sat, 27 Aug 2022 01:00:00 +0000 https://ringswrapup.com/?p=2328 We conclude our series of foundational episodes with a couple of, uh, shorter entries. First up, a deep dive into what we know of the history of the Harfoots (and other Hobbit folk) in Middle-earth, a people of much greater diversity than you might think. After that, a rundown of Tolkien’s changing views on the […]

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]]> We conclude our series of foundational episodes with a couple of, uh, shorter entries. First up, a deep dive into what we know of the history of the Harfoots (and other Hobbit folk) in Middle-earth, a people of much greater diversity than you might think. After that, a rundown of Tolkien’s changing views on the origins and nature of the Orcs, plus their history through the First and Second Ages before the big – in more ways than one – finale on Trolls and Balrogs! Hold the wings, please.

Recommended Reading:

The Silmarillion
(J.R.R.Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, Mariner Books)
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
(J.R.R.Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, Mariner Books)
The Fellowship of the Ring
(J.R.R.Tolkien, Mariner Books)
The Two Towers
(J.R.R.Tolkien, Mariner Books)
The Return of the King
(J.R.R.Tolkien, Mariner Books)

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