Quenya Questions in Quarantine Samuel Brock

Series Finale: It's all been leading to this. The tales of the Silmarillion come back in full force to inform the momentous events immediately preceding the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. Sauron puts a ring on it. The Last Alliance of Men and Elves marches to war. The Wizards and Hobbits arrive at last. Sam bids a last goodbye. 
"The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say."
Quenya Questions in Quarantine: Join a first-time reader and a Middle Earth veteran on an isolation-inspired adventure through J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion.’

Episode 29: Who were the Númenóreans? Sailors, teachers, benefactors? Or colonizers, conquerors, takers? Or worse yet, enslavers, defiers, devil-worshippers, and murderers? The answer... is yes, and so much more. Sam soloes this epic history of the Second Age: the tale of the meteoric rise and cataclysmic fall of the greatest civilization ever seen in Middle Earth. 

Quenya Questions in Quarantine: Join a first-time reader and a Middle Earth veteran on an isolation-inspired adventure through J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion.’

Episode 28: This is the end. Where all the strength of elves and men has failed, one born of both kindreds must find a way. Eärendil sets sail. Elwing gains wings. A new star rises. And the Arda Corporation goes to war. Raleigh and Sam discover the final fate of the Silmarils and watch in awe as Middle Earth is literally changed forever.  

Quenya Questions in Quarantine: Join a first-time reader and a Middle Earth veteran on an isolation-inspired adventure through J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion.’

Episode 27: Nothing, not even the most beautiful city in the world, can last forever. Tuor undertakes a quest. Maeglin's dark seed blooms. Eärendil gives one last hope to Elves and Men. Sam and Raleigh dig into this earliest story in Tolkien's grand narrative, get born again with Glorfindel, and struggle to come to terms with Morgoth's final triumph.

Quenya Questions in Quarantine: Join a first-time reader and a Middle Earth veteran on an isolation-inspired adventure through J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion.’

Episode 26: Every grudge has a history; and for the Elves and Dwarves, these wounds may never fully heal. Thingol can't resist. Melian peaces out. Húrin finds redemption. Morgoth watches on with glee. Raleigh and Sam uncover the origins of Elf/Dwarf animosity and watch as dreadful oaths and sacred objects tear apart the greatest Elven kingdom in Middle Earth. 

Quenya Questions in Quarantine: Join a first-time reader and a Middle Earth veteran on an isolation-inspired adventure through J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion.’

Episode 25: What can we make of Túrin, Tolkien's most problematic hero? At times he is all we want him to be: warrior, leader, dragon-slayer, beloved of Elves, Dwarves, and Men. And yet he is a deserter, an outlaw, the killer of his friend, a foolhardy captain, and an incestuous lover. Only one thing is certain for this larger-than-life character: things are not going to end well. Sam and Raleigh dive head first into the longest tale of the Elder Days, taking turns celebrating, hating, and debating Túrin Turambar: the Master of Doom, but by doom mastered.  

Quenya Questions in Quarantine: Join a first-time reader and a Middle Earth veteran on an isolation-inspired adventure through J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion.’