Episodes

“She hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The making of the place had been her pain. But …

“And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.” Thank you for checking out our podcast. Be sure to subscribe with your favorite podcast app so you don't …

“There was one giant in particular, larger and more stupid than his fellows. I find no mention of his name in the histories, but it does not matter. He was very large, his walking stick was like a tree, and …

“Dacă soața lui Húrin poate să plece împotriva tuturor sfaturilor pentru că o cheamă glasul sângelui, la fel poate și fiica lui Húrin. Mi-ai dat numele de Bocirea, numai că nu voiesc a jeli de una singură după tată, după …

“For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marvelling that they gave life so freely of which they had on earth so little.” Thank you for checking out our podcast. Be sure to …

“What then was this hope, if you know?’ Finrod asked. ‘They say,’ answered Andreth: ‘they say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end.” Thank you for …

"Wild rode the wind though the West country. Banners were blowing, black was the raven they bore as blazon. Blaring of trumpets, neighing of horses, gnashing of armour, in the hoar hollows of the hills echoed." Thank you for ...

“For Isildur would not surrender it to Elrond and Círdan who stood by. They counselled him to cast it into the fire of Orodruin night at hand... But Isildur refused this counsel, saying: 'This I will have as weregild for …

“And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the …

"Sing all ye joyful, now sing all together! The wind’s in the tree-top, the wind’s in the heather; The stars are in blossom, the moon is in flower, And bright are the windows of Night in her tower." In addition …

"Your land must be a realm of peace and content, and there must gardeners be in high honor." In addition to this podcast, we run a tape label! Please check it out: https://voicesoftheainur.bandcamp.com/merch Follow us on Inst...

"It was not called the Old Forest without reason, for it was indeed ancient, a survivor of vast forgotten woods; and in it there lived yet, ageing no quicker than the hills, the fathers of the fathers of trees, remembering …

"He was tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down a Nazgûl, endowed with the tremendous vitality of Elvish bodies, so hard and resistant to hurt that he went only …

"Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter." In addition to this podcast, we run a tape label! Please check it out: https://voicesoftheainur.bandcamp.co...

“Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.” In addition to this podcast, we run a tape label! Please check it out: https://voicesoftheainur.bandcamp.com/merch Follow us o...

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” In addition to this podcast, …

"This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes …

"Kings die, realms fall, but magic endures." In addition to this podcast, we run a tape label! Please check it out: https://voicesoftheainur.bandcamp.com/merch Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voicesoftheainu...

“Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not ...

"When you know about something it stops being a nightmare. When you know how to fight something, it stops being so threatening." In addition to this podcast, we run a tape label! Please check it out: https://voicesoftheainur....

"So after Dagor Bragollach you know what’s coming. You’ve been there before. This time, at least, you have a plan. You build a secret refuge down the coast, as somewhere to run to when the orcs arrive at your gate …

"And straightaway all the horns in the host were lifted up in music, and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains. Ride now, ride …

“'I have come,' he said. 'But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!' And suddenly, as he set it on his finger, he vanished from …

"I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been; Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun and wind …