The goblins of moria grab the dwarves (and Hobbit) who decided to camp out on their “front porch”, leading to some real terrifying moments!

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• Does Gandalf use gunpowder?
  
• How Tolkien subcreates his world with a few simple phrases.
  
• The importance of the Goblin song, and the elves, dwarves, and goblins are all introduced with song!
  
• Where Tolkien’s prose is almost poetic in an Olde English kind of way.
  
• How Tolkien loves those swords!
  

In our extended episode (available for our members) we talk about:

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• What we would change if Tolkien had continued with his rewrite.
  
• Our members’ reactions to the differences between goblines and orcs
  
• The genius of Tolkien to allow us to subcreate the goblins/orcs.
  

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