Ungoliant is Terrifying and Melkor Strikes a Deal (pg 73-74) — Episode 20

Oromë and Tulkas pursue Melkor who goes south to the dark region of Avathar, where lived Ungoliant, a lustful being in the form of a monstrous spider. Ungoliant feeds on light and weaves black webs. Melkor makes a deal with Ungoliant, for revenge on the Valar he will let her feed on the eternal city.

Three friends read and react to the greatest story you've never heard — the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.

00:51 Cameron reads pages 73-74 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition

6:52 Recap

7:36 Discussion

"Now Melkor came to Avathar and sought her out; and he put on again the form that he had worn as the tyrant of Utumno: a dark Lord, tall and terrible. In that form he remained ever after. There in the black shadows, beyond the sight even of Manwë in his highest halls, Melkor with Ungoliant plotted his revenge. But when Ungoliant understood the purpose of Melkor, she was torn between lust and great fear; for she was loath to dare the perils of Aman and the power of the dreadful Lords, and she would not stir from her hiding."

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