Chapter 8 brings us to the great catastrophe of the Blessed Realm. What happens in this chapter sets in motion tidal waves of tragedies whose effects are felt, for good and for ill, down to the years of Frodo’s journey.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK » “There in the black shadows, beyond the sight even of Manwë in his highest halls, Melkor with Ungoliant plotted his revenge.”

In Chapter 8, we’ll learn: Of Melkor’s Revenge Plot Of the Mysterious Origins of Ungoliant, the Predecessor of Shelob Of the Undoing of the Bliss of Valinor

CONTENTS: - Chapter Summary » 3:40 - Timeline » 5:50 - Melkor To Avathar » 7:40 - Concerning Ungoliant & Her Origins (& Shelob) » 10:00 - A Festival to Eru in Valmar » 26:45 - The Destruction of the Two Trees » 39:30 - Haiku » 48:53

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