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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: Finishing Tolkien's Unfinished Tale - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 7
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We don’t know if Tolkien intended on ever finishing this story of Aldarion and Erendis. Written later in life, it is perhaps his most emotionally gut wrenching tale…. and it deserves to be finished!
Jonathan lays begins to lay out the entire story of Aldarion, starting at his birth and helping to round out the world of Numenor at this time, while also bringing in greater roles for some characters and places Tolkien mentions but never really fleshes out.
AND it’s ALL done by staying true to the lo...