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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: Sauron's FIRST Defeat - Finishing Tolkien's Unfinished Tale - Aldarion and Erendis - Part 8
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In this final episode of looking at The Mariner’s Wife, we fully finish Tolkien’s tale–but staying true to Tolkien’s characters and world. You’ll find out:
Why Sauron Hates Celebrimbor and the Númenoreans
How Erendis Dies
How Sauron is defeated (and what he does after that)
Why Erendis decides to marry Hallacar
How this story could possible end on a positive high note!
After spending 8 episodes on Tolkien’s unfinished tale, it feels even more like a missed opportunity–both as something we WISH Tolkien would have completed...