About this episode

The episode explores themes of friendship and storytelling in Middle-earth, focusing on Legolas and Gimli's journey.

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People in this episode

Host: The Man of the West

Topics covered

• friendship
• Middle-earth
• Paths of the Dead
• Elves
• Dwarves

Keywords

• Tolkien
• Elves
• Dwarves
• Paths of the Dead
• friendship
• Legolas
• Gimli

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