, lean and mean fellowship led by Aragorn or is it the parade of metaphorical ghosts and literal corpses that now follows our heroes? Join Cam and Maggie for a spirited investigation of this question and many more. Aragorn really comes into his own here as the one true successor to Gandalf the Grey, and we’ve got quotes and theories galore! He’s got his own Balrog moment, his own Council of Elrond moment, his own Palantir moment, even his own nod-to-a-secret-and-magical-past “Mithrandir” moment!

For Second Breakfast this week, we dive back into Christopher Tolkien’s History of Lord of the Rings series for a gold rush of revelations and intriguing little behind-the-scenes nuggets. Learn about the early draft where Aragorn murdered Boromir, the Balrog’s close ties to Saruman, the identity of the Nazgûl’s winged mounts, and Gandalf’s secret (terrifying) ability to manifest and project his thoughts into the physical world!

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What a chapter title! Who is the Grey Company – is it the new, lean and mean fellowship led by Aragorn or is it the parade of metaphorical ghosts and literal corpses that now follows our heroes? Join Cam and Maggie for a spirited investigation of this question and many more. Aragorn really comes into his own here as the one true successor to Gandalf the Grey, and we’ve got quotes and theories galore! He’s got his own Balrog moment, his own Council of Elrond moment, his own Palantir moment, even his own nod-to-a-secret-and-magical-past “Mithrandir” moment!