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As Thanksgiving approaches, we’re feeling especially grateful for this incredible community of listeners who make The Prancing Pony Podcast possible every week.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As Thanksgiving approaches, we’re feeling especially grateful for this incredible community of listeners who make The Prancing Pony Podcast possible every week.
If you're interested in more content and more fellowship, consider joining the PPP and TTT Patreons!
If you're interested in more content and more fellowship, consider joining the PPP and TTT Patreons!
TTT Week 101 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Ugly Shaggy Hair, Son of Ugly Beard
No, this isn’t The Man of the West saying his son needs a haircut; today’s Word-nerd Wednesday looks at the Sindarin names of some of the new arrivals in Beleriand. youtu.be/O3M1Z0geCrA
No, this isn’t The Man of the West saying his son needs a haircut; today’s Word-nerd Wednesday looks at the Sindarin names of some of the new arrivals in Beleriand. youtu.be/O3M1Z0geCrA
Week 101 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Ugly Shaggy Hair, Son of Ugly Beard
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November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
TTT Week 101 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Ugly Shaggy Hair, Son of Ugly Beard
No, this isn’t The Man of the West saying his son needs a haircut; today’s Word-nerd Wednesday looks at the Sindarin names of some of the new arrivals in Beleriand. youtu.be/O3M1Z0geCrA
No, this isn’t The Man of the West saying his son needs a haircut; today’s Word-nerd Wednesday looks at the Sindarin names of some of the new arrivals in Beleriand. youtu.be/O3M1Z0geCrA
TTT Week 101 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Don’t Know if They Have Any Virtue at All
The Man of the West says the same about TTT episodes, but one of today’s letters sees the Professor say this about some of his poems. youtu.be/O2Na9YTCkMk
The Man of the West says the same about TTT episodes, but one of today’s letters sees the Professor say this about some of his poems. youtu.be/O2Na9YTCkMk
Week 101 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Don’t Know if They Have Any Virtue at All
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November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
TTT Week 101 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Don’t Know if They Have Any Virtue at All
The Man of the West says the same about TTT episodes, but one of today’s letters sees the Professor say this about some of his poems. youtu.be/O2Na9YTCkMk
The Man of the West says the same about TTT episodes, but one of today’s letters sees the Professor say this about some of his poems. youtu.be/O2Na9YTCkMk
TTT Week 101 - Middle-earth Map Monday: An Unconsuming Fire
Welcome to the start of the next 100 weeks of Today’s Tolkien Times, with a Middle-earth Map Monday spent in the “window of some elven-tower, curtained with threaded jewels”. youtu.be/B3f6FduzZvA
Welcome to the start of the next 100 weeks of Today’s Tolkien Times, with a Middle-earth Map Monday spent in the “window of some elven-tower, curtained with threaded jewels”. youtu.be/B3f6FduzZvA
Week 101 - Middle-earth Map Monday: An Unconsuming Fire
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November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
TTT Week 101 - Middle-earth Map Monday: An Unconsuming Fire
Welcome to the start of the next 100 weeks of Today’s Tolkien Times, with a Middle-earth Map Monday spent in the “window of some elven-tower, curtained with threaded jewels”. youtu.be/B3f6FduzZvA
Welcome to the start of the next 100 weeks of Today’s Tolkien Times, with a Middle-earth Map Monday spent in the “window of some elven-tower, curtained with threaded jewels”. youtu.be/B3f6FduzZvA
391 – By Grabthar's Hammer, What a Book!
Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan for a conversation with Dr. Michael D.C. Drout, author of The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation, the new must-read book on Tolkien's legendarium.
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Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan for a conversation with Dr. Michael D.C. Drout, author of The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation, the new must-read book on Tolkien's legendarium.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
391 – By Grabthar's Hammer, What a Book!
Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan for a conversation with Dr. Michael D.C. Drout, author of The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation, the new must-read book on Tolkien's legendarium.
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Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan for a conversation with Dr. Michael D.C. Drout, author of The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation, the new must-read book on Tolkien's legendarium.
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The Man of the West is going live for some Saturday PPP Plays! Join on YouTube or Twitch.
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The PPP Plays The Lord of the Rings Online!
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November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Man of the West is going live for some Saturday PPP Plays! Join on YouTube or Twitch.
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TTT Week 100 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Sons of Galdor
Join The Man of the West as he celebrates his 600th episode of Today’s Tolkien Times, just in time to see Húrin and Huor rescued and taken to Gondolin! youtu.be/SRd7tFb4cak
Join The Man of the West as he celebrates his 600th episode of Today’s Tolkien Times, just in time to see Húrin and Huor rescued and taken to Gondolin! youtu.be/SRd7tFb4cak
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November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
TTT Week 100 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Sons of Galdor
Join The Man of the West as he celebrates his 600th episode of Today’s Tolkien Times, just in time to see Húrin and Huor rescued and taken to Gondolin! youtu.be/SRd7tFb4cak
Join The Man of the West as he celebrates his 600th episode of Today’s Tolkien Times, just in time to see Húrin and Huor rescued and taken to Gondolin! youtu.be/SRd7tFb4cak
TTT Week 100 - First Age Friday: Hasty Jottings
Join The Man of the West as we finally get Tuor’s passport stamped for Gondolin — and we learn a few more things that never made it off the scrap of paper. youtu.be/7v68-k8LyMs
Join The Man of the West as we finally get Tuor’s passport stamped for Gondolin — and we learn a few more things that never made it off the scrap of paper. youtu.be/7v68-k8LyMs
Week 100 - First Age Friday: Hasty Jottings
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November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
TTT Week 100 - First Age Friday: Hasty Jottings
Join The Man of the West as we finally get Tuor’s passport stamped for Gondolin — and we learn a few more things that never made it off the scrap of paper. youtu.be/7v68-k8LyMs
Join The Man of the West as we finally get Tuor’s passport stamped for Gondolin — and we learn a few more things that never made it off the scrap of paper. youtu.be/7v68-k8LyMs
TTT Week 100 - Third Age Thursday: He Did Not Like It Much
Part 2 of our look at the Haradrim in this series on Men of Darkness covers the long, conflict-filled history of the Third Age as the Men of the Harad find themselves allied with Black Númenóreans. youtu.be/vgf-CMLICmg
Part 2 of our look at the Haradrim in this series on Men of Darkness covers the long, conflict-filled history of the Third Age as the Men of the Harad find themselves allied with Black Númenóreans. youtu.be/vgf-CMLICmg
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November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TTT Week 100 - Third Age Thursday: He Did Not Like It Much
Part 2 of our look at the Haradrim in this series on Men of Darkness covers the long, conflict-filled history of the Third Age as the Men of the Harad find themselves allied with Black Númenóreans. youtu.be/vgf-CMLICmg
Part 2 of our look at the Haradrim in this series on Men of Darkness covers the long, conflict-filled history of the Third Age as the Men of the Harad find themselves allied with Black Númenóreans. youtu.be/vgf-CMLICmg
TTT Week 100 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Mist of Fear
Join The Man of the West as he discovers there’s a lot less word-nerdery on Barahir’s companions than he’d expected. youtu.be/QgKAAdfkYzw
Join The Man of the West as he discovers there’s a lot less word-nerdery on Barahir’s companions than he’d expected. youtu.be/QgKAAdfkYzw
Week 100 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Mist of Fear
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November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
TTT Week 100 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Mist of Fear
Join The Man of the West as he discovers there’s a lot less word-nerdery on Barahir’s companions than he’d expected. youtu.be/QgKAAdfkYzw
Join The Man of the West as he discovers there’s a lot less word-nerdery on Barahir’s companions than he’d expected. youtu.be/QgKAAdfkYzw
TTT Week 100 - Tolkien Tuesday: Unmingled
We move on from Tolkien’s beef with the Swedish translator (finally), with a look at another of Tolkien’s letters to Rhona Beare, with this one feeling a bit like an early Word-nerd Wednesday. youtu.be/mat9_6MyZmo
We move on from Tolkien’s beef with the Swedish translator (finally), with a look at another of Tolkien’s letters to Rhona Beare, with this one feeling a bit like an early Word-nerd Wednesday. youtu.be/mat9_6MyZmo
Week 100 - Tolkien Tuesday: Unmingled
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November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
TTT Week 100 - Tolkien Tuesday: Unmingled
We move on from Tolkien’s beef with the Swedish translator (finally), with a look at another of Tolkien’s letters to Rhona Beare, with this one feeling a bit like an early Word-nerd Wednesday. youtu.be/mat9_6MyZmo
We move on from Tolkien’s beef with the Swedish translator (finally), with a look at another of Tolkien’s letters to Rhona Beare, with this one feeling a bit like an early Word-nerd Wednesday. youtu.be/mat9_6MyZmo
Today, The Man of the West kicked off the 100th week of the TTT! Be sure to tune in and join us for this milestone week.
TTT Week 100 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Saxifrages and Stonecrops
Join The Man of the West for a milestone week of Today’s Tolkien Times, as he starts with a visit to the region of North Ithilien on Middle-earth Map Monday. youtu.be/KM9V4krstec
Join The Man of the West for a milestone week of Today’s Tolkien Times, as he starts with a visit to the region of North Ithilien on Middle-earth Map Monday. youtu.be/KM9V4krstec
Week 100 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Saxifrages and Stonecrops
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November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Today, The Man of the West kicked off the 100th week of the TTT! Be sure to tune in and join us for this milestone week.
TTT Week 100 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Saxifrages and Stonecrops
Join The Man of the West for a milestone week of Today’s Tolkien Times, as he starts with a visit to the region of North Ithilien on Middle-earth Map Monday. youtu.be/KM9V4krstec
Join The Man of the West for a milestone week of Today’s Tolkien Times, as he starts with a visit to the region of North Ithilien on Middle-earth Map Monday. youtu.be/KM9V4krstec
Week 100 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Saxifrages and Stonecrops
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November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
TTT Week 100 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Saxifrages and Stonecrops
Join The Man of the West for a milestone week of Today’s Tolkien Times, as he starts with a visit to the region of North Ithilien on Middle-earth Map Monday. youtu.be/KM9V4krstec
Join The Man of the West for a milestone week of Today’s Tolkien Times, as he starts with a visit to the region of North Ithilien on Middle-earth Map Monday. youtu.be/KM9V4krstec
390 – Hello, Goodbye
Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we continue our close readings in the story of Aldarion and Erendis in Unfinished Tales.
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Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we continue our close readings in the story of Aldarion and Erendis in Unfinished Tales.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
390 – Hello, Goodbye
Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we continue our close readings in the story of Aldarion and Erendis in Unfinished Tales.
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Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we continue our close readings in the story of Aldarion and Erendis in Unfinished Tales.
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TTT Week 099 - Silmarillion Saturday: A Measure of Truth
Join The Man of the West as he continues this series’ read-through Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin, as Sauron captures a strategic location. youtu.be/S7Z92JXSH3E
Join The Man of the West as he continues this series’ read-through Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin, as Sauron captures a strategic location. youtu.be/S7Z92JXSH3E
Week 099 - Silmarillion Saturday: A Measure of Truth
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
TTT Week 099 - Silmarillion Saturday: A Measure of Truth
Join The Man of the West as he continues this series’ read-through Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin, as Sauron captures a strategic location. youtu.be/S7Z92JXSH3E
Join The Man of the West as he continues this series’ read-through Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin, as Sauron captures a strategic location. youtu.be/S7Z92JXSH3E
TTT Week 099 - First Age Friday: Greater and More Lordly
We return to yet another title that could (never) be said of The Man of the West. Join Alan as he drags Tuor through the Sixth and Seventh Gates, only to meet a guy with a diamond helmet. youtu.be/DogixbAUztw
We return to yet another title that could (never) be said of The Man of the West. Join Alan as he drags Tuor through the Sixth and Seventh Gates, only to meet a guy with a diamond helmet. youtu.be/DogixbAUztw
Week 099 - First Age Friday: Greater and More Lordly
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November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
TTT Week 099 - First Age Friday: Greater and More Lordly
We return to yet another title that could (never) be said of The Man of the West. Join Alan as he drags Tuor through the Sixth and Seventh Gates, only to meet a guy with a diamond helmet. youtu.be/DogixbAUztw
We return to yet another title that could (never) be said of The Man of the West. Join Alan as he drags Tuor through the Sixth and Seventh Gates, only to meet a guy with a diamond helmet. youtu.be/DogixbAUztw
TTT Week 099 - Third Age Thursday: For a Different Purpose
Join The Man of the West as he begins an extended look at yet another group of the Men of Darkness: the Haradrim. youtu.be/a1_YQ_yxWxc?...
Join The Man of the West as he begins an extended look at yet another group of the Men of Darkness: the Haradrim. youtu.be/a1_YQ_yxWxc?...
Week 099 - Third Age Thursday: For a Different Purpose
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
TTT Week 099 - Third Age Thursday: For a Different Purpose
Join The Man of the West as he begins an extended look at yet another group of the Men of Darkness: the Haradrim. youtu.be/a1_YQ_yxWxc?...
Join The Man of the West as he begins an extended look at yet another group of the Men of Darkness: the Haradrim. youtu.be/a1_YQ_yxWxc?...
The audiobook for "Why We Love Middle-earth" is currently on sale for 50% off! You can head to the link below to get yourself a copy.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The audiobook for "Why We Love Middle-earth" is currently on sale for 50% off! You can head to the link below to get yourself a copy.
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TTT Week 099 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Baragund and Isildur’s Horse?
Join The Man of the West as he discovers an unlikely connection in this week’s fan favorite Philology Faire… uh, Word-nerd Wednesday. (You heard the music, didn’t you?) youtu.be/670hfJkEk-M
Join The Man of the West as he discovers an unlikely connection in this week’s fan favorite Philology Faire… uh, Word-nerd Wednesday. (You heard the music, didn’t you?) youtu.be/670hfJkEk-M
Week 099 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Baragund and Isildur’s Horse?
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November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
TTT Week 099 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Baragund and Isildur’s Horse?
Join The Man of the West as he discovers an unlikely connection in this week’s fan favorite Philology Faire… uh, Word-nerd Wednesday. (You heard the music, didn’t you?) youtu.be/670hfJkEk-M
Join The Man of the West as he discovers an unlikely connection in this week’s fan favorite Philology Faire… uh, Word-nerd Wednesday. (You heard the music, didn’t you?) youtu.be/670hfJkEk-M
TTT Week 099 - Tolkien Tuesday: A Farrago of Nonsense
Once considered as a subtitle for Today’s Tolkien Times, today’s title is Tolkien’s response to a continued onslaught of silliness from a Swedish translator of The Lord of the Rings. youtu.be/cJpmmHvf58w
Once considered as a subtitle for Today’s Tolkien Times, today’s title is Tolkien’s response to a continued onslaught of silliness from a Swedish translator of The Lord of the Rings. youtu.be/cJpmmHvf58w
Week 099 - Tolkien Tuesday: A Farrago of Nonsense
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November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
TTT Week 099 - Tolkien Tuesday: A Farrago of Nonsense
Once considered as a subtitle for Today’s Tolkien Times, today’s title is Tolkien’s response to a continued onslaught of silliness from a Swedish translator of The Lord of the Rings. youtu.be/cJpmmHvf58w
Once considered as a subtitle for Today’s Tolkien Times, today’s title is Tolkien’s response to a continued onslaught of silliness from a Swedish translator of The Lord of the Rings. youtu.be/cJpmmHvf58w
TTT Week 099 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Haughty and Ungenerous
Most definitely not describing The Man of the West… right? Join Alan as he begins the 99th week of episodes for the TTT with a look at the Gondorian capital city — not that one: Osgiliath. youtu.be/XEC-g2jx3hU
Most definitely not describing The Man of the West… right? Join Alan as he begins the 99th week of episodes for the TTT with a look at the Gondorian capital city — not that one: Osgiliath. youtu.be/XEC-g2jx3hU
Week 099 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Haughty and Ungenerous
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November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TTT Week 099 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Haughty and Ungenerous
Most definitely not describing The Man of the West… right? Join Alan as he begins the 99th week of episodes for the TTT with a look at the Gondorian capital city — not that one: Osgiliath. youtu.be/XEC-g2jx3hU
Most definitely not describing The Man of the West… right? Join Alan as he begins the 99th week of episodes for the TTT with a look at the Gondorian capital city — not that one: Osgiliath. youtu.be/XEC-g2jx3hU
389 – Nowhere Man
Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we begin to discover that maybe we should have asked for more than 10 episodes in the story of Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales. pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...
Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we begin to discover that maybe we should have asked for more than 10 episodes in the story of Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales. pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
389 – Nowhere Man
Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we begin to discover that maybe we should have asked for more than 10 episodes in the story of Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales. pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...
Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we begin to discover that maybe we should have asked for more than 10 episodes in the story of Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales. pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...
Join The Man of the West for today's session of PPP Plays as he returns to the adventures of Hilbern the River Hobbit in LotRO! www.youtube.com/live/EL9hxPx...
The PPP Plays The Lord of the Rings Online!
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November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Join The Man of the West for today's session of PPP Plays as he returns to the adventures of Hilbern the River Hobbit in LotRO! www.youtube.com/live/EL9hxPx...
TTT Week 098 - Silmarillion Saturday: So By Perilous Paths
In this week’s reading of “I hope I never have to do that”, we learn about the hero Emeldir and how her actions saved the future of Middle-earth. Also, Robin Hood and his… not-likely-merry men. youtu.be/3kYhdf-bLEY
In this week’s reading of “I hope I never have to do that”, we learn about the hero Emeldir and how her actions saved the future of Middle-earth. Also, Robin Hood and his… not-likely-merry men. youtu.be/3kYhdf-bLEY
Week 098 - Silmarillion Saturday: So By Perilous Paths
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November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
TTT Week 098 - Silmarillion Saturday: So By Perilous Paths
In this week’s reading of “I hope I never have to do that”, we learn about the hero Emeldir and how her actions saved the future of Middle-earth. Also, Robin Hood and his… not-likely-merry men. youtu.be/3kYhdf-bLEY
In this week’s reading of “I hope I never have to do that”, we learn about the hero Emeldir and how her actions saved the future of Middle-earth. Also, Robin Hood and his… not-likely-merry men. youtu.be/3kYhdf-bLEY
TTT Week 098 - First Age Friday: As Moonlight Through a Glimmering Mist
Join The Man of the West as we continue our climb through the Orfalch Echor, this time passing through the Gates of Iron and Silver. youtu.be/8Im7waWgb6s
Join The Man of the West as we continue our climb through the Orfalch Echor, this time passing through the Gates of Iron and Silver. youtu.be/8Im7waWgb6s
Week 098 - First Age Friday: As Moonlight Through a Glimmering Mist
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November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
TTT Week 098 - First Age Friday: As Moonlight Through a Glimmering Mist
Join The Man of the West as we continue our climb through the Orfalch Echor, this time passing through the Gates of Iron and Silver. youtu.be/8Im7waWgb6s
Join The Man of the West as we continue our climb through the Orfalch Echor, this time passing through the Gates of Iron and Silver. youtu.be/8Im7waWgb6s