Eä Tolkien Society Meeting Notes for May 22nd 2021

by Hawke — published Jun 18, 2021 11:50 PM, last modified Jun 19, 2021 11:13 AM

Ea Tolkien Society Smial, an official chapter of the U.K. Tolkien Society.

Ea Tolkien Society Smial

Notes for May 2021 Eä Tolkien Society (Spokane, Washington)

22 May 22, 2021

Attending: Corey, Anthony, Hawke, Brian, and Sarah Zama online.

1. Brian read April notes.

2. Recommendations: Prancing Pony Podcast moot and Friendship Onion

3. Sarah Zama update on Silmarillion presentation and posting about
WWI.

4. Numenor discussed.

5. Geography of Arda

6. Alberta Bagg In Burrows

7. Next month holidays of races of Middle-Earth

8. Letter 183 resumed.

9. Discussion of Tolkien’s points on “good” and “evil”.

a. What would happen if the Fellowship of the Ring had failed

*Midnight RPG Fury of Shadow. If Sauron had won

*Hopefulness vs. Resilience

*Some friendly debate

b. How to handle adversity

c. Role-playing adventures, empathy, and moral relativism

*Reverse Dungeon

*Al-Qadim: Reunion

*Al-Qadim: Assassin Mountain

10. Hawke reads more jokes at end.

11. Next meeting June 19, 1-3 pm Pacific Standard time.