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Unable to climb through the violent blizzard on Caradhras, the members of the Fellowship are forced to seek an alternative path forward. The can’t go over the Misty Mountains. They can’t go around. So, they reluctantly decide, they must go under. They must enter Moria.

This weekend — on Saturday October 27 at 6pm EDT (New York time) — the Hall of Fire resumes as we take A Journey in the Dark.

‘Then we must go on, if there is a way,’ said Frodo with a sigh. Sam sank back into gloom.

‘There is a way that we may attempt,’ said Gandalf. ‘I thought from the beginning, when first I considered this journey, that we should try it. But it is not a pleasant way…’

Book II, Chapter IV: A Journey In The Dark Continue reading “Hall of Fire tomorrow: A Journey in the Dark”