{"id":104877,"date":"2018-04-14T00:20:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T05:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=104877"},"modified":"2018-04-14T00:26:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T05:26:57","slug":"hall-of-fire-chats-fotr-this-weekend-many-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2018\/04\/14\/104877-hall-of-fire-chats-fotr-this-weekend-many-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Fire chats FOTR this weekend: Many Meetings!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Barliman's Awaking from a sickly sleep, Frodo finds finally himself in Rivendell — a place of relative safety. Much to his delight and relief, Gandalf is there too.<\/p>\n

“What happened at the Ford?” said Frodo. “It all seemed so dim somehow; and it still does.”<\/p>\n

“Yes, it would. You were beginning to fade,” answered Gandalf. “The wound was overcoming you at last. A few more hours and you would have been beyond our aid. But you have some strength in you, my dear hobbit!” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

FoTR: Book Two, Chapter One — Many Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

At first, Gandalf proves reluctant to reveal much — but he does inform Frodo that he was imprisoned and that the Black Riders are, indeed, the minions of Sauron.<\/p>\n

Why is Gandalf so close-mouthed? And although Frodo seems physically healed from his wound, how has the Morgul-blade affected his spirit? Elsewhere within this chapter, what do we learn about the elves of Rivendell? Does the prewsence of both Gloin and Bilbo give this chapter more tie-backs to The Hobbit than A Long Expected Party? And what does the incident between Bilbo and Frodo over the Ring portend?<\/p>\n

Join us this Saturday, April 14 at 6.00pm ET (New York time), when we’ll discuss all this and much more as we continue our Fellowship of the Ring read-through!<\/p>\n

\"\"The Fair Valley of Rivendell by Ted Nasmith<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time zone conversions<\/p>\n

Not sure what time the chat will be where you are? Our handy conversion table can help! Alternatively, this event announcement on Time and Date<\/a> will tell you when it’s on in your city.<\/p>\n

America:
\n6.00pm ET (New York)
\n5.00pm CT (Chicago)
\n4.00pm MT (Denver)
\n3.00pm PT (Los Angeles)<\/p>\n

Europe:
\n11.00pm GMT (London)
\nMidnight CEST (Paris)
\n1.00am EEST (Helsinki)<\/p>\n

Asia-Pacific
\n9.00am AEST (Sunday) Brisbane,
\n10.00am AEDT (Sunday) Sydney, Melbourne
\nMidday NZDT (Sunday) Wellington<\/p>\n

How long do your topic chats go for?<\/p>\n

Our chats usually last 45 mins to an hour, and are very newbie friendly. Simply drop in and join the conversation! However, our main room, #theonering.net is open 24 hours a day. We don’t always talk Tolkien there, but if you have a burning question, you’ll usually find one or two of “the regulars” up for a chat!<\/p>\n

Where \u2014 connection details<\/p>\n

Chat happens on #thehalloffire on irc.theonering.net \u2014 the TORn IRC server. You can connect instantly using our Mibbit client that works inside your web browser<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Alternatively, you can install a dedicated chat program such as mIRC on your computer and just plug in the following connection details.<\/p>\n

Server: irc.theonering.net
\nPort: 6667
\nChannel: #thehalloffire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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