The Red Book Podcast ran for 12 episodes. This is the eighth episode. Middleearth suffered under two Dark Lords: Morgoth and Sauron. In a world where it is known that Eru exists, why do these Dark Lords fight what appears from the outside to be a hopeless conflict against the forces of good? Having been created by God, does His existence give them any pause? I look at the role of Eru, the nature of Melkor's rebellion, and why Sauron thought it was a good idea to inherit the corruption left to him when his master was defeated.

► Chapters:
0:00 The Red Book Podcast Introduction
1:24 The Dark Lords of Tolkien: A Hopeless Conflict?
2:13 The Presence of Eru
4:33 The Knowledge of the Creation Drama
8:50 Melkor's Permitted Discord
11:00 Divine Intervention: Númenor
14:13 Divine Intervention: Gandalf's Return
16:34 Morgoth, Sauron, and Arda
17:05 Interlude
17:33 The Hopeless Conflict of Sauron
22:11 The Hopeless Conflict of Morgoth
31:17 The Failure of Morgoth & Sauron
32:17 Artist Credits
32:30 The Red Book Podcast Outro

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Morgoth He Who Arises in Might Dymond Starr (artstation.com/dymondstarr)

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