{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fathrabeth.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode-96-MOwKah_G","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 96: Lesser-trod Histories 13: War of the Jewels","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1872de99-0a69-4e07-8534-160ad142489c/ee4fa85a-d01d-4a93-803f-9eeda9a21801/1535418882artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/30ed8070-daad-4306-975e-8ca0ca649be3\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 96: Lesser-trod Histories 13: War of the Jewels\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In this installment of our Lesser-trod Histories series, Stef and Jude explore The History of Middle-earth, volume 11, The War of the Jewel, specifically looking at the Grey Annals. The Grey Annals is the primary text for the structure of the history of Beleriand, and a year-by-year timeline of the First Age of Middle-earth. Jude muses on the etymology of the name “Beleriand” in regard to Ossë, and comes around to the tragedy of Túrin. Stef discusses the cruelty of Morgoth in paragraphs 80-82, and the conversation between Galadriel and Melian (and Melian and Thingol) in paragraphs 91-99.\n"}