The Valar mourn after the marring of Arda. Yavanna makes the most renowned creation in all of the world: the Two Trees of Valinor. (Also, do you think Morgoth is in a punk band?)
Three friends read and react to the greatest story you've never heard — the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
00:13 Greg reads pages 37-40 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition 
08:57 Discussion
"And as they watched, upon the mound there came forth two slender shoots; and silence was over all the world in that hour, nor was there any other sound save the chanting of Yavanna. Under her song the saplings grew and became fair and tall, and came to flower; and thus there awoke in the world the Two Trees of Valinor. Of all things which Yavanna made they have most renown, and about their fate all the tales of the Elder Days are woven."
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