Season 2, Episode 1: Elven Kings Under the Sky
Sauron returns to Mordor and bargains with Adar. The Elves argue over the Three Rings until Círdan, Galadriel and Gil-galad wear them and Lindon's tree comes back to life. The Stranger and Nori head deeper into Rhûn.
Who went where
Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron)
Stays in Adar's stronghold
Travels with Southland refugees, offers himself to Adar, then turns back toward Eregion.Adar & the orcs
Stays in Adar's stronghold
Rules Mordor; is persuaded to go after Sauron.Elrond
Eregion → Lindon → Grey Havens
Carries the Rings to Lindon, then gives them to Círdan to destroy.Gil-galad & Círdan
Lindon → Grey Havens → Lindon
Círdan is drawn to the Rings; he, Galadriel and Gil-galad each take one.Galadriel
Eregion → Lindon → Grey Havens
Follows Elrond to the Havens and takes Nenya.Celebrimbor
Stays in Eregion
Has a visitor in Eregion.The Strangerroute inferred
the road east → Sea of Rhûn
Heads into Rhûn with Nori and Poppy.Nori & Poppyroute inferred
the road east → Sea of Rhûn
Poppy uses Sadoc's maps to guide them.Advertisement
Key moments
The Rings are worn
Círdan, Galadriel and Gil-galad each take one of the Three, and Lindon's dying tree comes back to life.
Círdan, Galadriel and Gil-galad each take one of the Three, and Lindon's dying tree comes back to life.
Places in this episode
Adar's Mordor stronghold
After the eruption, Adar claims the burned land as Mordor. Halbrand bargains with him here at the start of Season 2.
📖 Books: Sauron’s realm long before the War of the Last Alliance; Mount Doom is already active and Barad-dûr is built in the Second Age.
After the eruption, Adar claims the burned land as Mordor. Halbrand bargains with him here at the start of Season 2.
📖 Books: Sauron’s realm long before the War of the Last Alliance; Mount Doom is already active and Barad-dûr is built in the Second Age.
Eregion — Ost-in-Edhil
Celebrimbor's city of Elven-smiths. The Three Rings are forged here, then the Seven and the Nine under Annatar, and the city is destroyed in Season 2.
📖 Books: Founded by Noldor Elves early in the Second Age; Celebrimbor and his smiths were deceived by Sauron as Annatar. The Three were made by Celebrimbor alone after Annatar left, and Sauron sacked the city about a century later.
Celebrimbor's city of Elven-smiths. The Three Rings are forged here, then the Seven and the Nine under Annatar, and the city is destroyed in Season 2.
📖 Books: Founded by Noldor Elves early in the Second Age; Celebrimbor and his smiths were deceived by Sauron as Annatar. The Three were made by Celebrimbor alone after Annatar left, and Sauron sacked the city about a century later.
Lindon — Gil-galad's court
The Elven realm west of the Blue Mountains, ruled by High King Gil-galad. Its great tree fades until the Three Rings restore it.
📖 Books: The last Elf-kingdom west of the Blue Mountains, ruled by Gil-galad.
The Elven realm west of the Blue Mountains, ruled by High King Gil-galad. Its great tree fades until the Three Rings restore it.
📖 Books: The last Elf-kingdom west of the Blue Mountains, ruled by Gil-galad.
Grey Havens (Mithlond)
Círdan the Shipwright's harbour at the head of the Gulf of Lune, where Elves take ship into the West.
📖 Books: Mithlond, the harbour of Círdan the Shipwright, from which Elves sailed West. Círdan held Narya before giving it to Gandalf.
Círdan the Shipwright's harbour at the head of the Gulf of Lune, where Elves take ship into the West.
📖 Books: Mithlond, the harbour of Círdan the Shipwright, from which Elves sailed West. Círdan held Narya before giving it to Gandalf.
Shores of the Sea of Rhûn
An inland sea in the far east. The Stranger, Nori and Poppy travel past it into Rhûn.
📖 Books: The inland Sea of Rhûn, home of Easterling peoples.
An inland sea in the far east. The Stranger, Nori and Poppy travel past it into Rhûn.
📖 Books: The inland Sea of Rhûn, home of Easterling peoples.
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