Season 2, Episode 5: Halls of Stone
Durin III's Ring brings light back to Khazad-dûm but clouds his judgment. Celebrimbor begins the Nine, Elrond reports to Gil-galad, and Pharazôn's crackdown on the Faithful turns deadly.
Who went where
Durin IV & Disa
Stays in Khazad-dûm
Durin III's Ring finds a new vein of mithril; Durin IV worries about his father.Celebrimbor
Stays in Eregion
Agrees to make Rings for Men.Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron)
Stays in Eregion
Watches the forge.Elrond
outside Eregion → the road to Eregion → Lindon
Races back to Lindon; Gil-galad doubts they can fight Adar and Sauron at once.Galadriel
Stays in outside Eregion
Adar's prisoner outside Eregion.Adar & the orcs
Stays in outside Eregion
Closes in on Eregion.Míriel & Elendil
Stays in Númenor
The Faithful are hunted; Elendil is isolated.Narvi
Stays in Doors of Durin
Unveils the Doors of Durin between Khazad-dûm and Eregion.Pharazôn
Stays in Númenor
His crackdown on the Faithful turns deadly.Advertisement
Key moments
A Ring for Durin
King Durin III puts on one of the Seven. Light returns to Khazad-dûm, but the ring stirs his greed.
King Durin III puts on one of the Seven. Light returns to Khazad-dûm, but the ring stirs his greed.
The Doors of Durin
Narvi unveils the great west gate of Khazad-dûm, a symbol of friendship between Dwarves and Elves.
Narvi unveils the great west gate of Khazad-dûm, a symbol of friendship between Dwarves and Elves.
Places in this episode
Khazad-dûm
The great Dwarf kingdom under the Misty Mountains, home of King Durin III, Prince Durin IV and Princess Disa, and of mithril and a Balrog.
📖 Books: The greatest Dwarf-city. In the books its Balrog is awakened much later, in the Third Age, when Dwarves mine too deep for mithril.
The great Dwarf kingdom under the Misty Mountains, home of King Durin III, Prince Durin IV and Princess Disa, and of mithril and a Balrog.
📖 Books: The greatest Dwarf-city. In the books its Balrog is awakened much later, in the Third Age, when Dwarves mine too deep for mithril.
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.
Númenor — Armenelos
The island kingdom of Men in the western sea. Its capital, Armenelos, is ruled by Queen Regent Míriel and later by Pharazôn.
📖 Books: An island raised for the Edain. Ar-Pharazôn seized the throne by forcing Míriel into marriage; the island was later destroyed.
The island kingdom of Men in the western sea. Its capital, Armenelos, is ruled by Queen Regent Míriel and later by Pharazôn.
📖 Books: An island raised for the Edain. Ar-Pharazôn seized the throne by forcing Míriel into marriage; the island was later destroyed.
Doors of Durin
The great west gate of Khazad-dûm, facing Eregion. In Season 2 the Dwarf Narvi unveils it as a sign of friendship between Dwarves and Elves.
📖 Books: Made by the Dwarf Narvi, with the inscription worked by Celebrimbor, a mark of the friendship between Eregion and Khazad-dûm.
The great west gate of Khazad-dûm, facing Eregion. In Season 2 the Dwarf Narvi unveils it as a sign of friendship between Dwarves and Elves.
📖 Books: Made by the Dwarf Narvi, with the inscription worked by Celebrimbor, a mark of the friendship between Eregion and Khazad-dûm.
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