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Season 2, Episode 6: Where Is He?

The Rings of Power · first aired Sept 19, 2024 · map & character journeys
Map of Middle-earth showing character routes in The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 6: Where Is He?

Annatar traps Celebrimbor inside a comforting illusion while orcs surround the city. Galadriel weighs Adar's offer of an alliance, and in Rhûn the Stranger learns to master his power.

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Who went where

Celebrimbor
Stays in Eregion
Lost in an illusion of a peaceful city.
Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron)
Stays in Eregion
Takes control of the forge.
Adar & the orcs
outside Eregion → Eregion
Begins the siege of Eregion.
Galadriel
outside Eregion → Eregion
Adar asks her to help him destroy Sauron.
Elrond
Lindon → the road to Eregion
Marches out with an Elven army.
Arondirroute inferred
Ent forest → the wilds of Eriador → the road to Eregion
Leaves the south and joins Elrond's army.
The Stranger
Stays in Bombadil's house
Learns the Secret Fire from Tom and must choose his path.
Nori & Poppy
Stays in Stoor village
Learns the Stoor legend of Sûzat, a green land in the West.
Míriel & Elendil
Stays in Númenor
Míriel faces judgment.
Tom Bombadil
Stays in Bombadil's house
Teaches the Stranger to master his power.
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Key moments

The siege begins
Adar's host surrounds Eregion while Celebrimbor, trapped in Annatar's illusion, sees nothing amiss.

Places in this episode

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.
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.
Forest of the Ents approx.
Woods near Pelargir where Isildur, Arondir and Estrid find Theo held by two Ents in Season 2, Episode 4.
📖 Books: Ents dwell in Fangorn and the old forests; their wives were lost in the Second Age.
Tom Bombadil's house approx.
The Stranger is taken in and taught by Tom Bombadil here, in the show's version of Rhûn.
📖 Books: Tom Bombadil lives in the Old Forest near the Shire, far to the west.
Stoor village approx.
A settlement of Stoors — relatives of the Harfoots — where Nori and Poppy find shelter.
📖 Books: Stoors were one of the three hobbit-kinds, living near the Anduin in the Third Age.
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.
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Routes show the order of places each character passes through on screen, not exact roads. Journeys marked “route inferred” happen off-screen.