Season 2, Episode 8: Shadow and Flame
Celebrimbor dies, Adar is killed by his own orcs, and Galadriel fights Sauron. Durin III dies against the Balrog, the Dwarves rescue the Elves, the Stranger takes the name Gandalf, and Pharazôn tightens his grip on Númenor.
Who went where
Celebrimbor
Stays in Eregion
Killed by Sauron after warning that the Rings will be his downfall.Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron)
Stays in Eregion
Takes the Nine and leaves Eregion in ruins.Adar & the orcs
Stays in Eregion
Healed by Nenya, then killed by his own orcs.Galadriel
Eregion → outside Eregion → Imladris (Rivendell)
Leads refugees out, fights Sauron, and survives to reach the hidden valley.Elrond
Eregion → outside Eregion → Imladris (Rivendell)
Captured, then freed; the survivors gather in Imladris.Gil-galad & Círdan
Eregion → outside Eregion → Imladris (Rivendell)
Gil-galad reaches the valley with the survivors.Arondir
Eregion → outside Eregion → Imladris (Rivendell)
Survives and reaches the valley.Durin IV & Disa
Khazad-dûm → Eregion
Durin III dies fighting the Balrog; the Dwarves march to save the Elves.The Stranger
Bombadil's house → Rhûn desert
Battles the Dark Wizard and accepts the name Gandalf.The Dark Wizard
Stays in Rhûn desert
Fights the Stranger and survives.Nori & Poppy
Stoor village → the road west
The Harfoots and Stoors move on together.Isildurroute inferred
Pelargir → Númenor
Kemen seizes Pelargir; Isildur sails home without Estrid.Bronwyn & Theo
Stays in Pelargir
Stays in Pelargir with Estrid.Míriel & Elendil
Stays in Númenor
Míriel is arrested; Elendil escapes carrying Narsil.Pharazôn
Stays in Númenor
Puts Míriel on trial and tightens his hold on the throne.Kemenroute inferred
Númenor → Pelargir
Sails to Pelargir and claims it as a Númenórean outpost.Estrid
Stays in Pelargir
Stays with her betrothed as Isildur sails home.Tom Bombadil
Stays in Bombadil's house
Sees the Stranger set out again.Advertisement
Key moments
Celebrimbor's end
The Elven-smith warns Sauron that the Rings will be his downfall, and is killed.
The Elven-smith warns Sauron that the Rings will be his downfall, and is killed.
Adar's fall
Healed with Nenya, Adar is turned on and killed by his own orcs.
Healed with Nenya, Adar is turned on and killed by his own orcs.
Durin and the Balrog
King Durin III faces the Balrog in the deep and dies so his son can escape.
King Durin III faces the Balrog in the deep and dies so his son can escape.
Gandalf
The Stranger defeats the Dark Wizard's attack and accepts a name: Gandalf.
The Stranger defeats the Dark Wizard's attack and accepts a name: Gandalf.
A hidden refuge
The surviving Elves gather in a hidden valley that will become Rivendell.
The surviving Elves gather in a hidden valley that will become Rivendell.
Kemen takes Pelargir
Pharazôn's son claims the town as a Númenórean outpost, and Isildur sails home.
Pharazôn's son claims the town as a Númenórean outpost, and Isildur sails home.
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.
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.
Imladris (the future Rivendell)
A hidden valley where the surviving Elves of Eregion take refuge after the city falls in the Season 2 finale.
📖 Books: Founded by Elrond as a refuge after the fall of Eregion.
A hidden valley where the surviving Elves of Eregion take refuge after the city falls in the Season 2 finale.
📖 Books: Founded by Elrond as a refuge after the fall of Eregion.
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.
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.
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.
Rhûn desert — the well approx.
The arid lands of Rhûn, where the Stranger and the Harfoots are hunted by the Dark Wizard's servants.
📖 Books: Rhûn is a vast eastern land Tolkien says little about.
The arid lands of Rhûn, where the Stranger and the Harfoots are hunted by the Dark Wizard's servants.
📖 Books: Rhûn is a vast eastern land Tolkien says little about.
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.
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.
Pelargir
An old Númenórean harbour town where the Southland refugees settle in Season 2; Kemen later seizes it as an outpost.
📖 Books: A great haven founded by the Faithful of Númenor in the later Second Age.
An old Númenórean harbour town where the Southland refugees settle in Season 2; Kemen later seizes it as an outpost.
📖 Books: A great haven founded by the Faithful of Númenor in the later Second 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.
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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