Season 1, Episode 2: Adrift
Galadriel drifts at sea and meets Halbrand, a man of the Southlands. Elrond takes Celebrimbor's request to the Dwarves, and in the Southlands the orcs begin to show themselves.
Who went where
Galadriel
Stays in the Sundering Seas
Swimming alone, she is pulled onto a raft of castaways and meets Halbrand.Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron)
Stays in the Sundering Seas
As Halbrand, a castaway who says he fled the Southlands.Elrond
Lindon → Eregion → Khazad-dûm
Visits Celebrimbor in Eregion, then goes to Khazad-dûm to ask Prince Durin IV for help.Celebrimborroute inferred
Lindon → Eregion
Back in Eregion, planning the forge.Durin IV & Disa
Stays in Khazad-dûm
Durin IV is angry at Elrond's long absence; Disa wins him round.Arondir
Hordern → Orc trenches
Follows tunnels under Hordern and is captured by orcs.Bronwyn & Theo
Tirharad → Ostirith
An orc attacks their home; Bronwyn leads the villagers toward the watchtower.Nori & Poppy
Stays in Meteor crater
Nori and Poppy secretly care for the Stranger.Advertisement
Key moments
The raft
Adrift at sea, Galadriel is pulled aboard a raft of castaways and meets Halbrand, who says he fled the Southlands.
Adrift at sea, Galadriel is pulled aboard a raft of castaways and meets Halbrand, who says he fled the Southlands.
Arondir taken
Following tunnels beneath Hordern, Arondir is ambushed and dragged off to the orc trenches.
Following tunnels beneath Hordern, Arondir is ambushed and dragged off to the orc trenches.
Places in this episode
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.
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.
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.
Hordern
A neighbouring village found burned and empty in Episode 1 — the first sign of the orcs.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings.
A neighbouring village found burned and empty in Episode 1 — the first sign of the orcs.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings.
Orc trenches
Tunnels and trenches where Adar's orcs hold Arondir and other captured Elves.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings.
Tunnels and trenches where Adar's orcs hold Arondir and other captured Elves.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings.
Tirharad
Bronwyn and Theo's village in the Southlands. Site of the battle with Adar's orcs in Episode 6.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings.
Bronwyn and Theo's village in the Southlands. Site of the battle with Adar's orcs in Episode 6.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings.
Ostirith watchtower
The Elves' watchtower over the Southlands, where Arondir is posted and the villagers shelter.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings.
The Elves' watchtower over the Southlands, where Arondir is posted and the villagers shelter.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings.
Meteor crater
Where the Stranger falls from the sky in a blazing meteor in Episode 1.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings; the Istari arrive by ship about a thousand years into the Third Age.
Where the Stranger falls from the sky in a blazing meteor in Episode 1.
📖 Books: Not in Tolkien’s writings; the Istari arrive by ship about a thousand years into the Third Age.
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