Season 1, Episode 3: Adar
Galadriel and Halbrand are rescued and taken to the island kingdom of Númenor. Arondir is put to work in the orc trenches, and the Harfoots begin their seasonal migration with the Stranger in tow.
Who went where
Galadriel
the Sundering Seas → the open sea → Númenor
Picked up by Elendil's ship and brought to Númenor.Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron)
the Sundering Seas → the open sea → Númenor
Arrives in Númenor with Galadriel.Míriel & Elendil
Stays in Númenor
Queen Regent Míriel receives the Elf with suspicion; Elendil is told to watch her.Isildur
Stays in Númenor
A Sea Guard cadet on Númenor.Arondir
Stays in Orc trenches
Held prisoner with other Elves; an escape attempt fails. The orcs serve someone they call Adar.Nori & Poppy
Meteor crater → Harfoot trails
The Harfoots set out on their migration; the Stranger is discovered but helps the caravan.The Stranger
Meteor crater → Harfoot trails
Follows the Harfoot caravan.Pharazôn
Stays in Númenor
As Chancellor, he weighs what the Elf's arrival means for Númenor.Advertisement
Places in this episode
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.
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.
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.
Harfoot trails (Rhovanion)
The wandering Harfoots migrate across the wilds of Rhovanion each season.
📖 Books: Harfoots are Third Age hobbit ancestors; hobbits do not appear in Second Age histories.
The wandering Harfoots migrate across the wilds of Rhovanion each season.
📖 Books: Harfoots are Third Age hobbit ancestors; hobbits do not appear in Second Age histories.
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