Season 1, Episode 4: The Great Wave
Míriel shows Galadriel a vision of Númenor's destruction. Elrond discovers the Dwarves' secret: mithril. In the Southlands, Adar sends Arondir back with a demand that the villagers surrender.
Who went where
Galadriel
Stays in Númenor
Imprisoned, then shown the palantír vision; Míriel agrees to send aid to Middle-earth.Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron)
Stays in Númenor
Lands in trouble in the city and is jailed.Elrond
Stays in Khazad-dûm
Learns of mithril, the Dwarves' secret ore.Adar & the orcs
Stays in Orc trenches
Meets Arondir and frees him to carry a message: surrender the land.Arondir
Orc trenches → Ostirith
Runs back to the watchtower and rescues Theo on the way.Bronwyn & Theo
Stays in Ostirith
The villagers shelter in Ostirith; Theo raids the village for food.Advertisement
Key moments
The great wave
Míriel shows Galadriel a vision in the palantír: a vast wave drowning Númenor. It persuades her to sail for Middle-earth.
Míriel shows Galadriel a vision in the palantír: a vast wave drowning Númenor. It persuades her to sail for Middle-earth.
Mithril
Elrond learns the Dwarves' secret: a new ore, mithril, found deep in the mines of Khazad-dûm.
Elrond learns the Dwarves' secret: a new ore, mithril, found deep in the mines of Khazad-dûm.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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