Season 1, Episode 5: Partings
Númenor prepares to sail. Elrond's oath to Durin is tested when Gil-galad learns about mithril, the Southlanders split over Adar's offer, and three mysterious figures come looking for the Stranger.
Who went where
Míriel & Elendil
Stays in Númenor
Míriel and Elendil ready the fleet.Isildur
Stays in Númenor
Smuggles himself aboard after being expelled from the Sea Guard.Galadriel
Stays in Númenor
Convinces Halbrand to sail home and reclaim his throne.Elrond
Khazad-dûm → Eregion → Lindon
Brings Durin IV to Lindon; Gil-galad reveals the Elves need mithril to survive.Durin IV & Disa
Khazad-dûm → Eregion → Lindon
Durin IV dines with Gil-galad.Gil-galad & Círdan
Stays in Lindon
Shows Elrond the blight on Lindon's tree.Bronwyn & Theo
Stays in Ostirith
Bronwyn rallies the defenders; Waldreg leads others to kneel to Adar.Arondir
Stays in Ostirith
Teaches Theo archery and prepares for the attack.Nori & Poppy
Stays in Harfoot trails
The migration continues through blighted woods.The Dark Wizard
the road east → Harfoot trails
Three cloaked mystics arrive, hunting the Stranger.Pharazôn
Stays in Númenor
Stays behind to govern while the fleet sails.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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