Meteor crater in The Rings of Power
Where the Stranger falls from the sky in a blazing meteor in Episode 1.
About Meteor crater
Who lives here: Nobody, until the Stranger lands
Landscape: Crater · scorched ground
Story: The burning crater marks the Stranger's fiery arrival in Middle-earth.
In Tolkien’s books
Not in Tolkien’s writings; the Istari arrive by ship about a thousand years into the Third Age.
The show brings a wizard to Middle-earth by meteor in the Second Age.
Episodes set in Meteor crater
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What happens here
The Stranger falls S1E1
A burning meteor crashes near the Harfoots' camp. Inside the crater lies a giant man with no memory.
A burning meteor crashes near the Harfoots' camp. Inside the crater lies a giant man with no memory.