Season 2, Episode 3: The Eagle and the Sceptre
Annatar steers Celebrimbor toward making Rings for the Dwarves. Pharazôn takes power in Númenor, Isildur turns up alive in Mordor, and Adar gathers new allies.
Who went where
Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron)
Stays in Eregion
Guides the making of the Seven.Durin IV & Disa
Khazad-dûm → Eregion → Khazad-dûm
Visit Eregion to hear Celebrimbor's offer; King Durin oversees the Rings.Míriel & Elendil
Stays in Númenor
An eagle omen; Pharazôn takes the sceptre and becomes king.Isildur
Mount Doom → Pelargir
Rescued by his horse Berek, meets Estrid, and reaches Pelargir.Arondir
Stays in Pelargir
Saves Isildur and Estrid from wild men.Bronwyn & Theo
Stays in Pelargir
Bronwyn has died of her wounds; Theo is now alone.Adar & the orcs
Stays in Adar's stronghold
Welcomes the hill-troll Damrod into his army.Pharazôn
Stays in Númenor
Takes the sceptre and is proclaimed king.Estrid
Stays in Pelargir
Travels with Isildur to Pelargir, hiding the brand of Adar's followers.Damrod the hill-troll
Stays in Adar's stronghold
The hill-troll joins Adar's army.Advertisement
Key moments
A new king
After an omen of falling eagles, Pharazôn takes the sceptre and becomes King of Númenor.
After an omen of falling eagles, Pharazôn takes the sceptre and becomes King of Númenor.
Places in this episode
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.
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.
Orodruin (Mount Doom)
The mountain that erupts at the end of Episode 6, turning the Southlands into Mordor.
📖 Books: Orodruin, where Sauron forges the One Ring around the middle of the Second Age.
The mountain that erupts at the end of Episode 6, turning the Southlands into Mordor.
📖 Books: Orodruin, where Sauron forges the One Ring around the middle of the Second Age.
Pelargir
An old Númenórean harbour town where the Southland refugees settle in Season 2; Kemen later seizes it as an outpost.
📖 Books: A great haven founded by the Faithful of Númenor in the later Second Age.
An old Númenórean harbour town where the Southland refugees settle in Season 2; Kemen later seizes it as an outpost.
📖 Books: A great haven founded by the Faithful of Númenor in the later Second Age.
Adar's Mordor stronghold
After the eruption, Adar claims the burned land as Mordor. Halbrand bargains with him here at the start of Season 2.
📖 Books: Sauron’s realm long before the War of the Last Alliance; Mount Doom is already active and Barad-dûr is built in the Second Age.
After the eruption, Adar claims the burned land as Mordor. Halbrand bargains with him here at the start of Season 2.
📖 Books: Sauron’s realm long before the War of the Last Alliance; Mount Doom is already active and Barad-dûr is built in the Second Age.
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