Barrow-downs (Tyrn Gorthad) in The Rings of Power
Haunted burial mounds between Lindon and Eregion. Elrond's company fights the Barrow-wights here in Season 2.
About Barrow-downs (Tyrn Gorthad)
Who lives here: Ancient dead, and the wights that haunt them
Landscape: Burial mounds · mist
Story: Burial mounds of long-dead kings. Only weapons buried with the dead can harm the wights.
In Tolkien’s books
The burial mounds of ancient Men; in the books the wights are sent there much later, in the Third Age.
The show brings the Barrow-wights into the Second Age.
Episodes set in Barrow-downs (Tyrn Gorthad)
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What happens here
The Barrow-wights S2E4
On the road to Eregion, Elrond's company is attacked by the dead and wins by using the old kings' own blades.
On the road to Eregion, Elrond's company is attacked by the dead and wins by using the old kings' own blades.