Eldest

Eldest
Production information
Series	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Season	Two
Episode	4
Release date	September 5, 2024
Director	Sanaa Hamri Louise Hooper
Writer(s)	John D. Payne Patrick McKay
Chronology
Preceded by	"The Eagle and the Sceptre"
Followed by	"Halls of Stone"

"Eldest" is the fourth episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season Two. It aired on September 5, 2024.

Synopsis

The Stranger finds what he’s been searching for. Arondir and Isildur search for Theo. Galadriel and Elrond walk into a trap.

Around the Axa Bridge

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The Hermit

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The Barrow-downs

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Search for Theo

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The Sûzat

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After the Barrow-downs

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Ents

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Legion of Orcs

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Appearances & mentions

By type

Characters	Species and creatures	Locations	Factions, groups and titles
Events	Objects and artifacts	Miscellanea

Characters

Adar Ammred Arondir Borzag (first appearance) Brânk Camnir (first appearance) Celebrimbor (in vision) Daemor (first appearance) Dark Wizard Drúv (first appearance) Eärendil (indirect mention only) Elanor Brandyfoot Elrond Estrid Galadriel Gandalf (as "The Stranger") Gil-galad (mentioned only) Goldberry (voice only)

Gundabale Earthauler (first appearance) Hagen Isildur Marmadas Merimac (first appearance) Old Man Ironwood (first appearance) Poppy Proudfellow Rían (first appearance) Rorimas Burrows (mentioned only) Sadoc Burrows (mentioned only) Sauron (in vision) Snaggleroot (first appearance) Snaghûl (first appearance) The Dweller Theo Tom Bombadil Vorohil (first appearance) Winterbloom (first appearance)

Species and creatures

Elves Maiar Hobbits Men Barrow-wights Nameless thing Ents Orcs

Locations

Middle-earth Lindon Foothills of the Blue Mountains Axa Bridge (possibly south of the Brandywine Bridge) across the Brandywine River Rhûn Cardolan Barrow-downs (Tyrn Gorthad) Eregion (mentioned & map rendering only) Anduin Pelargir Eastfield Glen (mentioned only) The Shire (mentioned as "Sûzat") Mordor (mentioned only)

Factions, groups and titles

Harfoots Stoors Gaudrim

Miscellanea

Mark of Adar

Lore deviations

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Some of the geography around the elves' journey to Eregion in this episode is suspect, since an original Axa Bridge across the Brandywine River is added, which appears to be placed between the Brandywine Bridge and Sarn Ford, somewhere south of the Old Forest and the Barrow-downs. However, the elves' route is supposedly south through the Barrow-downs.