1 00:00:08,916 --> 00:00:10,500 [Disa] A mountain's like a person. 2 00:00:10,541 --> 00:00:14,000 Sing to it properly, it will reflect your song back to you, 3 00:00:14,083 --> 00:00:16,250 showing you where to mine, where to tunnel... 4 00:00:16,333 --> 00:00:18,375 And where to leave the mountain untouched. 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:21,958 [Prince Durin IV] Father... 6 00:00:22,041 --> 00:00:23,833 It's more than we ever imagined. 7 00:00:23,916 --> 00:00:26,166 -King Durin, there is a... -Enough! 8 00:00:26,250 --> 00:00:27,416 Seize the Elf. 9 00:00:28,375 --> 00:00:30,916 [Prince Durin IV] Elrond is as much a brother to me 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,250 as if he'd been fired in my own mother's womb. 11 00:00:34,291 --> 00:00:36,041 [yells] How dare you! 12 00:00:36,125 --> 00:00:38,166 Invoke your mother's memory 13 00:00:38,250 --> 00:00:41,333 to defend your decision to betray your own kind? 14 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:43,625 It's you that's betrayed our kind! 15 00:00:43,708 --> 00:00:46,041 You profane the crown you wear! 16 00:00:46,625 --> 00:00:47,458 [metal clinks] 17 00:00:47,541 --> 00:00:48,583 [echoing clang] 18 00:00:49,875 --> 00:00:51,250 Leave it. 19 00:00:51,333 --> 00:00:52,750 It's not yours anymore. 20 00:00:55,125 --> 00:00:57,458 [Stranger] From shadow you came. 21 00:00:57,541 --> 00:01:00,083 To shadow I bid you return! 22 00:01:01,250 --> 00:01:03,125 [screams] 23 00:01:03,750 --> 00:01:04,750 [acolytes scream] 24 00:01:04,833 --> 00:01:07,625 You had that dream again last night, didn't you? 25 00:01:07,708 --> 00:01:10,000 [Stranger] In the dream, there's a kind of... branch. 26 00:01:10,083 --> 00:01:11,375 Under the stars. 27 00:01:11,458 --> 00:01:12,958 [indistinct whispering] 28 00:01:14,125 --> 00:01:15,500 It appears we're being followed. 29 00:01:16,791 --> 00:01:17,625 [groans softly] 30 00:01:17,708 --> 00:01:19,583 [Poppy] I was sifting through Sadoc's old book. 31 00:01:19,666 --> 00:01:21,541 I think it's some kinda directions. 32 00:01:21,625 --> 00:01:23,583 Welcome to the lands of Rhûn. 33 00:01:23,666 --> 00:01:25,500 Why you looking at it like that? 34 00:01:25,583 --> 00:01:27,041 Like you've been here before. 35 00:01:27,125 --> 00:01:28,416 [Stranger] Only in dreams. 36 00:01:31,916 --> 00:01:33,250 [horse whinnies] 37 00:01:34,458 --> 00:01:35,625 Tell me your name. 38 00:01:35,708 --> 00:01:38,208 -I have had many names. -[grunts] 39 00:01:38,291 --> 00:01:39,541 [Elrond] Where is Halbrand? 40 00:01:39,625 --> 00:01:42,500 [Galadriel] He is gone. And I doubt he will return. 41 00:01:42,583 --> 00:01:45,583 And should he ever, none of us are to treat with him again. 42 00:01:45,666 --> 00:01:49,833 Elrond just informed me your companion was not who he claimed. 43 00:01:49,916 --> 00:01:51,083 [Galadriel] He is not what I thought. 44 00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:52,666 He is Sauron. 45 00:01:52,750 --> 00:01:55,916 [Gil-galad] It is to be given directly to Lord Celebrimbor. 46 00:01:56,500 --> 00:02:00,291 He must be informed that Halbrand is Sauron. 47 00:02:00,375 --> 00:02:03,333 [Mirdania] Forgive me, my lord, but a messenger has just arrived. 48 00:02:03,833 --> 00:02:05,416 Do we grant him entry? 49 00:02:09,291 --> 00:02:10,666 [rumbling] 50 00:02:19,125 --> 00:02:22,916 [whooshing] 51 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,875 [sinister music playing] 52 00:03:10,583 --> 00:03:12,208 [music crescendoes, ends] 53 00:03:12,291 --> 00:03:14,083 [indistinct chatter] 54 00:03:20,291 --> 00:03:24,583 -Mole-tail stew, mole-tail stew... -Oh. 55 00:03:24,666 --> 00:03:26,041 Wait. 56 00:03:26,125 --> 00:03:27,750 -Too dear. -What? 57 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:30,333 We're not paupers. 58 00:03:30,416 --> 00:03:33,291 You're the one said we'd be wise to tighten our purse strings. 59 00:03:33,375 --> 00:03:36,375 Or were you not including yourself when you said that? 60 00:03:37,166 --> 00:03:38,125 Hmm? 61 00:03:42,416 --> 00:03:44,041 You married a prince. 62 00:03:45,583 --> 00:03:47,583 But now you're bound to an outcast. 63 00:03:51,625 --> 00:03:54,625 I'm bound to the Dwarf I love. 64 00:03:56,791 --> 00:04:01,791 And I wouldn't trade his heart for a mine full of fire opals. 65 00:04:05,125 --> 00:04:06,166 [sighs softly] 66 00:04:08,708 --> 00:04:10,458 Be nice to have the opals, though. 67 00:04:10,541 --> 00:04:12,375 -[Disa] Aye. It would. -[chuckles] 68 00:04:12,458 --> 00:04:14,000 [chuckles softly] 69 00:04:14,083 --> 00:04:16,083 Have you tried to talk to your father-- 70 00:04:16,125 --> 00:04:19,500 Disa, you know he will never agree to see me. 71 00:04:19,583 --> 00:04:20,875 That's not what I asked. 72 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,666 Why should I be the one to ask for an audience? 73 00:04:23,750 --> 00:04:25,541 -He disowned me! -[rumbling] 74 00:04:25,625 --> 00:04:28,125 [Prince Durin IV] He's as stubborn as a stone leg. 75 00:04:28,208 --> 00:04:30,458 [muffled] You're gonna have better luck tryna bend a brick. 76 00:04:31,291 --> 00:04:32,458 You may as well f-- 77 00:04:32,541 --> 00:04:33,541 Disa? 78 00:04:34,833 --> 00:04:35,833 Brace yourself. 79 00:04:35,916 --> 00:04:38,583 [rattling and rumbling] 80 00:04:38,666 --> 00:04:40,791 I said brace yourselves! 81 00:04:40,875 --> 00:04:42,000 Disa! 82 00:04:42,083 --> 00:04:44,041 [all screaming] 83 00:04:49,958 --> 00:04:52,708 [people screaming] 84 00:04:59,708 --> 00:05:03,083 [Disa whimpers softly] 85 00:05:05,541 --> 00:05:06,791 [chuckles] 86 00:05:06,875 --> 00:05:08,208 [both grunting] 87 00:05:09,166 --> 00:05:11,333 -[rumbling subsides] -[screaming dies down] 88 00:05:11,416 --> 00:05:13,000 -[both panting] -[indistinct, panicked chatter] 89 00:05:18,041 --> 00:05:19,625 [rumbling] 90 00:05:19,708 --> 00:05:22,833 [ominous music playing] 91 00:05:25,541 --> 00:05:26,750 Durin. 92 00:05:28,708 --> 00:05:29,708 No. 93 00:05:31,541 --> 00:05:32,666 No, no, no, no. 94 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:41,458 [opening theme music playing] 95 00:07:07,916 --> 00:07:09,458 [rustling] 96 00:07:09,541 --> 00:07:10,791 [birds chirping] 97 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:19,125 [in Sindarin] These lands shall bear you 98 00:07:19,208 --> 00:07:22,750 sweet blossoms once more. 99 00:07:29,041 --> 00:07:30,500 [in English] My dear brother. 100 00:07:39,291 --> 00:07:40,666 [footsteps approaching] 101 00:07:44,291 --> 00:07:45,541 [Galadriel] Lord Celebrimbor. 102 00:07:47,416 --> 00:07:49,333 They did not tell me you had arrived. 103 00:07:52,125 --> 00:07:53,333 What news? 104 00:07:53,416 --> 00:07:55,625 I've had an unexpected visitor. 105 00:07:57,541 --> 00:07:58,583 [sinister music playing] 106 00:07:58,666 --> 00:08:00,666 He has returned already? 107 00:08:04,291 --> 00:08:07,083 [Halbrand, echoing] Galadriel? Galadriel? Galadriel? 108 00:08:07,166 --> 00:08:10,250 [wood creaking] 109 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,125 [twigs, leaves rustling] 110 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:25,083 Are they not the seeds you planted? 111 00:08:26,791 --> 00:08:27,916 [exclaims] 112 00:08:28,291 --> 00:08:33,125 [in Black Speech, distorted] Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky. 113 00:08:33,916 --> 00:08:38,375 Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone. 114 00:08:38,458 --> 00:08:43,541 Nine for mortal men doomed to die. [grunts] 115 00:08:43,625 --> 00:08:45,125 [screams] 116 00:08:56,583 --> 00:08:59,083 [commander of the West] We should attack Mordor from the north. 117 00:08:59,166 --> 00:09:02,000 We enter here, between the Ered Lithui and the Ephel Arnen. 118 00:09:02,458 --> 00:09:05,416 [commander of the East] It would be wiser to attack Adar from the east. 119 00:09:06,666 --> 00:09:08,833 What of the whereabouts of Sauron? 120 00:09:08,916 --> 00:09:13,083 Our spies indicate that Sauron was last seen traveling into Mordor. 121 00:09:13,916 --> 00:09:17,500 We believe he intends to supplant Adar and claim his armies. 122 00:09:17,583 --> 00:09:19,375 If we move swiftly, 123 00:09:19,458 --> 00:09:22,541 we may be able to crush two spiders with one boot. 124 00:09:22,625 --> 00:09:24,958 And what says the Commander of the Northern Armies? 125 00:09:25,916 --> 00:09:27,125 -Galadriel? -[gasps] 126 00:09:27,916 --> 00:09:30,375 [voice shaking] 127 00:09:30,458 --> 00:09:33,791 Um, we should send ships up the Anduin, 128 00:09:34,625 --> 00:09:37,500 invade Mordor from the west. 129 00:09:42,416 --> 00:09:43,958 See to the preparations. 130 00:09:52,250 --> 00:09:54,375 It does not take the eye of an eagle 131 00:09:54,458 --> 00:09:57,458 to see your thoughts have flown far afield. 132 00:09:57,541 --> 00:09:59,500 What troubles them? 133 00:10:01,375 --> 00:10:03,625 Sauron may well have traveled to Mordor, 134 00:10:05,625 --> 00:10:07,791 but we cannot be certain that is where he remains. 135 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:11,458 What makes you say that? 136 00:10:12,041 --> 00:10:13,166 Sauron... 137 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,791 sees himself not as master of a barren waste, 138 00:10:18,958 --> 00:10:20,750 but of all Middle-earth. 139 00:10:23,416 --> 00:10:26,000 He seeks to rule it not only through conquest, 140 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:31,000 but by bending the minds and wills of all its peoples to his own. 141 00:10:31,583 --> 00:10:33,333 And for that, he needs not armies... 142 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:36,583 but Rings. 143 00:10:37,333 --> 00:10:40,583 And he cannot craft them without Celebrimbor. 144 00:10:40,666 --> 00:10:45,666 Sauron is alone, without army or ally. 145 00:10:46,208 --> 00:10:49,916 Eregion is protected by two rivers 146 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:55,250 with miles of curtain wall of dwarven stone, ten-foot thick. 147 00:10:56,916 --> 00:11:01,625 Rest assured, Celebrimbor and the secrets of his craft 148 00:11:02,416 --> 00:11:03,416 are safe. 149 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:12,500 [thunder rumbling] 150 00:11:12,583 --> 00:11:14,083 [foreboding music plays] 151 00:11:22,208 --> 00:11:27,708 I tell you, some veiled evil closes in on Celebrimbor. 152 00:11:28,708 --> 00:11:32,250 Sauron's plan is in motion even now. 153 00:11:32,833 --> 00:11:33,958 I know it. 154 00:11:35,666 --> 00:11:36,875 How? 155 00:11:39,916 --> 00:11:42,500 Since the wearing of this Ring, I have felt... 156 00:11:44,166 --> 00:11:45,375 perceived... 157 00:11:46,541 --> 00:11:48,750 glimpses of the unseen world... 158 00:11:50,916 --> 00:11:54,541 as dreams unbidden, coming forth to crowd my waking mind. 159 00:11:56,041 --> 00:11:58,458 You believe the Rings have kindled your ability 160 00:11:58,541 --> 00:12:01,416 to see that which has not yet come to pass? 161 00:12:04,291 --> 00:12:05,875 Have they kindled yours? 162 00:12:10,375 --> 00:12:12,541 I have seen mountains crumbling. 163 00:12:13,583 --> 00:12:18,375 Waters running dry. And clouds. Black. Gathering over white towers. 164 00:12:18,458 --> 00:12:21,291 -Then send me to Eregion. -Galadriel-- 165 00:12:21,375 --> 00:12:24,625 -If Sauron is there, I will send word-- -You cannot face Sauron again. 166 00:12:26,875 --> 00:12:31,125 It is said that once the Deceiver obtains a being's trust, 167 00:12:31,208 --> 00:12:34,500 he gains the ability to sculpt their very thoughts. 168 00:12:35,083 --> 00:12:39,208 To deceive not only their heart and mind, but their eyes and ears. 169 00:12:39,291 --> 00:12:41,708 To alter their very reality. 170 00:12:43,041 --> 00:12:45,250 You have already been affected once. 171 00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:49,208 Yes. 172 00:12:50,791 --> 00:12:52,208 He knows my mind. 173 00:12:53,875 --> 00:12:55,333 And I know his. 174 00:12:56,416 --> 00:12:58,541 Which is why I must face him. 175 00:12:59,416 --> 00:13:01,708 Why I alone can slay him. 176 00:13:01,791 --> 00:13:04,208 You once considered him a friend. 177 00:13:04,291 --> 00:13:06,458 -Halbrand was not a-- -Sauron. 178 00:13:07,875 --> 00:13:09,750 You cannot face him alone. 179 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:14,958 Supposing... I was not alone? 180 00:13:15,583 --> 00:13:17,958 [bell tolling] 181 00:13:18,041 --> 00:13:19,458 [ethereal operatic music playing] 182 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:30,625 [indistinct chatter] 183 00:13:38,750 --> 00:13:43,166 Lord Celebrimbor regrets to inform you he's unable to grant you entry. 184 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,708 Mightn't I speak with him directly? 185 00:13:46,791 --> 00:13:48,083 [Mirdania] My lord is occupied. 186 00:13:48,166 --> 00:13:50,583 But he wishes you good fortune on your journey. 187 00:13:51,166 --> 00:13:52,833 Are you asking me to leave? 188 00:13:55,125 --> 00:13:57,750 The Lord of Eregion is asking you. 189 00:14:00,166 --> 00:14:02,375 Perhaps I'll just wait here. 190 00:14:06,625 --> 00:14:08,375 Just in case he changes his mind. 191 00:14:23,791 --> 00:14:24,625 Is he gone? 192 00:14:24,708 --> 00:14:27,208 No. He refuses to leave, my lord. 193 00:14:30,625 --> 00:14:32,291 Well, he can refuse all he cares to. 194 00:14:32,375 --> 00:14:36,458 I promised Lady Galadriel before she left that I would never treat with him again. 195 00:14:40,708 --> 00:14:42,125 Was there something more? 196 00:14:42,208 --> 00:14:44,375 I believe he's injured, my lord. 197 00:14:45,708 --> 00:14:46,916 Let him be. 198 00:14:48,583 --> 00:14:49,583 He'll leave soon enough. 199 00:14:50,541 --> 00:14:53,541 Messengers from Lindon should arrive with news any day. 200 00:14:56,500 --> 00:14:58,166 [flies buzzing] 201 00:14:58,250 --> 00:14:59,750 [dramatic music playing] 202 00:15:04,041 --> 00:15:05,458 [chains clinking, rattling] 203 00:15:35,541 --> 00:15:38,166 [dramatic music swells] 204 00:16:06,833 --> 00:16:07,875 [horse snorts] 205 00:16:28,916 --> 00:16:29,875 [wings fluttering] 206 00:16:36,250 --> 00:16:38,291 [chittering] 207 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 [ominous music playing] 208 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,416 [disembodied voices whispering indistinctly] 209 00:18:23,250 --> 00:18:25,708 What tidings from the white wings? 210 00:18:26,291 --> 00:18:28,291 Sauron's shadow is deepening. 211 00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:33,541 It is said he has taken a new form to deceive his enemies. 212 00:18:33,625 --> 00:18:34,583 And the Istar? 213 00:18:35,583 --> 00:18:41,375 I hear whispers from salt scavengers and mûmakil thieves. 214 00:18:42,375 --> 00:18:48,375 Whispers of an old man in rags, traveling east with two halflings. 215 00:18:48,458 --> 00:18:50,375 He is lost. Vulnerable. 216 00:18:50,458 --> 00:18:52,666 [Dark Wizard] But he will not be for long. 217 00:18:52,750 --> 00:18:55,916 We must reach him before he learns to harness his powers. 218 00:18:56,833 --> 00:19:00,666 Perhaps, the blood I wasted to bring you before me 219 00:19:00,750 --> 00:19:05,416 should have been spent on more useful servants. 220 00:19:06,291 --> 00:19:08,500 [stone door slides open] 221 00:19:11,375 --> 00:19:12,916 [female messenger acolyte] Master. 222 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,750 One of the trackers you sent out has returned. 223 00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:20,541 [Dark Wizard] Have you found him? 224 00:19:20,625 --> 00:19:23,833 [Bränk] I didn't just find him. I know how to capture him. 225 00:19:23,916 --> 00:19:29,541 Heal the curse upon our flesh, and I will bring you the Istar in chains. 226 00:19:30,125 --> 00:19:35,166 What makes you think a mortal like yourself 227 00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:37,458 could defeat an Istar 228 00:19:37,541 --> 00:19:41,833 when my most powerful acolytes could not? 229 00:19:42,583 --> 00:19:47,666 [Bränk] The Istar will surrender to me, because if he doesn't, 230 00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:51,666 I will slaughter the halflings he calls friends. 231 00:19:55,291 --> 00:19:58,041 What about Doderick? 232 00:20:00,458 --> 00:20:01,750 Doderick? 233 00:20:01,833 --> 00:20:04,875 [Nori] All right, all right. Andwise? 234 00:20:04,958 --> 00:20:08,791 [Stranger] It is a fine name. Nevertheless, it is not going to be mine. 235 00:20:10,166 --> 00:20:11,208 I know. 236 00:20:12,125 --> 00:20:13,000 Fredagard. 237 00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:16,833 But don't you see? 238 00:20:17,958 --> 00:20:20,166 No one can give you a name. 239 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:22,833 It is yours already. 240 00:20:24,333 --> 00:20:25,875 It is who you are. 241 00:20:27,916 --> 00:20:33,125 And when you hear it spoken, you feel your heart glow. 242 00:20:34,291 --> 00:20:36,000 You'll hear it one day. 243 00:20:38,333 --> 00:20:39,375 I'm sure of it. 244 00:20:40,875 --> 00:20:42,291 We'll find out who you are. 245 00:20:44,916 --> 00:20:46,000 [Poppy] I knew it! 246 00:20:46,083 --> 00:20:47,625 Says here if we turn northeast, 247 00:20:47,708 --> 00:20:50,125 we can cut this leg of the journey in half. 248 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,708 Over there. Come on! 249 00:20:52,791 --> 00:20:54,916 [captivating music playing] 250 00:21:08,791 --> 00:21:10,708 [Stranger] My preference would be to avoid the path 251 00:21:10,791 --> 00:21:12,833 on which we would run out of water the first day 252 00:21:12,916 --> 00:21:15,125 and die of heat the second. 253 00:21:16,583 --> 00:21:18,666 But perhaps that is just me? 254 00:21:23,041 --> 00:21:24,708 How about Doderick? 255 00:21:26,166 --> 00:21:27,791 You already said Doderick. 256 00:21:30,208 --> 00:21:31,375 No, I didn't. 257 00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:33,166 -[Stranger] Yes, you did. -[Poppy] Yes, you did. 258 00:21:36,708 --> 00:21:39,375 Ah, how fares the forager this time? 259 00:21:40,291 --> 00:21:43,208 All I found was a scorpion and a clump of cactus. 260 00:21:43,833 --> 00:21:47,208 The scorpion stung me, I fell over, and, well... [clears throat] 261 00:21:47,291 --> 00:21:50,000 -That's how I found the cactus. -That's how you found the cactus. 262 00:21:51,375 --> 00:21:56,000 Couldn't you just, I don't know, magic some more water into being? 263 00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:02,041 He's afraid he'd lose control again without a gand. 264 00:22:02,583 --> 00:22:05,000 So we find a gand. S'plenty of sticks all over the place. 265 00:22:05,541 --> 00:22:07,041 Don't think it works that way, Pop. 266 00:22:07,541 --> 00:22:08,750 Silence. 267 00:22:09,708 --> 00:22:10,791 [horses approaching] 268 00:22:10,875 --> 00:22:11,875 What is it? 269 00:22:14,083 --> 00:22:16,916 On the wind. Can you hear that? 270 00:22:18,541 --> 00:22:20,333 -Almost sounds like-- -Hooves. 271 00:22:21,458 --> 00:22:23,375 [horse chuffs] 272 00:22:30,625 --> 00:22:31,500 [Nori grunts] 273 00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:36,875 [grunts] 274 00:22:39,833 --> 00:22:42,500 [breathing heavily] 275 00:23:01,083 --> 00:23:03,166 [breath trembling] 276 00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:11,416 [snake rattling and hissing] 277 00:23:15,208 --> 00:23:17,250 [hissing] 278 00:23:23,041 --> 00:23:25,541 [Kilta breathing heavily] 279 00:23:32,083 --> 00:23:34,958 [Kilta] They're still close. Mount up! 280 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,750 [Poppy breathing heavily] 281 00:23:45,541 --> 00:23:47,000 [Poppy] Who were they? 282 00:23:48,791 --> 00:23:49,916 [Stranger] I don't know. 283 00:23:51,083 --> 00:23:52,541 They're watching our trail. 284 00:23:53,416 --> 00:23:55,583 Meaning, we'd be wise to find another. 285 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,333 We already have. 286 00:24:08,375 --> 00:24:09,583 Nobody goes off-trail. 287 00:24:10,541 --> 00:24:13,041 -Nobody walks alone. -Nobody walks alone. 288 00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:35,833 [female stone singer 1] Every garden has withered since the earthquake. 289 00:24:35,916 --> 00:24:37,666 [female stone singer 2] It's not just the gardens. 290 00:24:37,750 --> 00:24:42,041 Rumors abound of dark omens across all the Dwarven realms. 291 00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:47,125 Some say the mountain was cursed when the prince let in that Elf. 292 00:24:47,208 --> 00:24:49,875 You two wouldn't be trafficking in conjecture, would you? 293 00:24:49,958 --> 00:24:51,416 -No. -Wouldn't dream of it. 294 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:54,083 Good. 'Cause a rumor's like a songbird. 295 00:24:54,166 --> 00:24:58,250 May sound filling from afar, but up close, it's an empty feast. 296 00:24:58,958 --> 00:25:00,291 Then it isn't true? 297 00:25:00,958 --> 00:25:03,083 That something terrible is happening? 298 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:07,041 We're about to prove it isn't. 299 00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:20,458 -[Disa] King Durin. -[both] King Durin. 300 00:25:20,541 --> 00:25:21,833 Disa. 301 00:25:23,375 --> 00:25:24,916 Narvi, your report? 302 00:25:25,791 --> 00:25:27,333 [grunts] Sire. 303 00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:31,958 Not long ago, a fire-mountain awoke. 304 00:25:32,625 --> 00:25:36,833 And although it resides far to our south, 305 00:25:36,916 --> 00:25:39,625 the ground-shakes it produced 306 00:25:39,708 --> 00:25:44,208 spread through the bones of the earth all the way here, 307 00:25:44,291 --> 00:25:46,208 collapsing our sun-shafts, 308 00:25:47,125 --> 00:25:50,666 and with them, our ability to grow crops. 309 00:25:51,291 --> 00:25:52,125 [grunts] 310 00:25:54,208 --> 00:25:56,958 Now, the obvious remedy 311 00:25:57,041 --> 00:25:59,708 is to set the dig-teams to work repairing the shafts 312 00:25:59,791 --> 00:26:02,250 and sinking new ones. However-- 313 00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:07,208 Every Stone-singer you've brought here has failed to identify a safe path to dig. 314 00:26:07,291 --> 00:26:09,041 I'm afraid that's true. 315 00:26:11,791 --> 00:26:15,291 With your approval, sire, we will find the light. 316 00:26:15,375 --> 00:26:16,625 You have it. 317 00:26:27,041 --> 00:26:28,541 [all singing in Khuzdul] 318 00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:50,041 [rumbling] 319 00:26:56,083 --> 00:26:58,041 [thudding] 320 00:27:17,125 --> 00:27:18,791 [singing subsides] 321 00:27:21,791 --> 00:27:23,291 [grunts] 322 00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:25,166 [King Durin] For nine centuries, 323 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:32,375 the Stone-singers have fostered our sacred connection to this rock. 324 00:27:34,041 --> 00:27:38,791 And in all those years, not once, 325 00:27:38,875 --> 00:27:44,875 not once have they ever ceased to provide for us. 326 00:27:48,541 --> 00:27:52,916 But now, whatever the cause, 327 00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:57,500 the bond is broken. 328 00:27:57,583 --> 00:28:01,583 The hand of darkness has closed around Khazad-dûm. 329 00:28:01,666 --> 00:28:03,541 Dig carefully, Delve-master. 330 00:28:08,458 --> 00:28:09,375 [sighs wearily] 331 00:28:18,875 --> 00:28:20,208 Disa. 332 00:28:22,125 --> 00:28:23,291 A moment? 333 00:28:32,875 --> 00:28:34,791 Are you really going to make me ask? 334 00:28:36,208 --> 00:28:39,041 Do you mean your grandchildren? They're well. 335 00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:41,125 They miss tugging your beard, of course, but-- 336 00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:44,416 You needn't make this harder than it already is. 337 00:28:45,458 --> 00:28:48,125 Funny. I keep saying the same thing to him. 338 00:28:49,958 --> 00:28:53,000 Surely Durin knows I spoke in anger! 339 00:28:53,083 --> 00:28:56,166 If that's an apology I hear, King, try saying it to my husband. 340 00:28:56,250 --> 00:28:58,458 Why should it be me who apologizes? 341 00:28:59,666 --> 00:29:01,500 It was he who caused offense! 342 00:29:02,958 --> 00:29:04,125 I tell you, he's-- 343 00:29:04,208 --> 00:29:07,125 Stubborn as a root-bound parsnip? 344 00:29:08,458 --> 00:29:11,041 One more quality the two of you have in common. 345 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,541 What you call "stubbornness," 346 00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:18,291 some Dwarves call "strength." 347 00:29:19,375 --> 00:29:24,875 Oh, I imagine it does take strength to carry a grudge so heavy. 348 00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:30,833 To keep your wounded heart so tightly bound, it can barely beat. 349 00:29:33,041 --> 00:29:34,291 Aye, it does. 350 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,416 It truly does. 351 00:29:45,166 --> 00:29:47,875 No wonder we can't hear the mountain. 352 00:29:47,958 --> 00:29:50,875 Its King is deaf to the sorrow of his own son. 353 00:29:50,958 --> 00:29:52,375 Still your axe, Disa! 354 00:29:52,458 --> 00:29:55,291 [Disa] You want to show true strength? 355 00:29:56,166 --> 00:29:58,041 Summon your son to you. 356 00:30:00,208 --> 00:30:01,541 He'll answer. 357 00:30:03,166 --> 00:30:07,458 But leave it to him and the peaks of Zirakzigil will thaw 358 00:30:07,541 --> 00:30:09,375 before this feud of yours will. 359 00:30:13,708 --> 00:30:16,000 -[pickaxes clinking] -[miners grunting] 360 00:30:16,083 --> 00:30:17,416 [miner 1] No sunlight yet. 361 00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:19,250 [clanks] 362 00:30:19,333 --> 00:30:20,625 [miner 2] Another dead end. 363 00:30:21,458 --> 00:30:22,958 We're gonna have to work all night. 364 00:30:23,041 --> 00:30:26,041 -[Prince Durin IV, breathing heavily] -Oh, here we go. 365 00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:27,333 [scoffing] 366 00:30:27,416 --> 00:30:31,583 Growing blisters, I see. No shame in it. Even I've had 'em. 367 00:30:32,375 --> 00:30:35,416 -Oh, y'have? -[Barduk] Aye. When I was five! 368 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:36,916 [both laugh] 369 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,541 Aye, palace hands. 370 00:30:38,625 --> 00:30:40,708 Been polishing jewels all his life. 371 00:30:40,791 --> 00:30:42,416 [miners chuckling] 372 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:45,291 Don't fret, Prince, only 13 hours to go. 373 00:30:45,375 --> 00:30:48,541 Aye. It's his fault we're in this mess. 374 00:30:48,625 --> 00:30:49,750 And his father. 375 00:30:50,833 --> 00:30:51,833 Eh? 376 00:30:54,208 --> 00:30:57,958 Lay a finger on me again, I'll bite it off at the knuckle. 377 00:30:58,041 --> 00:30:59,666 [miners chuckling] 378 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:06,583 [Barduk grunts] 379 00:31:07,250 --> 00:31:08,500 -[grunts] -[miners laughing] 380 00:31:08,583 --> 00:31:09,416 [sighs] 381 00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:10,958 [melancholic music playing] 382 00:31:20,916 --> 00:31:22,083 How was the mine? 383 00:31:26,458 --> 00:31:27,458 'Bout the same. 384 00:31:30,625 --> 00:31:32,041 Where are the weans? 385 00:31:32,125 --> 00:31:34,333 Said they weren't hungry. Again. 386 00:31:34,791 --> 00:31:36,041 Well, I can't blame 'em. 387 00:31:36,833 --> 00:31:39,125 This rye tastes like last year's bread. 388 00:31:39,208 --> 00:31:40,791 It is last year's bread. 389 00:31:42,416 --> 00:31:45,083 Why not trade for fresh grain from the surface? 390 00:31:45,791 --> 00:31:47,416 Splendid idea! 391 00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:51,125 But who in the Dimrill Dale will we find to convince your father of it? 392 00:31:51,208 --> 00:31:53,708 -Don't start. -Um... Let me think... 393 00:31:53,791 --> 00:31:54,916 I said don't. 394 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,583 Ah, climb off your high peak and apologize! 395 00:31:57,666 --> 00:32:00,541 -You're giving me indigestion. -Good! Now listen to your guts! 396 00:32:00,625 --> 00:32:01,875 I am! 397 00:32:02,583 --> 00:32:05,125 And they still say I was right. 398 00:32:05,208 --> 00:32:08,541 If he hadn't have thrown Elrond out to rot, 399 00:32:08,625 --> 00:32:10,708 we'd have food enough for 500 years! 400 00:32:10,791 --> 00:32:12,875 You think this is about food? 401 00:32:15,958 --> 00:32:18,791 We can't hear the mountains anymore. 402 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,750 I'm afraid, Durin. 403 00:32:29,541 --> 00:32:30,833 I'm afraid. 404 00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:34,916 Disa... Come here. 405 00:32:36,875 --> 00:32:39,166 [Disa sighs heavily] 406 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,416 We're Dwarves. 407 00:32:44,541 --> 00:32:45,958 We'll find a way. 408 00:32:48,458 --> 00:32:50,083 We always have. 409 00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:52,541 How? 410 00:33:03,458 --> 00:33:05,125 [indistinct chatter] 411 00:33:17,166 --> 00:33:21,333 [Galadriel] Our letters to Celebrimbor have all gone unanswered. 412 00:33:21,416 --> 00:33:23,458 I fear Sauron may be in Eregion. 413 00:33:24,750 --> 00:33:27,750 The High King has consented to send me and a small party there, 414 00:33:28,583 --> 00:33:30,791 to ensure Celebrimbor and his city are safe. 415 00:33:32,916 --> 00:33:34,708 I'm asking you to join us. 416 00:33:35,583 --> 00:33:36,458 [scoffs] 417 00:33:37,708 --> 00:33:40,250 As you are so fond of reminding me, Galadriel, 418 00:33:42,125 --> 00:33:43,416 I am but a politician. 419 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:45,750 And as such, you have the High King's trust. 420 00:33:47,375 --> 00:33:48,833 He believes in your steadfastness. 421 00:33:48,916 --> 00:33:52,416 A dog is steadfast. And quicker to follow on a leash. 422 00:33:59,416 --> 00:34:01,250 He refuses to send me without you. 423 00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:05,000 [Elrond] And why is that? 424 00:34:05,750 --> 00:34:08,166 -You know the reason. -I'm asking if you know it. 425 00:34:10,166 --> 00:34:15,083 The High King believes, that if I were to face the Enemy alone, 426 00:34:16,291 --> 00:34:18,041 I may be vulnerable to deception. 427 00:34:18,583 --> 00:34:20,000 And why would he think that? 428 00:34:20,083 --> 00:34:21,041 Stop it, Elrond. 429 00:34:23,375 --> 00:34:25,291 [Elrond] You've defied the High King's orders before. 430 00:34:25,375 --> 00:34:26,875 Why not do so now? 431 00:34:28,458 --> 00:34:29,791 Because he is right. 432 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,375 Sauron used me. 433 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,041 And under his hand, I was played like a harp to a melody not of my choosing. 434 00:34:38,916 --> 00:34:40,916 It was entirely of your choosing. 435 00:34:43,083 --> 00:34:44,875 Sauron looked inside you, 436 00:34:44,958 --> 00:34:48,000 plucked the very song of your soul, note by note, 437 00:34:49,208 --> 00:34:51,375 making himself out to be exactly what you needed. 438 00:34:51,458 --> 00:34:53,458 "The Lost King" who could ride you to victory. 439 00:34:53,541 --> 00:34:56,250 You gave him everything he wanted and then thanked him for it. 440 00:34:56,333 --> 00:34:58,250 And now he has done the same to Gil-galad. 441 00:34:58,333 --> 00:34:59,791 And to every Elf in Lindon. 442 00:35:00,958 --> 00:35:04,291 And that is why we need you. Help us navigate this labyrinth. 443 00:35:04,375 --> 00:35:06,041 [Elrond] There is no navigating it. 444 00:35:06,125 --> 00:35:08,041 The labyrinth is his. 445 00:35:09,416 --> 00:35:11,958 As long as you stay in it, you've already lost. 446 00:35:13,333 --> 00:35:16,625 -He may well want you in Eregion-- -Please, Elrond. 447 00:35:18,833 --> 00:35:20,791 I cannot let him in again. 448 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:23,875 I cannot. 449 00:35:46,041 --> 00:35:48,500 He never left, Galadriel. 450 00:35:50,416 --> 00:35:52,750 In choosing to wear those Rings, 451 00:35:53,750 --> 00:35:56,583 you have all chosen to become his collaborators. 452 00:35:58,291 --> 00:36:00,083 I will have no part in it. 453 00:36:01,708 --> 00:36:03,208 You promised me once, 454 00:36:04,875 --> 00:36:08,458 "If but a whisper of a rumor" of what I feared proved true, 455 00:36:09,666 --> 00:36:11,833 you would not rest until it was put right. 456 00:36:14,583 --> 00:36:16,833 If our friendship ever meant anything to you, 457 00:36:19,708 --> 00:36:20,708 please leave. 458 00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:50,875 [Círdan] Do you not wish to live in beauty? 459 00:36:51,958 --> 00:36:54,791 [Elrond] Master Círdan, I cannot trust these Rings. 460 00:36:54,875 --> 00:36:57,583 What is beauty, when it is born, in part, of evil? 461 00:36:58,125 --> 00:36:59,541 No less beautiful. 462 00:37:01,416 --> 00:37:02,583 Not to me. 463 00:37:02,666 --> 00:37:05,416 Would you cast Rúmil's verses into the flame, 464 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:07,166 because the poet was a drunkard? 465 00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:14,625 Rúmil was a drunkard? 466 00:37:15,541 --> 00:37:16,375 [chuckles softly] 467 00:37:16,916 --> 00:37:19,541 Do not ask of Daeron. [scoffs] 468 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:21,791 Insufferable. 469 00:37:23,041 --> 00:37:24,791 But a voice, 470 00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:29,750 a voice that could make the very sun weep tears of fire. 471 00:37:32,875 --> 00:37:34,375 Judge the work, 472 00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:38,875 and leave judgment concerning those who wrought it 473 00:37:38,958 --> 00:37:41,833 to the judge who sees all things. 474 00:37:41,916 --> 00:37:43,791 That feels impossible. 475 00:37:45,958 --> 00:37:47,458 It is called humility. 476 00:37:47,541 --> 00:37:49,791 And it is difficult for most. 477 00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:52,250 But it is the truest form of sight. 478 00:38:03,458 --> 00:38:07,125 I wish I could know your peace. 479 00:38:09,541 --> 00:38:10,791 You can. 480 00:38:17,625 --> 00:38:20,958 We do not yet fully understand these Rings. 481 00:38:21,041 --> 00:38:24,875 But look at the power they exert over every form of life. 482 00:38:31,250 --> 00:38:35,833 In Sauron's hands, they could work an evil beyond reckoning, 483 00:38:35,916 --> 00:38:38,750 dominating the minds and wills of all. 484 00:38:39,291 --> 00:38:43,166 This is why they must remain in the hands of Elves. 485 00:38:45,666 --> 00:38:49,458 You are wise to fear this power, Elrond. 486 00:38:51,875 --> 00:38:56,875 But do not let that fear blind you to the ways it can be used for good. 487 00:38:59,666 --> 00:39:02,000 For it is not your enemy, that bears these Rings... 488 00:39:04,125 --> 00:39:08,083 But your most trusted friends. 489 00:39:08,708 --> 00:39:12,708 If you believe they have strayed, do not abandon them, 490 00:39:12,791 --> 00:39:17,875 but rather open your eyes and guide them... 491 00:39:18,541 --> 00:39:22,208 Before the darkness spreads across Middle-earth, 492 00:39:22,291 --> 00:39:24,625 and blinds us all. 493 00:39:26,416 --> 00:39:27,791 [wind whistling] 494 00:39:29,958 --> 00:39:32,000 [all panting] 495 00:39:46,750 --> 00:39:48,666 [grunting] 496 00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:58,916 You need to rest. 497 00:40:00,541 --> 00:40:03,291 [pants] Certainly not, I... 498 00:40:04,375 --> 00:40:05,208 [grunts] 499 00:40:05,916 --> 00:40:07,083 [Nori panting] 500 00:40:09,958 --> 00:40:11,166 Wake up! 501 00:40:11,250 --> 00:40:12,333 [grunts] 502 00:40:14,833 --> 00:40:17,416 What are you doin'? Get back here! 503 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:19,500 [Poppy] I saw it. I know I saw it. C'mon. 504 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:21,291 [Nori] Poppy, he's not breathin' anymore! 505 00:40:23,666 --> 00:40:25,833 There! Yes! Nori, I can see it! 506 00:40:26,541 --> 00:40:27,958 [Nori] See what? 507 00:40:28,041 --> 00:40:29,583 Water. 508 00:40:31,458 --> 00:40:35,375 How could someone who hasn't eaten in so long 509 00:40:35,458 --> 00:40:37,750 still weigh so much? 510 00:40:37,833 --> 00:40:39,375 [both grunting] 511 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,458 Quick sticks! 512 00:40:43,166 --> 00:40:44,291 [grunts] 513 00:40:45,041 --> 00:40:46,416 Please, oh, please, oh, please. 514 00:40:47,166 --> 00:40:48,291 Hurry, Poppy! 515 00:40:53,708 --> 00:40:57,583 [grunting] 516 00:41:04,625 --> 00:41:05,708 Come on! 517 00:41:06,458 --> 00:41:07,791 [water splashing] 518 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,000 [grunts] 519 00:41:15,541 --> 00:41:16,583 I got it. 520 00:41:16,666 --> 00:41:18,458 [bell dinging] 521 00:41:26,291 --> 00:41:27,541 [Nori] Come on. 522 00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:29,750 [pealing rapidly] 523 00:41:31,166 --> 00:41:32,333 Come on. 524 00:41:33,916 --> 00:41:35,416 You're going to be all right. 525 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:37,250 [bell continues dinging] 526 00:41:37,333 --> 00:41:39,125 [coughing] 527 00:41:39,750 --> 00:41:42,083 [Nori sighs] Great goats, you're alive. 528 00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:44,916 For a moment there, I thought we'd lost... we'd lost you. 529 00:41:47,416 --> 00:41:49,041 [water splashing] 530 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,583 We're none of us, going to lose each other. 531 00:41:53,666 --> 00:41:55,666 [Nori and Poppy panting] 532 00:41:57,875 --> 00:42:00,208 I'd be crying 'cept my eyes are too dry. 533 00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:02,083 [gasps] 534 00:42:02,166 --> 00:42:03,625 [all chuckling] 535 00:42:08,958 --> 00:42:09,875 Oh... 536 00:42:09,958 --> 00:42:11,833 [panting] 537 00:42:29,833 --> 00:42:30,875 What is it? 538 00:42:32,625 --> 00:42:34,000 You don't think... 539 00:42:34,083 --> 00:42:39,041 It is not dissimilar from the staff I saw in my dream. 540 00:42:39,125 --> 00:42:41,166 Um, Nori... 541 00:42:41,250 --> 00:42:42,750 [horse whinnies] 542 00:42:42,833 --> 00:42:45,083 [sinister music playing] 543 00:42:51,041 --> 00:42:52,500 [horse whinnies] 544 00:42:54,125 --> 00:42:55,583 [Gaudrim breathing heavily] 545 00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:07,708 Oh, we were just having a drink of water. 546 00:43:10,583 --> 00:43:11,791 [Kilta, in Rhûnnic] Pängul niganvil! 547 00:43:11,875 --> 00:43:13,291 [Kilta grunts] 548 00:43:13,791 --> 00:43:15,333 -[arrows whistling] -[all exclaiming] 549 00:43:15,416 --> 00:43:16,833 [Gaudrim grunts] 550 00:43:17,458 --> 00:43:19,583 [both breathing heavily] 551 00:43:20,458 --> 00:43:21,583 [Gaudrim grunts] 552 00:43:23,583 --> 00:43:24,916 [in English] What are you doin'? 553 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:25,875 Nori, get down! 554 00:43:28,833 --> 00:43:30,000 [speaking Quenya] 555 00:43:32,958 --> 00:43:34,375 [rumbling] 556 00:43:34,458 --> 00:43:35,333 [Kilta and Gaudrim grunt] 557 00:43:35,958 --> 00:43:37,500 [Kilta exclaims in Rhûnnic] 558 00:43:38,625 --> 00:43:39,750 [exhales] 559 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:42,833 [horses whinny] 560 00:43:46,583 --> 00:43:48,291 [speaking Quenya] 561 00:43:56,041 --> 00:43:58,416 [Kilta and Gaudrim scream] 562 00:44:05,041 --> 00:44:07,166 -[Stranger yells] -[Nori and Poppy coughing and yelping] 563 00:44:09,916 --> 00:44:11,250 [Stranger grunting] 564 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,458 [bell clanging] 565 00:44:18,541 --> 00:44:20,500 [Poppy in English] Stop! Stop! Make it stop! 566 00:44:23,791 --> 00:44:25,625 [Nori yelping] 567 00:44:26,458 --> 00:44:28,291 Why isn't he stopping it? 568 00:44:28,916 --> 00:44:30,291 He can't! 569 00:44:36,666 --> 00:44:39,166 [Nori and Poppy scream] 570 00:44:39,250 --> 00:44:40,416 [Nori] Help us! 571 00:44:42,083 --> 00:44:43,500 [Stranger] Nori! 572 00:44:45,958 --> 00:44:47,708 I'm coming! 573 00:44:48,250 --> 00:44:49,291 [grunts] 574 00:44:51,666 --> 00:44:53,041 [Nori and Poppy screaming] 575 00:44:53,125 --> 00:44:57,458 Hold on! Hold on! 576 00:44:59,291 --> 00:45:01,250 [Nori and Poppy screaming] 577 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:06,208 [Stranger yells] Nori! 578 00:45:07,166 --> 00:45:08,750 Nori! 579 00:45:20,666 --> 00:45:22,083 It's gone. 580 00:45:24,833 --> 00:45:26,083 Has it? 581 00:45:39,875 --> 00:45:41,750 I have called it ithildin. 582 00:45:41,833 --> 00:45:44,375 Made from our last sliver of mithril. 583 00:45:44,458 --> 00:45:48,208 Out of the moonlight, it is all but invisible. 584 00:45:49,125 --> 00:45:50,125 It is. 585 00:45:51,916 --> 00:45:53,125 Quite invisible. 586 00:45:59,750 --> 00:46:02,375 Our visitor, is he still... 587 00:46:03,791 --> 00:46:05,958 The night is cold, my lord. 588 00:46:06,833 --> 00:46:09,000 Shall I bring him a shawl? 589 00:46:11,458 --> 00:46:13,250 [ominous music playing] 590 00:46:27,166 --> 00:46:28,708 [rain pattering] 591 00:46:44,208 --> 00:46:47,208 [thunder rumbles] 592 00:47:07,791 --> 00:47:10,875 Whatever the reason for your presence here, 593 00:47:12,875 --> 00:47:16,250 if you do not leave willingly, you shall be removed by force. 594 00:47:18,208 --> 00:47:19,833 I can treat with you no longer. 595 00:47:23,333 --> 00:47:24,750 She said you'd say that. 596 00:47:29,375 --> 00:47:32,583 Galadriel? You have spoken with her? 597 00:47:34,083 --> 00:47:35,125 Well, haven't you? 598 00:47:35,666 --> 00:47:36,583 I have not. 599 00:47:37,750 --> 00:47:39,500 Not since she left for Lindon. 600 00:47:40,416 --> 00:47:42,500 Then you know nothing of what's happened? 601 00:47:43,875 --> 00:47:45,166 Nothing of the Rings? 602 00:47:48,375 --> 00:47:49,750 What of the Rings? 603 00:47:51,833 --> 00:47:52,833 Have they worked? 604 00:47:55,208 --> 00:47:56,750 You'd do better to ask her. 605 00:47:57,250 --> 00:47:58,416 [Celebrimbor] She's not here. 606 00:47:59,541 --> 00:48:00,416 You are. 607 00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:02,041 What about the High King? 608 00:48:02,125 --> 00:48:04,916 Surely he wouldn't neglect to send word of-- 609 00:48:06,958 --> 00:48:08,250 Oh, I see. 610 00:48:10,166 --> 00:48:13,375 It's the oldest tale there is, isn't it? 611 00:48:16,375 --> 00:48:19,666 The true creators toil till their knuckles bleed 612 00:48:20,833 --> 00:48:24,750 and then they come along, take whatever profits them most, 613 00:48:25,708 --> 00:48:27,458 and forget all about us. 614 00:48:30,666 --> 00:48:32,416 I applaud your patience. 615 00:48:34,541 --> 00:48:36,083 Where are you going? 616 00:48:36,166 --> 00:48:38,500 There's no cause to stay where I'm not wanted. 617 00:48:40,791 --> 00:48:41,791 Wait. 618 00:48:55,458 --> 00:48:57,583 Halbrand. Please. Tell me. 619 00:48:58,916 --> 00:49:02,833 The Rings. Did they work? 620 00:49:11,708 --> 00:49:13,291 They worked wonders. 621 00:49:17,041 --> 00:49:18,625 Then, the Elves-- 622 00:49:18,708 --> 00:49:19,708 [Halbrand] Yes. 623 00:49:24,708 --> 00:49:26,916 And, uh, Lindon? 624 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:28,000 Yes. 625 00:49:30,041 --> 00:49:30,958 [sniffles] 626 00:49:32,958 --> 00:49:33,875 [whimpers] 627 00:49:35,041 --> 00:49:36,958 -Are you weeping? -No. 628 00:49:38,875 --> 00:49:40,333 [laughs] 629 00:49:42,583 --> 00:49:44,208 I am reveling. 630 00:49:46,125 --> 00:49:49,083 You have not the slightest inkling... 631 00:49:51,791 --> 00:49:53,291 how this feels. 632 00:49:53,375 --> 00:49:55,708 After all this time, after so many centuries, 633 00:49:55,791 --> 00:49:58,375 to finally create something. 634 00:50:01,166 --> 00:50:02,875 I'm going to open a First Age bottle. 635 00:50:05,166 --> 00:50:08,291 I have been saving it. 636 00:50:13,875 --> 00:50:15,125 Celebrimbor... 637 00:50:21,625 --> 00:50:22,958 Are you my friend? 638 00:50:24,916 --> 00:50:26,250 Yes, of course. 639 00:50:27,791 --> 00:50:28,833 Why? 640 00:50:28,916 --> 00:50:30,791 Because there is no place for half-truths 641 00:50:30,875 --> 00:50:33,791 between those who've worked so close as you and I. 642 00:50:34,791 --> 00:50:35,625 Oh... 643 00:50:37,208 --> 00:50:40,958 And yet there is much you do not know. 644 00:50:42,500 --> 00:50:43,666 Much I want to tell you. 645 00:50:45,458 --> 00:50:46,458 Only... 646 00:50:49,291 --> 00:50:50,750 You're afraid. 647 00:50:52,458 --> 00:50:55,333 You see? I've never been able to hide anything from you. 648 00:50:56,958 --> 00:50:58,125 Well... 649 00:51:02,750 --> 00:51:04,083 Be at ease. 650 00:51:07,333 --> 00:51:10,583 Whatever it is you wish to say to me, I shall receive it with an open heart. 651 00:51:13,166 --> 00:51:15,375 I did not come here to toast the Elven Rings. 652 00:51:17,291 --> 00:51:21,041 But to plead with you to make Rings for Men. 653 00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:23,833 Rings for Men? 654 00:51:24,791 --> 00:51:26,833 -[Halbrand] You saved the Elves. -Uh... 655 00:51:28,166 --> 00:51:29,291 Elves are not Men. 656 00:51:30,916 --> 00:51:31,875 Men are covetous. 657 00:51:34,208 --> 00:51:36,958 The risks of, of corruption are far greater. 658 00:51:37,625 --> 00:51:39,291 Even if I did wish to forge more Rings, 659 00:51:39,375 --> 00:51:41,208 the Dwarves would never provide the mithril. 660 00:51:41,291 --> 00:51:43,916 I think you'll find the Dwarves facing a dilemma all their own. 661 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,125 What dilemma? What are you talking about, Halbrand? 662 00:51:48,625 --> 00:51:50,625 My name is not Halbrand. 663 00:51:52,375 --> 00:51:53,291 What? 664 00:51:53,375 --> 00:51:56,000 When Galadriel discovered the truth, she cast me out. 665 00:51:57,250 --> 00:51:59,416 And I dare not risk the same happening with you. 666 00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:03,166 [thunder rumbling] 667 00:52:03,250 --> 00:52:06,166 I... I take it then you are not a King. 668 00:52:06,958 --> 00:52:09,500 No. Not a King. 669 00:52:10,708 --> 00:52:12,500 Not a Southlander. 670 00:52:13,166 --> 00:52:16,041 Not even a... mortal. 671 00:52:17,833 --> 00:52:18,708 [scoffs] 672 00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,000 What are you? 673 00:52:22,458 --> 00:52:28,083 There are forces in this world beyond evil, Celebrimbor. 674 00:52:28,708 --> 00:52:32,375 And sometimes, they send aid, 675 00:52:33,500 --> 00:52:34,791 in the form of an envoy. 676 00:52:34,875 --> 00:52:40,541 A... A messenger, sent to bring guidance to the ears of the wise. 677 00:52:42,041 --> 00:52:42,875 Uh... 678 00:52:44,500 --> 00:52:46,708 What sort of guidance? 679 00:52:48,083 --> 00:52:50,333 Mordor's rise was but the beginning. 680 00:52:50,416 --> 00:52:53,750 At this very moment, all Middle-earth balances on the brink of the abyss. 681 00:52:54,458 --> 00:52:56,791 Soon, every realm will fall. 682 00:52:58,208 --> 00:53:02,500 Not just Elves, but Dwarves. And Men. 683 00:53:04,541 --> 00:53:06,291 The darkness is growing stronger. 684 00:53:07,333 --> 00:53:10,583 And the Rings of Power are our last hope of restoring the light. 685 00:53:13,791 --> 00:53:15,250 You and I have work to do. 686 00:53:20,583 --> 00:53:21,541 [chuckles softly] 687 00:53:21,625 --> 00:53:24,375 You cannot expect me to believe 688 00:53:24,458 --> 00:53:28,000 that you are a, a messenger from the Valar sent to-- 689 00:53:28,083 --> 00:53:31,375 [thunder rumbling] 690 00:53:38,708 --> 00:53:39,916 Halbrand? 691 00:53:42,250 --> 00:53:43,250 Halbrand! 692 00:53:51,500 --> 00:53:52,375 [shudders] 693 00:53:53,708 --> 00:53:55,958 [sinister music playing] 694 00:54:01,750 --> 00:54:02,916 Halbrand! 695 00:54:14,916 --> 00:54:16,708 [breath trembling] 696 00:54:31,208 --> 00:54:34,583 [Halbrand] I have walked through the dust and the deserts of far-away lands, 697 00:54:37,250 --> 00:54:43,041 in search of an artist possessing the craft to save all Middle-earth. 698 00:54:45,541 --> 00:54:47,958 A storm is coming, Celebrimbor. 699 00:54:50,250 --> 00:54:53,375 I can bring you the knowledge none other possesses. 700 00:54:53,958 --> 00:54:57,166 I can unlock your grandest abilities. 701 00:54:57,958 --> 00:55:00,125 And when our work is complete, 702 00:55:00,208 --> 00:55:05,458 never again will the world overlook you as the mere scion of Fëanor 703 00:55:06,041 --> 00:55:08,333 but forevermore revere you... 704 00:55:14,291 --> 00:55:16,708 The Lord of the Rings. 705 00:55:41,958 --> 00:55:43,666 You need not bow to me. 706 00:55:44,416 --> 00:55:46,500 But I have beheld your natural form. 707 00:55:49,833 --> 00:55:51,000 Rise. 708 00:55:53,708 --> 00:55:55,416 Our work begins now. 709 00:55:56,666 --> 00:55:58,500 What am I to call you? 710 00:55:58,583 --> 00:55:59,666 [Halbrand] I am your partner. 711 00:56:02,125 --> 00:56:04,958 No more, no less. 712 00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,875 A sharer of gifts. 713 00:56:11,375 --> 00:56:12,916 Annatar. 714 00:56:14,708 --> 00:56:16,166 Annatar. 715 00:56:19,958 --> 00:56:21,666 Lord of Gifts. 716 00:56:38,500 --> 00:56:39,583 You summoned me. 717 00:56:40,416 --> 00:56:42,125 You have new orders, Commander. 718 00:56:42,916 --> 00:56:47,541 You depart for Eregion at first light, with five of our bravest Elves. 719 00:56:48,708 --> 00:56:49,708 I... 720 00:56:51,708 --> 00:56:54,541 Thank you for reconsidering. 721 00:56:54,625 --> 00:56:56,708 It is not I, you ought to thank. 722 00:56:59,833 --> 00:57:00,916 [Galadriel] Elrond. 723 00:57:05,250 --> 00:57:08,458 I am very grateful you have decided to join my company. 724 00:57:11,208 --> 00:57:13,708 I'm afraid you misunderstand, Galadriel. 725 00:57:14,875 --> 00:57:17,791 Elrond's task is not to join your company. 726 00:57:18,541 --> 00:57:20,208 But to lead it. 727 00:57:27,625 --> 00:57:29,958 [dramatic music playing] 728 00:57:48,416 --> 00:57:49,625 [knock at door] 729 00:57:58,458 --> 00:58:00,958 What is it? Is it Elrond? 730 00:58:01,916 --> 00:58:04,708 It's some sort of invitation... 731 00:58:06,250 --> 00:58:08,916 from Lord Celebrimbor. 732 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:12,041 He wants the Dwarves to come to Eregion. 733 00:58:15,375 --> 00:58:18,041 [closing theme music playing]