- Galadriel is disturbed by signs of an ancient evil's return. Arondir makes an unsettling discovery. Elrond is presented with an intriguing new venture. Nori breaks a deeply held community rule.
- The Elf Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) grew up in Valinor during a time of peace. When the two trees that lit the world were destroyed by the Dark Lord Morgoth, the Elves sailed across the Sundering Seas to Middle-earth and waged a devastating war against him that lasted for centuries. After Morgoth was defeated, his Orcs continued to spread around the world led by his servant Sauron (Charlie Vickers), a powerful sorcerer. Galadriel's brother Finrod (Will Fletcher) died hunting Sauron, and Galadriel vowed to continue the search. She searched Middle Earth for many centuries, and yet the trail of Sauron grew thin. Many elves now believed that Sauron was just a memory.
Thousands of years later, Galadriel and a company of Elves discover an abandoned fortress in the northern wastelands of Forodwaith. They find evidence of black magic and an anvil bearing Sauron's mark. Galadriel believes this is part of a trail left for Orcs to follow. The company are attacked by a snow-troll and sustain injuries before it is killed by Galadriel. She commands that they continue the search north, but the others refuse claiming that the mark is centuries old, and she reluctantly returns to the Elven capital of Lindon.
In the Wilderlands of Rhovanion in the east of Middle-earth, a community of nomadic Harfoots-small, secretive beings-are surprised to see human hunters passing nearby at an uncommon time of year. Harfoot elder Sadoc Burrows (Lenny Henry) also believes the stars are appearing when they should not. A group of young Harfoots, including Nori Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh) and Poppy Proudfellow (Megan Richards), go to a nearby farm to eat berries but they return to camp when they discover wolf footprints.
Galadriel meets with her friend Elrond (Robert Aramayo), the herald and speech-writer for High King Gil-Galad (Benjamin Walker), in Lindon. Galadriel tries to convince Elrond that Sauron has escaped and is hiding in Middle Earth. She wants the King to authorize another expedition to continue searching to Sauron. Elrond tells Galadriel that she defied the King by not following his commands in the previous expeditions, and yet the King chose to honor her achievements and ignore her insolence. Gil-Galad proclaims the war to be over and grants Galadriel's company the great honor of sailing across the sea to Valinor where they can live an eternal life at peace. Galadriel intends to turn down this offer, but Elrond convinces her that it is time to stop fighting. Elrond says that perhaps Sauron is dead since he has not been seen for centuries. He later talks to Gil-Galad, who has foreseen that Galadriel's search for Sauron could help the latter endure. Gil-Galad introduces Elrond to a great Elven-smith, Lord Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards ), who is beginning an important new project that Gil-Galad wants Elrond to help with.
Word that the war is over, reaches a group of Elves in the Southlands of Middle-earth who have been watching over Tirharad, a village of Men descended from allies of Morgoth. This means that all the far outposts of Elves are being disbanded and being ordered to return back to Lindon. One of the Elves, Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova), has grown close with the human healer Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi) and is with her when a villager arrives with a sick cow. It had wandered to the nearby village of Hordern, and when Arondir and Bronwyn investigate that town, they find it in flames. Meanwhile, Bronwyn's son Theo (Tyroe Muhafidin) finds a broken sword bearing Sauron's mark.
Across the Sundering Seas, Galadriel and her company prepare to enter Valinor which appears as a great light. Galadriel has second thoughts about abandoning her search for Sauron and jumps from the ship. At the same time, a meteor flies across Middle-earth and crashes near the Harfoots' camp. Nori finds a strange man in the crater.
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