The Rings of Power: Seasons 1–2 on a map of Middle-earth

Timeline

Layers

Númenor · Land held: Lindon (Gil-galad) · Land held: Eregion (Celebrimbor) · Land held: Khazad-dûm · Land held: Númenor · Land held: Pharazôn's party · Land held: The Southlands · Land held: Adar and his orcs · Land held: Sauron · The Harfoot caravan: route · Galadriel: route · Arondir: route · Bronwyn and Theo: route · Waldreg and the orc-friends: route · The elven watch at Ostirith: route · Adar's orcs: route · Elrond: route · Gil-galad: route · The Stranger (with Nori and Poppy): route · Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron): route · Celebrimbor: route · Prince Durin IV: route · Disa: route · Elendil: route · Queen Míriel: route · Pharazôn: route · Isildur: route · Kemen: route · Eärien: route · Theo: route · The Mystics: route · The fleet of Númenor: route · Nori Brandyfoot: route · Poppy Proudfellow: route · Gil-galad's messengers: route · Círdan: route · Damrod the hill-troll: route · The Dark Wizard: route · The Gaudrim (Brânk): route · King Durin III: route · The Ents: route · Tom Bombadil: route · The host of Lindon (to Eregion): route · Gil-galad's host: route · Vorohil: route · Glüg's orcs: route · The dwarves of Khazad-dûm (Narvi): route · The Harfoot caravan · Galadriel · Arondir · Bronwyn and Theo · Waldreg and the orc-friends · The elven watch at Ostirith · Adar's orcs · Elrond · Gil-galad · The Stranger (with Nori and Poppy) · Halbrand / Annatar (Sauron) · Celebrimbor · Prince Durin IV · Disa · Elendil · Queen Míriel · Pharazôn · Isildur · Kemen · Eärien · Theo · The Mystics · The fleet of Númenor · Nori Brandyfoot · Poppy Proudfellow · Gil-galad's messengers · Círdan · Damrod the hill-troll · The Dark Wizard · The Gaudrim (Brânk) · The Dweller · King Durin III · Estrid · The Ents · Tom Bombadil · The Stoors of Greenfoot · The host of Lindon (to Eregion) · Gil-galad's host · Vorohil · Glüg's orcs · The dwarves of Khazad-dûm (Narvi)

Events

• 3 Feb 1600, Sauron's mark in the Forodwaith fortress: Galadriel's company finds Sauron's abandoned fortress and his sigil, after a snow-troll fight; her company refuses to go on.
• 7 Feb 1600, Theo finds the broken hilt: Theo finds a broken sword-hilt with Sauron's mark in Waldreg's barn.
• 10 Feb 1600, Hordern found burned: Arondir and Bronwyn find Hordern burned and empty.
• 22 Feb 1600, Gil-galad grants passage West: Gil-galad declares the war won and rewards Galadriel's company with passage to Valinor.
• 6 Mar 1600, Galadriel leaps into the Sundering Seas: Within sight of Aman, Galadriel dives overboard to return to Middle-earth.
• 6 Mar 1600, The Stranger falls from the sky: A meteor crashes near the Harfoot camp; Nori finds a giant man in the crater.
• 11 Mar 1600, Digger orc killed; Tirharad flees to Ostirith: Bronwyn and Theo kill an orc under their house; with its head she persuades the town to take refuge in the old watchtower.
• 14 Mar 1600, Elrond and Celebrimbor plan the forge: Celebrimbor asks Elrond to help him build a forge-tower to make things of power, needing dwarven help.
• 22 Mar 1600, Raft and sea-worm; Galadriel meets Halbrand: A sea-worm destroys the raft of shipwrecked Southlanders; only Galadriel and Halbrand survive.
• 17 Apr 1600, Galadriel arrives in Númenor: Míriel and Pharazôn receive Galadriel and Halbrand; the Queen Regent refuses a ship.
• 25 Apr 1600, The Hall of Lore: the mark is a map: Galadriel learns Sauron's sign is a map of the Southlands, his planned realm, and that Halbrand is the Southlands' heir.
• 15 May 1600, Revolt in the orc trenches; Adar appears: Arondir and the captive elves revolt; Revion and Médhor die; the orcs summon their leader Adar.
• 25 May 1600, The palantír and the great wave: Galadriel breaks out of prison to Tar-Palantír's tower; Míriel shows her the palantír vision of Númenor drowned.
• 26 May 1600, Nimloth's petals fall: Míriel will sail: As Galadriel leaves, the White Tree sheds its petals; Míriel announces she will lead a force to the Southlands.
• 26 May 1600, Mithril shown to Elrond: Durin IV reveals his secret mithril mine and swears Elrond to secrecy; a collapse is cleared by Disa's song.
• 28 Jun 1600, Lindon: the mithril legend: Gil-galad tells Elrond that without mithril the Elves will fade.
• 12 Jul 1600, Waldreg's Southlanders join Adar: Half the refugees follow Waldreg to Adar; he kills Rowan to prove his loyalty.
• 27 Jul 1600, The Númenórean fleet sails: Míriel, Elendil, Galadriel and Halbrand sail for the Southlands.
• 20 Aug 1600, Battle of Ostirith: Adar's orcs storm the empty tower and Arondir brings it down on them.
• 1 Sep 1600, Battle of Tirharad: Waldreg's men then Adar's orcs assault Tirharad; Bronwyn is shot; Theo gives up the hilt to save the hostages.
• 2 Sep 1600, The Númenórean charge; Adar captured: Númenórean cavalry rout the orcs at dawn; Galadriel and Halbrand run down Adar, who claims to have killed Sauron.
• 3 Sep 1600, Waldreg opens the dam: Waldreg turns the hilt in the dam mechanism; water floods the orc tunnels into the magma beneath the mountain.
• 3 Sep 1600, Orodruin erupts: The mountain erupts for the first time, burying the Southlands in ash and fire.
• 4 Sep 1600, Isildur lost; Ontamo killed; Míriel blinded: Rescuing survivors, Isildur is buried by a collapsing building and presumed dead; Ontamo dies; Míriel loses her sight.
• 10 Sep 1600, Elrond banished, Durin disowned, mine sealed: Caught at the mithril chasm, Elrond is expelled with a scrap of mithril, Durin IV loses his title and the mine is sealed.
• 12 Sep 1600, The Balrog stirs: Durin III throws the healed leaf into the chasm; far below, a Balrog roars.
• 5 Oct 1600, The Southlands become Mordor: In the ash, Waldreg and the orcs hail Adar as Lord of the Southlands; he renames the land (Mordor).
• 11 Oct 1600, The Mystics destroyed; the Stranger is an Istar: The Mystics, thinking him Sauron, try to awaken his power; Sadoc is killed; with Nori's help the Stranger banishes them.
• 12 Oct 1600, Tar-Palantír dies: The old king warns Eärien that the island will fall unless the old ways return, and dies; she uncovers the palantír.
• 20 Oct 1600, Nori leaves with the Stranger for Rhûn: Her family give Nori her pack; she sets off east with the wizard after the Hermit's Hat.
• 24 Oct 1600, Halbrand is Sauron: Galadriel learns the Southland kings' line ended a thousand years ago; Halbrand admits he is Sauron, tempts her in a dream and leaves.
• 8 Nov 1600, Forging of the Three: Celebrimbor forges Nenya, Vilya and Narya from mithril and the gold and silver of Finrod's dagger.
• 14 Nov 1600, Sauron walks into Mordor: Halbrand walks alone into the smoking land under Orodruin.
• 12 Feb 1601, Adar releases Halbrand to spy on Eregion: Adar makes Halbrand swear loyalty and sends him to the Elves of Eregion, unaware that he is Sauron.
• 3 Mar 1601, The Elves put on the Three Rings: As Gil-galad tells the Elves to leave Middle-earth, Círdan gives Vilya to Gil-galad and Nenya to Galadriel and keeps Narya; the Great Tree heals.
• 27 Mar 1601, Sandstorm at the well: Nori and Poppy lost: The Stranger uses a found staff to raise a sandstorm against the Gaudrim; he loses control, the staff crumbles and the storm sweeps Nori and Poppy away.
• 2 Apr 1601, Halbrand becomes Annatar: Halbrand persuades Celebrimbor to let him in, then shows himself as Annatar, 'Lord of Gifts', an emissary of the Valar, to help make rings for Dwarves and Men.
• 14 Apr 1601, Isildur found alive: Presumed dead in the eruption, Isildur is found by his horse Berek in a nest of giant spiders and escapes.
• 25 Apr 1601, Adar's host marches out of Mordor: Adar leads his legions out of Mordor through Calenardhon and the Gap of Rohan to hunt Sauron in Eregion (march not shown; next seen in Eriador in S2E4).
• 1 May 1601, Death and funeral of Bronwyn: Bronwyn has died of the poisoned orc wound from Season 1; her pyre burns in Pelargir. (Death off-screen; Fandom lists it under S2E1.)
• 12 May 1601, The Eagle chooses Pharazôn: At Míriel's coronation Eärien exposes her use of the palantír; a Great Eagle lands and accepts Pharazôn, who is hailed king as Ar-Pharazôn.
• 16 May 1601, The Seven Rings forged: With the mithril Durin III brings, Celebrimbor and Annatar forge the Seven; Durin III receives one.
• 22 May 1601, The Stranger meets Tom Bombadil: The Stranger meets Tom Bombadil, who saves him from Old Man Ironwood and takes him in as a pupil.
• 20 Jun 1601, Galadriel captured by Adar: Finding Adar's host marching on Eregion, Galadriel gives Nenya to Elrond, sends him to warn Gil-galad and holds off the orcs until taken.
• 25 Jun 1601, Durin III puts on his ring: Wearing one of the Seven, Durin III restores the mirrors and daylight of Khazad-dûm, but grows greedy.
• 15 Jul 1601, Valandil killed; Elendil arrested: Kemen breaks up the Faithful's memorial; after a fight he stabs Valandil in the back; Elendil is arrested for the riot.
• 1 Aug 1601, The Lindon host marches: Elrond leads the first legion to Eregion; Gil-galad follows (march not shown).
• 22 Aug 1601, Trial by Abyss: Míriel, Queen of the Sea: Condemned Elendil is to face the sea-worm; Míriel takes his place and is spared, hailed 'Queen of the Sea' by the Faithful.
• 30 Aug 1601, Siege of Ost-in-Edhil begins: Ignoring Galadriel's warning that Sauron lured him there, Adar bombards Ost-in-Edhil; Annatar keeps Celebrimbor at his forge with an illusion.
• 6 Sep 1601, The Nine forged with Sauron's blood: Celebrimbor forges the nine rings for Men; when the illusion breaks, Annatar reveals himself as Sauron and that the 'mithril' was his own blood.
• 20 Sep 1601, Rockslide dams the river: Orc trebuchets bring down the cliff upstream, blocking the river and opening the riverbed to an assault on the walls.
• 6 Oct 1601, Lindon cavalry relieves Ost-in-Edhil: Elrond's Elven cavalry arrives; Adar shows Galadriel captive and demands Nenya; Elrond refuses but slips her a lock-pick and sends Vorohil to the Dwarves.
• 8 Oct 1601, Celebrimbor gives the Nine to Galadriel: Framed and chained, Celebrimbor cuts off his thumb to escape, hands the Nine to Galadriel and goes back to delay Sauron; Mirdania and Malendol die.
• 9 Oct 1601, Wall of Ost-in-Edhil falls; Adar takes Nenya: At sunrise, with no Dwarves, Gil-galad's charge fails, the Ravager breaks the wall, Adar runs Arondir through and takes Nenya from the kneeling Elrond.
• 10 Oct 1601, Durin III dies fighting the Balrog: Digging for mithril, Durin III wakes the Balrog, takes off his ring, names his son king and dies as the cavern collapses, reburying it.
• 10 Oct 1601, Celebrimbor killed: Sauron tortures and kills Celebrimbor in his forge; Glüg's orcs arrive and swear to Sauron.
• 10 Oct 1601, Adar murdered by his children: Healed by Nenya, Adar gives it back to Galadriel; Glüg, feigning a wound, stabs him and the orcs kill him and hail Sauron.
• 10 Oct 1601, Sauron takes the Nine: Sauron duels Galadriel and takes the Nine and Morgoth's crown; refusing to be his queen, she throws herself from the cliff with Nenya.
• 11 Oct 1601, Dwarves rescue the Elves: Durin IV's host under Narvi pushes back the orcs, letting Gil-galad, Elrond, Galadriel, Arondir and the survivors flee north; Sauron kills Glüg.
• 11 Oct 1601, Fall of Eregion: Ost-in-Edhil is sacked and burned; Sauron is master of Eregion and the orcs.
• 14 Oct 1601, Faithful outlawed; Míriel arrested: Seeing in the palantír that Halbrand is Sauron, Ar-Pharazôn brands Míriel his ally and has the Faithful arrested.
• 15 Oct 1601, Dark Wizard destroys the Stoor canyon: The Dark Wizard kills Brânk, offers the Stranger a share in succeeding Sauron, and when refused brings the canyon down; the Stranger saves the Stoors.
• 20 Oct 1601, Kemen takes Pelargir: Kemen's ships make Pelargir a Númenórean military outpost; he demands timber and orders Isildur home, so Isildur leaves Estrid with Hagen.
• 21 Oct 1601, The Stranger finds his staff: 'Gandalf': Parting from Nori, the Stranger finds his staff in the canyon and realises he will be known as Gandalf.
• 26 Oct 1601, Survivors reach Imladris: In the hidden valley north of the city the surviving Elves 'choose light' and resolve to stand against Sauron.