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Gil-galad is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the last high king of the Noldor, one of the main divisions of Elves.He is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, where the hobbit Sam Gamgee recites a fragment of a poem about him, and The Silmarillion.
Celebrimbor attempts to escape with the nine rings and is captured by his soldiers. Galadriel finds them and convinces the soldiers that Celebrimbor has been telling the truth. He gives her the nine rings and takes the soldiers to delay Sauron. Elrond, Arondir, and Gil-galad kill the Hill-troll Damrod. As the sun rises, a small number of Elves ...
Sauron poses as Halbrand at the gates of Eregion and refuses to leave. Celebrimbor awaits news from Lindon, not knowing that Gil-galad's messengers were killed on their way to Eregion. Despite promising Galadriel that he would never talk to Halbrand again, Celebrimbor eventually decides to turn Halbrand away personally.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 7 of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” now streaming on Prime Video. It’s all-out war in Middle-earth, with ...
"Halls of Stone" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The series is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
Durin IV sends his army to aid the Elves, allowing Elrond, Gil-galad, Arondir, and other survivors to escape to a valley north of the city. Elrond and Gil-galad use the Elven rings to heal Galadriel, and the Elves resolve to stand against Sauron's army as it marches across Middle-earth.
They are followed by Nori's friend Poppy Proudfellow, who brings Harfoot maps of the area that help them find their way. They are also followed by mysterious riders. Though Gil-galad sends a messenger to warn Celebrimbor—the Elven-smith who forged the three rings—of Halbrand's true identity, Sauron arrives at the gates of Eregion first.
Gil-galad introduces Elrond to Celebrimbor, a great Elven-smith, who is beginning an important 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.