Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power season 2 episode 6 . The latest episode of The Rings of Power season 2 brings Middle-earth to a new level of darkness as danger approaches around every corner. Khazad-Dum is becoming an increasingly treacherous place under King Durin’s rule and the humans in Numenor are using ancient forms of judgement to sentence their occupants.
Meanwhile, in Eregion, Annatar is growing more impatient with Celebrimbor’s progress on the rings, and the tension reaches boiling point at the end of episode 6. In the final moments of the latest episode, war approaches as Adar and his army of orcs attack Eregion. The siege alarm sounds in the walled city, but Annatar masks the truth from Celebrimbor.
It’s a race against time to make the rings as the battle beckons. And while we don’t see much of it in the final moments of the episode, they neatly set up one of the most brutal sequences of J.R.
R. Tolkien’s works: the sack of Eregion. Below, we get into exactly what happens in the books to give you a taste of what to come.
Although, be warned , we’ll be dealing with some big spoilers from J.R.R.
Tolkien’s works as we discuss the ins and outs of what happens, so make sure you want to know before reading on. What is the sack of Eregion in Tolkien’s books? In Tolkien’s novels, the lead up to the sack of Eregion plays out a little differently. In the Second Age, Sauron storms the Elven stronghold in order to claim the Rings.