A meteor has fallen on the Harfoots' land. Elanor Brandyfoot and Poppy Proudfellow approach the crater and see a bearded man lying there. They don't want to leave him there so they take him in a makeshift wheelbarrow to their village.
Arondir and Bronwyn arrive at a village devastated by Orcs. They sense that a threat is fast approaching. They try to warn their village.
Elrond meets Celebrimdor in Eregion, the realm of the blacksmith elves. Celebrimdor tells Elrond about a giant tower he wants to build that could house a forge. They go to visit the Dwarves in the Mines of Moria. The two men are welcomed by Prince Durin IV who, furious at not having heard from them, makes them undergo a series of tests of strength.
Galadriel is in the middle of the sea when she comes across some shipwrecked people on a raft. She hides her elf-like appearance so as not to get into trouble. But soon, her identity is revealed. Soon, they see a ship in the distance that is none other than their own ship still under attack by a giant worm.