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Season 1
Elrond: I journeyed here to see my friend, whom I've greatly missed.
Durin IV shouting: Missed? You missed my wedding. The birth of my children, two of them! You cannot barge into my mountain and demand I welcome you with open arms. You cannot claim that which you discarded.
Elrond: Discarded? Durin, I...
Durin IV: Twenty years might be the blink of an eye to an Elf. But I've lived an entire life in that time. A life you missed.
Durin IV shouting: Missed? You missed my wedding. The birth of my children, two of them! You cannot barge into my mountain and demand I welcome you with open arms. You cannot claim that which you discarded.
Elrond: Discarded? Durin, I...
Durin IV: Twenty years might be the blink of an eye to an Elf. But I've lived an entire life in that time. A life you missed.
Kemen: Is it folly to try and stop a war?
Pharazôn: It's folly to kick against the current. You see, the tide may rise and drown a man, or fall and sweep him out to sea. The trick of mastering the current is to know which it will turn next.
Pharazôn: It's folly to kick against the current. You see, the tide may rise and drown a man, or fall and sweep him out to sea. The trick of mastering the current is to know which it will turn next.
My children, we have endured much. We cast off our shackles. Crossed mountain, field, frost and fallow 'till out feet bloodied the dirt. From Ered Mithrin to the Ephel Arnen, we have endured. Yet tonight, one more trial awaits us. Our enemy may be weak, their numbers meager..., yet before this night is through, some of us will fall. But for the first time, you do so not as unnamed slaves in far-away lands, but as brothers. Brothers and sisters in our home! This is the night we reach out the iron hand of the Uruk and close our fist around those lands.
— Adar giving a speech to Orcs
Halbrand: Do you remember me?
Adar: No.
(Halbrand tries to kill Adar in anger)
Galadriel shouting: Stop! We need him alive. I need him alive
Halbrand: You don't know what he did.
Adar: Did I cause someone you love pain? A woman? Perhaps a child?
Adar: No.
(Halbrand tries to kill Adar in anger)
Galadriel shouting: Stop! We need him alive. I need him alive
Halbrand: You don't know what he did.
Adar: Did I cause someone you love pain? A woman? Perhaps a child?
"After Morgoth's defeat, the one you call Sauron... devoted himself to healing Middle-earth, bringing its ruined lands together in perfect order. He sought to craft a power not of the flesh, but over flesh. A power of the unseen word. He bid as many as he could to follow him far north. But try as he might... something was missing. [cuts to Utumno and Sauron's experiments on orcs] A shadow of dark knowledge that kept itself hidden, even from him. No matter how much blood he spilt in its pursuit. [cuts back to Adar and Galadriel] Mmm. For my part, I sacrificed enough of my children for his aspirations. I split him open. I killed Sauron."
— Adar to Galadriel about Sauron's true goals
Sauron: All others look on you with doubt... I alone can see your greatness. I alone can see your light.
Galadriel: You would make me a tyrant.
Sauron: I would make you a queen. Fair as the sea and the sun. Stronger than the foundations of the earth.
Galadriel: And you... my king? The Dark Lord?
Sauron: No, not dark, not with you at my side. You told me once that we were brought together for a purpose... this is it. You bind me to the light, and I bind you to power. Together we can save this Middle-earth.
Galadriel: Save? Or rule?
Sauron: I see no difference.
Galadriel: And that is why... I will never be at your side.
Galadriel: You would make me a tyrant.
Sauron: I would make you a queen. Fair as the sea and the sun. Stronger than the foundations of the earth.
Galadriel: And you... my king? The Dark Lord?
Sauron: No, not dark, not with you at my side. You told me once that we were brought together for a purpose... this is it. You bind me to the light, and I bind you to power. Together we can save this Middle-earth.
Galadriel: Save? Or rule?
Sauron: I see no difference.
Galadriel: And that is why... I will never be at your side.
Songs
"The sun is fast fallin' beneath trees of stone
The light in the tower, no longer my home
Past eyes of pale fire, black sand for my bed
I trade all I've known for the unknown ahead
Call to me, call to me lands far away
For I must now wander this wandering day
Away I must wander this wandering day
Of drink I have little, and food I have less
My strength tells me, "No", but the path demands, "Yes"
My legs are so short and the way is so long
I've no rest nor comfort, no comfort but song
Sing to me, sing to me lands far away
Oh, rise up and guide me this wandering day
Please, promise to find me this wandering day
At last comes their answer through cold and through frost
That not all who wonder or wander are lost
No matter the sorrow, no matter the cost
That not all who wonder or wander are lost."
The light in the tower, no longer my home
Past eyes of pale fire, black sand for my bed
I trade all I've known for the unknown ahead
Call to me, call to me lands far away
For I must now wander this wandering day
Away I must wander this wandering day
Of drink I have little, and food I have less
My strength tells me, "No", but the path demands, "Yes"
My legs are so short and the way is so long
I've no rest nor comfort, no comfort but song
Sing to me, sing to me lands far away
Oh, rise up and guide me this wandering day
Please, promise to find me this wandering day
At last comes their answer through cold and through frost
That not all who wonder or wander are lost
No matter the sorrow, no matter the cost
That not all who wonder or wander are lost."
— "This Wandering Day", performed by Poppy Proudfellow
