Who died in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2?

This one was rough. He was Isildur's friend and one of Queen Míriel's most vocal advocates and loyal supporters. He got into a fight with Kemen, the most punchable punk in Númenor, who literally stabbed him in the back when he was trying to walk away. This was a shocking moment in Episode 6 and felt like the most Game of Thrones-y moment on the show to date.

Fun fact: Isildur will go on to name his first son and heir Valandil. So at least we know he won't be forgotten.

Elrond and Galadriel assembled a team of elves to go to Eregion and warn Celebrimbor about Sauron. Not only were they too late to warn him, but half of them died either on the way or at the destination. The first to go was Daemor, who got got by a terrifying barrow-wight (a spooky spooky skeleton) in the woods. Gone too soon! We barely knew him.

The next to go was a map maker. While Galadriel healed his injuries after the barrow-wight attack, he was MIA after Eregion. There were very few survivors, and he wasn't one of them. We'll have to wait and see if he returns. It's not like a map maker could get lost... right?

Oh, Mirdania. Bless her elven heart. She was a smith studying under Celebrimbor who had a lil crush on Sauron. (It happens to the best of us.) The dark lord, posing as Annatar, convinced her to turn against Celebrimbor. Then in Episode 7, he pushed her over the fortress wall using a magic flick of his wrist and framed Celebrimbor for her death. Brutal!!

We lost two absolute (but not literal) queens in Episode 7. At least this archer, unlike Mirdania, went down fighting.

I mean... the troll had to die. He was way too chaotic and got taken down by a coalition of elves in Episode 7. Sorry to this troll.

The beginning of the Season 2 finale was the end of King Durin III's story. He dug too deep, thanks to his ring supercharging his greed, and woke up the scary fire monster aka the Balrog. At least he managed to heal his fractured relationship with his son, the now-King Durin IV, before he attacked the beast and sacrificed his life. He also managed to take off his ring, which we know is not easy! It was a bittersweet redemption.

The elven smith, who fell under Sauron's spell in a major way, died at the dark lord's hand. No longer posing as Annatar, Sauron tortured him with arrows. Celebrimbor had to taunt him back so that he'd finally just let him die. (At one point, Sauron considered keeping him alive forever... he does become known as "the Necromancer" around the time of The Hobbit.) But the taunting worked – so even though Sauron stabbed him with a spear that ended his life, at least Celebrimbor got one small victory.

The leader of the orcs, who used to be an elf by a name we'll never know, was betrayed by some power-hungry orcs. They already had mutiny on the brain, and Sauron got to them immediately.

The leader of that group of mutinous orcs unfortunately didn't last much longer. Glûg interrupted Sauron while he was thinking. Fatal mistake.

We never learned his name, but he was giving Boba Fett. He was played by Zates Atour and apparently was "one of the gaudrim," though I only have a vague idea what that means. He said his people, the Easterlings, were once Kings. That's interesting! But I'll never learn anything more about him, because the Dark Wizard killed him while trying to make a point about how he's not a bad guy, actually.