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Eregion is in the North and Galadriel was a commander there.

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Galadriel chose [Eregion] because she knew of the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm (Moria). ... she perceived from the beginning that Middle-earth could not be saved from "the residue of evil" that Morgoth had left behind him save by a union of all the peoples who were in their way and in their measure opposed to him. She looked upon the Dwarves also with the eye of a commander, seeing in them the finest warriors to pit against the Orcs.

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She is described a as a commander in Eregion here, just like how she was a commander and leader during the entire Flight of the Noldor (The Rebellion - The Kinslaying at Alqualonde - the Crossing of the Helcaraxe - the Battle of the Lammoth). And she is explicitly stated as a warrior/amazon in the Letters of JRR Tolkien.

(On a side note - There is even one version of her in Peoples of Middle-earth where she singlehandedly makes Lorien very powerful without the help of any rings of power.)

(On another side note - Galadriel was called the High Lady of Eriador)

In the Fall of Eregion it is her and Celeborn who lead an army of Eregion:

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Galadariel and Celeborn .... take part in the settlement of Eregion, and later of its defence against Sauron.

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Now there is this early version where Celeborn alone led thaat host of Eregion while Galadriel remained behind in Lorien and did not return to Eregion to fight: "The scouts and vanguard of Sauron's host were already approaching when Celeborn made a sortie and drove them back...." But in the later versions we see Galadriel is right there with Celeborn and she had never been into Lorien before the destruction of Eregion:

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... Galadriel and Celeborn, and their followers, who after the destruction of Eregion passed through Moria ....

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..after the fall of Eregion... They [Galadriel and Celeborn] had passed through Moria with a considerable following of Noldorin Exiles and dwelt for many years in Lorien.

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...Galadriel and Celeborn only retreated thither [to Lorien] after the downfall of Eregion.

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There's even one version in Nature of Middle-earth which states Galadriel and Celeborn never went to Lorien until The Third Age, though this idea was immediately abandoned.

There's also this version in which Galadriel was not only in war in Eregion, but also in Lindon and perhaps others:

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...Noldor (of Sindarin speech), who passed through Moria after the destruction of Eregion by Sauron in the year 1697 of the Second Age... Celeborn went at first to Lórien... When however Sauron withdrew to Mordor... Celeborn rejoined Galadriel in Lindon.

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Christopher Tolkien's commentary on this: "The implication of the extract just given is that after Eregion's fall Celeborn led this migration to Lórien, while Galadriel joined Gil-galad in Lindon"

Perhaps Cirdan and Galadriel were the secondary commanders of Lindon in this war, though this is not stated, but I doubt if Gil-Galad did every commander thing on his own without any help.

Now as for the latter half of the Second Age, JRR never ever specified where were Galadriel and Celeborn, but Christopher makes a guess here:

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In a note in unpublished material the Elves of Harlindon, or Lindon south of the Lune, are said to have been largely of Sindarin origin, and the region to have been a fief under the rule of Cele­born. It is natural to associate with this the statement in Appendix B; but the reference may possibly be to a later period, for the movements and dwelling-places of Celeborn and Galadriel after the fall of Eregion in 1697 are extremely obscure.

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Before the series even aired it was established the timeline was to be condensed in order to tell a cohesive story across 5 seasons. And this was approved by the Tolkien Estate.

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Christopher

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And I guess if lore purity rises above all else, I understand people that can’t get past that.

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This dumbass thinks when you wake up you hurry and post on tigerdroppings.

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Do you still live with your mom

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They are trying to tell the story of the creation of the Rings of Power and the aftermath. Yes they are condensing the timeline, but I don’t understand why that makes it a cash grab.

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Criticize what you want, but to call Amazon spending 2/3rds of a billion dollars on a streaming only show as a “cash grab” is out and out absurd l

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That's because "The Rings of Power" — which Amazon spent nearly $500 million to produce and is a Jeff Bezos passion project — isn't just a TV show for the company. It's another way for it to dominate every aspect of our lives.

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As part of the larger Amazon ecosystem, Prime Video isn't just a typical streaming service. It's part of a grand cross-promotional effort with other Amazon products.

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Amazon obviously wants Prime Video to be a top streaming contender. But for tech giants like Amazon and Apple making a splash in the streaming space, they're not spending top dollar just to rack up more subscriptions (though that's an added bonus). It's about creating a pipeline from streaming, to retail, to other services.

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Absurd you do not understand business because they are not banking on the series that most are watching are already subscribing to to generate profits in return. You seem to be clueless how this ties into Amazon as the series is only one part.

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You are just being a bitter cause you don’t like the show condensing the timeline, and making dumber and dumber points in service of justifying your hate

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