New Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Images Finally Tell Us Something About the Show

Amazon has been extremely tight-lipped about what’s occurring in its Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV present, which is sort of bizarre provided that the historical past of Middle-Earth has been out there for the general public to learn for many years. But now, thanks to an enormous Vanity Fair article, we’ve got our first concrete details about the Prime Video sequence past the title and a bunch of arms. Here’s what we realized.

• The present takes place in the Second Age, after the defeat of the Dark Lord Morgoth and his apprentice, Sauron. Sauron, the truth is, has disappeared, and this can be a significant thriller within the sequence.

• The younger Galadriel (performed by Cate Blanchett within the motion pictures, and by Morfydd Clark right here), livid on the demise of her brother, can be searching down the remaining minions of Morgoth as she’s unconvinced evil has completely been defeated. Her story will see her paired with a brand new character, a human named Halbrand (Charlie Vickers), who’s working from his previous. Somehow, this leads them to be trapped on a raft within the raging Sundering Seas within the second episode.

• Celembrimbor (Charles Edwards), the elf who ended up forging the rings of energy, can be a part of the present, as will Isildur (Maxim Baldry), the Númenórean who finally defeats Sauron however falls prey to the One Ring. However, Isildur can be a younger sailor right here, lengthy earlier than he or his father Elendil turned the king of Gondor and Arnor.

• The younger Elrond (Robert Aramayo) can be an architect in Lindon, the western-most space of Middle-Earth.

• There can be an unique storyline that can concentrate on a elf named Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova) and his forbidden romance with a human healer named Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi).

• Although hobbits don’t actually do something within the Second Age in Tolkien’s histories, they are going to be in Rings of Power; or relatively a specific breed of them will, the Harfoots. They’re principally making an attempt to cover away from the remainder of Middle-Earth at this level in Middle-Earth’s historical past. Sir Lenny Henry performs a harfoot elder, whereas two harfoots, performed by Megan Richards and Markella Kavenagh, meet a “lost” man whose mysterious origin may even play a significant position within the sequence.

• We’ll get to see Khazad-dûm, the underground dwarven kingdom seen deserted to the darkish in Fellowship of the Rings, at its heights. Additionally, Sophia Nomvete performs a dwarven princess named Disa, who additionally appears to be a brand new character for the sequence.

• Since the Second Age lasts greater than 3400 years, there’s going to be a while shenanigans to make Rings of Power work as a TV present with out having to span centuries and solid new human characters each episode or two.

While that’s largely it for the plot and character information, there’s loads extra to be taught concerning the manufacturing of the present, together with how the surprisingly inexperienced Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne turned the showrunners, what a Tolkien fan Amazon proprietor Jeff Bezos is, and way more. Oh, and there are additionally loads of pictures that aren’t of individuals’s arms, so I extremely advocate you go try Vanity Fair’s article.

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debuts September 2 on Prime Video.

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