The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Summary
The Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Powerbrings audiences to Tolkien ’s Second Age , but there are substantial differences between Prime Video ’s adaptation of events and canyon . The majority of what is known about this period in Middle - terra firma history is contained within the posthumous work of author J.R.R. Tolkien , includingThe SilmarillionandUnfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle - earth . Many of these tale were unfinished or were recorded in several unlike ways , and this , immix with Amazon ’s special rights ( specifically toThe Silmarillion ) , means thatThe Rings of Powerhas had to get originative with the detail and events .
The Rings of Powerfollows predominantly Galadriel , a familiar character fromThe Lord of the Rings , but stick out around Middle - earth to research the effects of Sauron ’s growing military unit after the Dark Lord Morgoth ’s precipitation . Eventually , the serial will take audiences all the way to the beginning ofThe Lord of the Rings , when Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron ’s hand at the end of the Second Age . However , as far asThe Rings of Powerseason 1 , these sorting of events are just get fructify up , with only the Three Elven Rings created out of the titulary Rings of Power . So far , even in this single season , there have been several major difference from how Tolkien intended the Second Age .
Amazon ’s The Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Power has known graphic symbol and brand new ones , all with conversant faces . Here ’s where you know them from .
10Rings Of Power Compresses The Timescale Of The Second Age
The events of the Second Age of Middle-earth spanned over 3,000 years in Tolkien canon.
The Second Age of Middle - earthwas 3,441 years long , and the authoritative consequence that took place during this time period were spread out across these years . For Elves like Galadriel and Elrond , this was nothing , but countless generations of Men , Hobbits , and Dwarves came and sound during the canon Second Age . For this reason , Prime Video’sThe Rings of Powerhad no choice but to press the timeline . This way , mortal part like Prince Durin IV , Isildur , and Nori could be part of the action from beginning to end rather than audiences get to know new Dwarves , Harfoots , and Men every episode .
The 2d Age terminate with Isildur cutting the One Ring from Sauron ’s hand . Therefore , the case ofThe Lord of the Ringstake blank space during Middle - ground ’s Third Age .
9Rings Of Power Changes The Origin Of Mithril
Mithril isn’t a byproduct of the Silmarils in Tolkien canon.
Mithril was a precious and sought after ore inLord of the Ringscanonand is in the end why the gnome of Khazad - dûm take on their ruination . This has been place up inThe Rings of Powerseason 1 ( though far rather than it should be , thanks to the condensed timeline ) , but the origin of Mithril , as account by the series , is alone unique . In season 1 , the ore is say to be the byproduct of a conflict between an Elf and a Balrog over a Silmaril that got caught in a tree . This make Mithril most as valuable as the Silmarils themselves inRings of Power ’s interlingual rendition of Second Age Middle - earth .
8Halbrand Is An Entirely New Character
Sauron most famously took the form of the Elf Annatar in the Second Age.
lead up to the release ofRings of Powerseason 1 , Halbrand was thought to be a brand unexampled Human character , and given the huge act of Men that would have lived and expire during the Second Age , this was n’t too major an addition to Middle - world . Of of course , it was revealed in the season 1 finale thatHalbrand is actually a Human form of the Dark Lord Sauron , and this was never a feature of Tolkien ’s works . Still , Sauron could indeed shapeshift into virtually anything he wantedduring this full point of the Second Age , so there are forged changesRings of Powercould have made . The problem only comes if Halbrand is Prime Video ’s version of the fair - physical body Annatar .
7Rings of Power Changes The Arrival Of The Istari
Gandalf didn’t arrive in Middle-earth until the beginning of the Third Age.
Rings of Powerseason 1 never full nailed down the indistinguishability of The Stranger , but it ’s heavily implied that he is meant to be Gandalf . If this is the event , then the wizard ’s arrival in Middle - earth has been changed from how Tolkien originally intend in both the means and the prison term full stop . According to canon , Gandalf came to center - earth at the get-go of the Third Age , not during the Second , andhe arrived in the Gray Havens like most beings from Valinor . There were Istari that arrived in Middle - earth during the Second Age , but they were the Blue Wizards and should have had no link with Hobbits ( orRings of Power ’s Harfoots ) .
6The Harfoots' Story Was Never Described In Canon
The Elves & Men of Middle-earth knew nothing of Hobbits in the Second Age (so there is no record of them).
Hobbits did n’t work a part in Tolkien ’s whole caboodle until the end of the Third Age , which meanstheir ancestors being featured inThe Rings of Poweris outside anything that Tolkien write . Still , since the writer ’s write study were near like find history , and Hobbits are said inThe Lord of the Ringsto have been unknown to the bulk of beings of mediate - globe , it makes sense thatThe SilmarillionandUnfinished Taleswould have made no acknowledgment of their ancestors . The universe of Hobbit - like beings during this time can well be assumed , but their participation with an Istari is what truly disport canon ( Gandalf would n’t discover them until much later ) .
5Celeborn’s Alleged Death Didn’t Happen In Tolkien Canon
Galadriel’s husband is alive and well throughout Tolkien’s Second Age.
It was don with the adapted timeline inThe Rings of Powerthat , during the issue of time of year 1 , Galadriel had n’t met her husband Celeborn yet . However , the Elf surprised audience when she explicate that she had already been married but that he had been kill . Of of course , Celeborn is alive and well during the upshot ofThe Lord of the Rings , andTolkien never indicated that anyone had reason to conceive otherwise during the Second Age . It can be assumed thatRings of Powerdidn’t go as far as to entirely kill off Celeborn , but even if he is miraculously bring out to be alert in late season , this hive off Tolkien canon .
4Galadriel’s Role Was Far More Ambiguous In The Second Age
It’s unclear whether Galadriel was a warrior in the traditional sense in Tolkien’s works.
Galadriel has always been a preferential character reference in Tolkien ’s works , described as hold index , looker , and wisdom beyond compare . However , her involvement in certain upshot of the Second Age was left somewhat equivocal . It ’s unclear if Galadriel was ever really a fighter , as she is inThe Rings of Power , or how much of a driving force-out she was in the search for whatever remained of Sauron . Additionally , The Silmarillionstates thatGaladriel was one of the few Elves who did n’t trust Annatar , Sauron ’s fair form , during the Second Age , and this contradictsRings of Power ’s plotline in which she is deceived by him and is partially responsible for for giving him Mordor .
3Adar Is A New Character (Though Dark Elves Are Implied In Canon)
Adar’s relationship with the Orcs is unprecedented in Tolkien’s depiction of the Second Age of Middle-earth.
The Rings of Powerseason 1 stick in the original lineament , Adar , who excuse thathe was an Elf catch by Morgoth and twisted by evil . Though Tolkien did draw similar effect as being one of the possible origination of Orcs , there is never any indication of a lineament distinguish Adar or that the Dark Elves create by Morgoth became Father of the Church figures for the evolutions of Orcs that be during the Second Age . Tolkien was later very indecisive about whether Elves could be turned evil , but even found on his earlier versions of Orcs ' origin stories , it ’s unbelievable that any Dark Elves would have been leave in midway - earth by the Second Age .
2Numenor’s Second-Age Relationship With Elves Was Different
Numenor didn’t begin to hate Elves until Sauron poisoned their minds.
When Galadriel and Halbrand sound toNumenor inThe Rings of Powerseason 1,it quickly became clear that the Men there did not like Elves . Queen Miriel ’s decisiveness to accommodate Galadriel was unpopular , and this set up Pharazôn ’s eventual coup . Though aspects of this align with canyon , Tolkien ’s composition indicate that the Númenóreans only start out to detest Elves after Sauron became Pharazôn ’s advisor ( most likely in a Human form ) and poisoned the king against them . Rings of Powerhas established an completely unique intellect that the High Men despise Galadriel and her hoi polloi , which revolves chiefly around simple prejudice and mistrust .
1The Birth Of Mordor Is Original To Rings Of Power’s Second Age
A sword being the key to Mount Doom erupting was never a feature of Tolkien’s works.
The Rings of Powercertainly made the parentage of Mordorinto quite a spectacle . In season 1 , it is revealed that Adar ’s finish had been to claim Sauron ’s broken steel and expend it to get Mount Doom to erupt , thus turn the area into the wasteland see inThe Lord of the Rings . The mind of a brand winder create a rate of flow of water that erupts a vent is in spades not something that Tolkien conceived , and it ’s one of the more confusing features ofThe Rings of Powerseason 1 . Perhaps time of year 2 will well excuse who design this system and why . irrespective of the answer , none of this is what Tolkien had initially gestate for his 2d Age of Middle - earthly concern .
