Here’s what Elrond and Galadriel were up to in the Second Age.
Welcome back to Middle-earth!
Tolkien’s mythology that we’ve never seen on screen before.
Morfydd Clark as Galadriel in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’.Matt Grace/Prime Video
To my delight, the premiere episode begins with scenes straight out ofThe Silmarillion.
Those who haven’t readThe Silmarillionshouldn’t worry too much, though, because this opening sequence is brief.
But we do get to meetseveral new characters, too!
Robert Aramayo as Elrond in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.'.Ben Rothstein/Prime Video
Arondir (Ismael Cruz Cordova) is a different kind of elf than those aforementioned lords.
Then there are the harfoots.
That’s where the harfoots come in.
They are a nomadic people who survive by foraging and sticking together.
The Stranger’s meteoric entrance to Middle-earth coincides with Galadriel’s team approaching the gates of heaven.
Too bad for these men, Galadriel isn’t done yet.
That’s where the story of Middle-earth has existed ever since, give or take a few bumpyHobbitmovies.
That meta resonance works for me.
Even for Galadriel, though, swimming all the way back to Middle-earth is a tall order.
Thankfully, in the second episode we see her end up on a raft with shipwrecked humans.
Will those wonders take the form of rings?
They are expert forgers, after all.
But Elrond has gotten a little too used to the elven perspective on things.
Now, back to the Stranger.
So what’s going on here?
The most logical explanation seems to be that we are witnessing Gandalf’s arrival in Middle-earth.
at Bilbo back inThe Fellowship of the Ring.
Being found and nursed to health by harfoots would also explain Gandalf’s lifelong friendship with hobbits.
), but I’m definitely intrigued byThe Rings of Powerso far, and I hope you are too.
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