Not all humans sided with Morgoth in the great war.
So with our first post-premiere episode, we still have more new faces and new places to meet.
Specifically, we finally get to see Numenor!
Ships sail to the island kingdom of Númenor in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.'.Amazon Studios
It’s truly beautiful we love giant stone heads, don’t we folks?
If you’re familiar with the history of Numenor from the writings ofJ.R.R.
ButRings of Poweris bringing us to Numenor at a very specific time in its history.
Leon Wadham as Kemen, Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Míriel, Trystan Gravelle as Pharazôn, Lloyd Owen as Elendil, Ema Horvath as Eärien, and Maxim Baldry as Isildur in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’.Ben Rothstein / Prime Video
As Galadriel notes, this is a marked change from Numenor’s origins.
The anti-elf sentiment does not pertain to every citizen of Numenor, thankfully.
But he’s happy to give Galadriel helpful advice to navigate this treacherous atmosphere.
He’s also a family man!
For now, he’s a headstrong sailor.
Now they have to do their bidding, and it leads to perhaps my favorite sequence of the episode.
The orc commander acts like he respects this argument, and offers the elves a drink of water.
to protect himself and his other comrade, Arondir takes it upon himself to cut the tree down.
But then, things get worse!
But the orcs have some tricks up their sleeve, and unleash their warg.
I thought it was touching, and reminded me of the communal spirit of hobbits.
Yet you’re free to see how one will eventually become the other.
That’s for next week, I suppose.
