r/LOTR_on_Prime

So I’m watching Rings of Power for the first time, and something is bugging me. For pretext, I’ve not read any of the source material, but I’ve seen the movies, so I’m casually familiar with some bits of lore.

There were a few references in Season 1 about how Sauron performed twisted experiments on the orcs at Forodwaith. The scene, however, at the beginning of Season 2, along with the time placement of the scene at the dawn of the second age, it is implied that Sauron and Co had just arrived at Forodwaith, as he was actively announcing his leadership role and being crowned before instantly being brained by Adar. So my question is, when was he supposed to have performed all of these experiments if he was killed as soon as they arrived? It was explicitly said in the first scene of season 1 that Forodwaith was where it happened, and confirmed by a captive Adar later in the season, so is Adar an unreliable narrator or is it just a contradictory plot point and an oversight from the writers?

Since it has been announced that JCB will play a high-born knight we all speculated about whether it was Celeborn or Glorfindel he'll be playing.

To be fair that description fits both Celeborn and Glorfindel. Both of them are royal family relatives and both of them are known to be soldiers.

Here's how Celeborn has been presented in the show :

- he's Galadriel's husband.

- he fought during the First Age wars.

- he died.

The third fact caused a huge backlash among fans because in the books Celeborn never died. So usually we tend to interpret it as 'Galadriel thinks he died but is wrong'

What if she's not wrong ? What if Celeborn really died ?

My theory is that Celeborn and Glorfindel might be merged as characters and that Celeborn will come back because he's been re-embodied after a short time due to his noble action in the First Age wars.

What power(s) do you think they will endow Sauron with once he creates the One Ring? His quest was for 'power over flesh', correct? I wonder how they will choose to show this. I think they will need to show some change in his abilities sufficient to make his quest seem worthwhile. A related issue is - will he wait to distribute the Nine until after creating the One. You can assume that the Nine would be corrupting without the One, but perhaps the recipients wouldn't be that controllable without the One. Canon says that the foundations of Baradur were created with the power of the One and will endure while it lasts. Towers of the Teeth, Cirith Ungol, and Minas Ithil all built by the Numenorians - probably ToT & CU after battle of the Last Alliance. If he has the One in Numenor I suppose his powers of manipulation should be enhanced . Thoughts?

I was listening to FotR audiobook the other day and this line by 'Strider' struck me as he is telling the hobbits about Weathertop (paraphrase from recollection): "it is broken now but one it was tall and fair, and it is said that Elendil watched from the tower for the coming of Gil Galad in the days of the Last Alliance" Perhaps someone can provide the exact quote. Do you suppose we will get to see such a scene in S5? Recall that Amon Sul housed one of the palantiri.

I'm new to the sub, so 👋 everyone . Just finished my second watch through and really looking forward to November.

Something has really been bothering me.

So, we know what happened to Galadriel after her big "oh shit, I really messed up" moment.

But what about Sauron? Did he run off and grab a horse, being as he's still pretending to be a man, and ride off to Mordor? Did he shape shift and magic himself there, somehow? Did he get there some other way?

Would love to hear your theories.