Lord of the Rings' Barrow-Wights Are Following Tom Bombadil to Rings of Power Too

We already had connection that Tom Bombadil, noted merry fellow, was going to beryllium heading to Amazon’s instrumentality connected Middle-earth erstwhile The Rings of Power returns for play two. But it looks similar he’ll beryllium bringing a fewer frightful figures often associated with his worldly successful Lord of the Rings—the ghoulish Barrow-wights.

Our archetypal look astatine Rings of Powers’ instrumentality connected the Barrow-wights comes from a caller subscriber screen for the latest contented of Empire Magazine, featuring conception creation from Einar Martinsen depicting a full big of red-robed spirits:

Image: Einar Martinsen/Empire Magazine

Creepy! While we don’t cognize conscionable however the wights volition play into Ring of Power play 2 yet, successful The Lord of the Rings, the wights of the signifier a large menace successful aboriginal connected successful the books, erstwhile Frodo and his friends were assaulted by the spirits arsenic they traveled done the Barrow-downs soon aft their archetypal brushwood with Tom Bombadil. Just arsenic a wight prepared a ritual to termination the hobbits, Frodo steeled himself to onslaught the wight, severing its manus portion calling upon Bombadil, who forced the Barrow-wight to fly successful fearfulness with a magical song.

Because Tom himself is truthful seldom near successful adaptations of the books, the Barrow-wights excessively often articulation him successful being consigned to the edit country floor. We cognize that Tom—played successful Rings of Power by Rory Kinnear—will not beryllium appearing successful his accustomed abode successful the show, relocating to Rhûn successful the acold east, wherever he’ll transverse paths with the mysterious Stranger and his Harfoot companion Nori, aft the revelation astatine the end of play one that the Stranger appears to beryllium 1 of the magical Istari. But wherever Bombadil goes, bash Barrow-wights follow? We’ll find retired erstwhile Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns for play 2 connected Amazon Prime starting August 29.

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