Rings of Power Season 2 Wants to Dive Into What Makes the Rings Work

For arsenic dense arsenic overmuch of Tolkien’s backstory and history for Middle-earth is, immoderate of the astir important aspects are often lone truly covered successful the vaguest sense. Take the Rings of Power, for instance: arguably immoderate of the astir important artifacts of each of The Lord of the Rings. It’s named aft them! But how bash they work? It’s complicated. And The Rings of Power mightiness beryllium acceptable to marque that a small little so.

In a caller featurette released via IndieWire today, the formed and unit teased conscionable however the caller season volition not lone amusement the rings being forged by Celebrimbor and his caller bestie Annatar (don’t interest astir him!), but besides however they really work. And, of course, however they statesman to power their bearers (don’t interest astir that!).

“To really prosecute with [the rings] and inquire those questions,” Robert Aramayo, who plays Elrond, says successful the video, which you tin spot successful afloat below. “What bash they mean, what bash they do, what does it bash to different people? It’s a originative journey.”

It surely is, due to the fact that similar we said: truthful small astir what the rings of powerfulness actually do to warrant that rubric is truly ever covered successful Tolkien’s works. We cognize vague aspersions: the Elven rings each had abilities, similar Narya’s powers to animate anticipation successful others oregon dilatory the aging of its bearer, oregon Nenya’s powers to safeguard the forests of Lothlorien. The Dwarven rings—which we spot being made and delivered to the Dwarven lords concisely successful the video–were adjacent much vaguely described, extracurricular of them fostering greed for treasure successful their bearers. It was a akin lawsuit for the 9 rings for the realms of Men: lone vaguely described arsenic granting enhanced spot oregon magical prowess.

If Rings of Power spends astatine slightest immoderate of this play delving into that earlier everything goes to its inevitable hellhole with Annatar and the brewing war betwixt Mordor and Eregion, it’ll beryllium crushed for the amusement to truly enactment its ain stamp on The Lord of the Rings‘ worldbuilding successful immoderate precise absorbing ways. We’ll nary uncertainty find retired much when The Rings of Power returns to Prime Video connected August 29.

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