Amazon Prime Video has released the full-length trailer for the upcoming second season of its mega-budget “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” TV series just two weeks ahead of the show’s return. Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will.

The new run plunges the characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world increasingly on the brink of calamity. Friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all..

. each other. Arriving two years after the first season wrapped, the new season cast includes Morfydd Clark (Galadriel), Charlie Vickers (Sauron), Robert Aramayo (Elrond), Benjamin Walker (Gil-galad), Ismael Cruz Córdova (Arondir), Charles Edwards (Celebrimbor), Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Miriel), Sophia Nomvete (Disa), Tyroe Muhafidin (Theo), Daniel Weyman (The Stranger), Megan Richards (Poppy Proudfellow), Lloyd Owen (Elendil), Ema Horvath (Eärien) and Sam Hazeldine (Adar).

In a Q&A as part of the panel, it was confirmed that the elf Glorfindel will appear on the show at some point over the five season run. Additionally, they revealed the biological father of Theo “will be revealed somewher.