Galadriel's vision in the second episode of The Rings of Power season 2 is a bleak, shuddering reminder of Sauron's influence not only over Morfydd Clark's elf, but all of Middle-earth. But what is the meaning behind Galadriel's vision? And why can she suddenly see what has not yet come to pass? After all, there's a sudden 'death' found within, and the words that spill out before a major character's dreamlike demise feel less like a warning and more like prophecy. Below, we'll run through exactly what just happened – while theorizing over what it could mean for the season (and show as a whole) moving forward.
Possible spoilers for The Rings of Power season 2 (and J.R.R.
Tolkien's works) follow. You have been warned! What happens in Galadriel's vision? While burying the leaves of the golden elven tree and mourning her brother Finrod, Galadriel turns to see Celebrimbor. "They did not tell me you had arrived," Galadriel says.
From Galadriel's words, it is clear that – in that first moment – she does not realize what she is seeing is a vision. After talk of an "unexpected visitor", the skies darken and Halbrand/Sauron's whispers start to bounce around the forest. Roots then spring forth and head towards Celebrimbor, who says, "Are they not the seeds you planted?" In Black Speech – the language later invented by Sauron – Celebrimbor speaks the names of all but one of the rings of power: three for elves, seven for dwarves, and nine for Men.
He is then stabbed through the .