What’s more important: power over flesh, or faith in the light? This becomes the source of unexpected conflict and anxiety in Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 1, all while Sauron sneakily plots his master plan in Middle-earth. As many Lord of the Rings fans pointed out, Season 1 was a bit of a mess , but it ended with a key event that will define the second chapter: Celebrimbor forging the first titular Rings of Power ( the three Elven rings ). This came after Halbrand (aka Sauron), the so-called lost king of the Southlands, embedded himself with the Elves.
By the end, Galadriel – whom he’d hoped would become his queen – discovered his true identity, though not before he gently pushed Celebrimbor towards the ill-fated rings. Rings of Power Season 2 finds Galadriel struggling with the fallout of Sauron’s deceit (and the doubts of everyone around her), and that’s before we get to the mystery surrounding the Stranger (who’s clearly Gandalf) as he sets off to Rhûn with Nori. Season 2 opens with a historic assassination Episode 1 begins around 1,000 years ago in Forodwaith, at the dawn of the Second Age after Morgoth’s reign ended.
“Always after a defeat, the shadow takes another shape and grows again. Morgoth is gone, leaving us alone and disgraced,” someone says, as an Orc carries a familiar crown. “But today, a new age begins, under your new master: Sauron,” he adds (he’s played by Jack Lowden instead of Charlie Vickers, but it’ll become clear why i.