It is undeniable that whether due to fatigue, lack of options, or script adjustments, Rings of Power is better in its 2nd season, with a 3rd in development. Unfortunately, there was a fatal error in the choice and development of Galadriel, with an extremely weak Morffyd Clark in a role where she brought aggression and arrogance (probably in the script) that doesn’t connect with us. I know I’m a broken record, but she still irritates me a lot. And I’m not convinced.

That said, I’m more for the dark segment of Rings of Power than the sunny side that was more prominent last week. Here, the development of political trickery and Sauron’s work of creating the rings is obviously the most interesting. The lands doomed to destruction – Númenor and Khazad-dum – generate anguish because we know their fate, but they are the most important in the saga.

Basically, if we need to summarize in a few lines, it’s easy for Sauron. The rings distributed to the Dwarves already have the villain’s bad intentions included and the effects are obvious. The inevitability of misfortune is what makes everything even sadder. Among humans, cowardice, poor communication, resentment, envy, betrayal, and violence, take your pick. Even without rings, men signal that they will be the last to make any contribution to peace in Middle-earth. After being among them and having identified each flaw, Sauron only needs to convince Celebrimbor to give in and make the nine rings, which has been a little more challenging. And Galadriel? Thank God she had less space and now she has been “caught” by Adar and a proposal for an alliance between elves and orcs. We’ll get there.

The drama of Aragorn’s ancestors is increasingly exaggerated. Without physical sight, Miriel has thrown in the towel and seems willing to let Pharazon reign. Elendil is against it (and we know his fate), but reluctantly accepts, accepting the former Queen’s request to continue because “not every battle must be fought to be won”. The final destination is not Númenor, which will fall. It is to have a noble leader. Half a word is enough, right?

Unaware that Ilsildur is alive, Elendil has to swallow the evil and cowardly Kemen, Pharazon’s son, who has the support of none other than Elendil’s daughter. Well, even with Miriel giving in and Elendil obeying, the villains want blood. And all this without the rings, when they come…

In Khazad-dum, King Durin III uses his new ring to “find the light”, which is positive, but immediately after he begins to imagine how the ring can enrich him. His son, Durin IV, seems immune to the desire to use the ring or to Annatar/Sauron’s flattery. He clearly understands what is happening and worries, but is unable to stop it.

Durin questions Celebrimbor about the evil influence of the ring, but it is too late. Not only is the ring already controlling his father, but Annatar knows how to manipulate Celebrimbor, giving him a lesson in gaslighting and convincing the Elf that the ideas came from him.

Let’s give Celebrimbor credit: he tries, but evil knows our faults better than we do, and Annatar has already gone and come back while the Elf is still feeling confused. This entire part is the most important of all in the saga because it shows the truth of the legend among the elves that Sauron – in disguise – convinced one of the most respected elves to forge the tainted rings of power: three for elves, seven for dwarves, nine for men. And that is how it happened.

Gil-Galad begins to have visions of the evil growing in Middle-earth and, with the help of Elrond, makes plans to rescue Celebrimbor, but the ever-anti-union Galadriel is already acting alone, of course. Gil-Galad questions whether the Elves can break the alliance between Adar and Sauron, unaware that this union is only on paper. Adar, who captures Galadriel, reveals that he would rather defeat Sauron than join him, so he proposes the unimaginable union of Orcs and Elves for a common goal. Because of the book, we already know what will happen in Eregion, but how we will get there is still being drawn. It is, of course, the most interesting part of the series!

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