The plot of the Lord of the Rings series revolves around 4 of the most important characters of the original trilogy

There really is no shortage of visual material. We have already seen three teasers and a number of images for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The first long trailer for Amazon’s massive fantasy project follows at Comic Con this weekend. But what is the series supposed to be about anyway?

In fact, more is known about the plot of Lord of the Ringsthan you might think. Showrunners Patrick McKay and John D. Payne have been dropping chunks of information over the past few months. We put them together to form the most dense information picture possible, resulting in a great epic in which you will discover many well-known characters and events.

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A little information about the concept of the series in advance: The Rings of Power is on created up to 5 squadrons. The following story elements will extend throughout the runtime because the creators have worked out a precise plan. The plot is based on JRR Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, a collection of unfinished works.

Watch the long teaser for the Lord of the Rings series

The rough plot of the Lord of the Rings series

the official synopsis of the amazon series is kept very vague. These are the most important points:

Now let’s go into detail. In February, the creators of The Lord of the Rings revealed that the storyline relies on 4 to 5 key pillars, which we now describe in more detail.

The 1st cornerstone of the Lord of the Rings series: Sauron and Galadriel

According to a major report by Vanity Fair, the series is set after a major war that almost wiped out the entire country and the evil god Morgoth was led. Morgoth was defeated but left behind his apprentice and general: Sauron, who disappeared after the war.

The elf Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) senses that the danger is not over. In Season 1, she hunts down Morgoth’s remaining minions. The Rings of Power director JA Bayona describes it this way:

A dictatorship ruled for 40 years. […] It’s about the aftermath of the war. That’s an idea borrowed heavily from Tolkien: intuition. Galadriel instinctively senses that things are not settled and that something still lurks in the dark.

The 2nd cornerstone of the Lord of the Rings series: Elrond and the Creation of the Rings of Power

The elf king Elrond was embodied in the original trilogy by Hugo Weaving. Robert Aramayo plays him in the series. We experience the young man as a busy politician in the thriving city of Lindon, where he forges relationships with, yes, the dwarves.

Speaking of forging. One of Elrond’s most important allies in this age is Celebrimbor – none other than the smith of the Rings of Power. In Tolkien’s plans, a disguised Sauron tricks Celebrimbor into creating the Rings of Power. So the series will get to the heart of the Lord of the Rings mythology. Exciting!

The 3rd cornerstone of the Lord of the Rings series: The humans and Isildur

A large part of the storyline is again occupied by humans, specifically the rise and fall of the kingdom of Númenor, ruled by Aragorn’s ancestors. It has to be the most Game of Throne part of the series become – a story full of vanity, intrigue and deceit.

Important figures are: Tar-Míriel, Ar-Pharazôn. And a certain Isildur (Maxim Baldry) who you know from the Lord of the Rings prologue. He knocked the ring from Sauron’s finger, the temporary end of his power. Isildur had a chance to “end it once and for all” but was seduced by the ring. Researching this character will be exciting. Showrunner McKay on Isildur:

You get to know him like a Michael Corleone [Al Pacinos Charakter in Der Pate]. He is the young member of the family, full of optimism and youth.

Isildur’s father also plays an important role: Elendil (Lloyd Owen).

The 4th cornerstone of the Lord of the Rings series: The Men and the Elves

The alliance between the humans and the elves or its end is often conjured up in the Lord of the Rings films. It was closed in 3430 of the Second Age in response to the Sauron threat. Important characters that shaped this alliance are those Elendil, Isildur and Elrond. In The Fellowship of the Ring prologue, we see these characters marching together into battle against Sauron.

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series will be a massive The Fellowship of the Ring prequel

He sees how the threads of the 4 cornerstones come together. The pivot is always Sauron. Like a magnet, he draws all of the storylines to himself, no matter how distant they may be. The series seems to run right into the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. In doing so, she touches on many small and large stories of Middle-earth. Of course, that takes time, probably around the 5th seasons. A great view indeed.

What is still missing in this overview are the harfeet. The Hobbit progenitor takes up a lot of space in the trailers so far, represented primarily by Markella Kavenagh, who named a harfoot Nori is playing. Her role in the series is still a mystery. Just like that of the “Meteorite Man” that Nori encounters. So there are still unanswered questions. But this only speaks for the series and that it does not only move in the given paths of the Lord of the Rings history.

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