A mysterious character named Halbrand reveals up within the second episode of “The Rings of Energy” — and he would possibly simply be a connection to the Peter Jackson “Lord of the Rings” motion pictures.
Spoilers forward for the primary two episodes of “The Rings of Energy,” now streaming on Prime Video.
“The Rings of Energy” is about round a thousand years earlier than Frodo (Elijah Wooden) and his Fellowship took their journey within the motion pictures. So, only a few characters are sufficiently old to nonetheless be kicking round. Since Elves might be immortal, the principle characters within the present who're additionally within the movies are the Elves, Galadriel (Morfydd Clark within the present; Cate Blanchett within the movies) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo within the present; Hugo Weaving within the movies).
Different characters in “The Rings of Energy” such because the Harfoot (a model of a hobbit) Nori Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh), the Dwarf Durin IV (Owain Arthur) and the present sea captain and future King Elendil (Lloyd Owen) are new faces who're showing on display for the primary time on this franchise.
However a few of them, akin to Halbrand (Charlie Vickers), won't be so new.
The present chronicles the rise of the villain Sauron and the forging of the Rings of Energy (one in all which is the One Ring that Frodo will finally destroy). The plot begins in a time following a brutal warfare, when everybody thinks there’s peace now, and Sauron and his Orcs are gone. Spoiler alert — since they’re within the motion pictures a thousand years later, clearly, they’re not. Galadriel herself has by no means believed the risk is gone, as she’s spent years looking Sauron.
Within the second episode, she crosses paths with a mysterious castaway named Halbrand (Vickers). He appears to be a standard man who's down on his luck and stranded at sea. And there’s no purpose to suppose he might nonetheless be alive 1000's of years from this time interval, to fulfill Frodo.
However, bear in mind, in “The Lord of the Rings” motion pictures, Sauron had his Ringwraiths, or Nazgûl. They had been ghoulish shadowy figures who usually chased Frodo and his associates, in some terrifying scenes (they seemed like cloaked black figures on horseback). They had been servants of Sauron, enslaved to his will, however they every was common mortal males a few years in the past.
So, it stands to purpose that some seemingly regular human characters on “Rings of Energy,” like Halbrand, are destined to grow to be these ghoulish ringwraiths who will hunt and terrify poor Frodo 1000's of years later.
The well-known Witch King of Angmar is their chief and Sauron’s second-in-command who's finally killed by Eowyn (Miranda Otto) within the movies. His precise id earlier than he was corrupted by the rings is unknown.
When Galadriel meets him, Halbrand looks like a daily man … but it surely’s truthful to imagine that any seemingly regular human may very well be a future Nazgûl, and even the Witch King himself.
“The Rings of Energy” is at present streaming on Prime Video, with new episodes out weekly on Fridays.
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