If Rings of Energy’s first season was all about paving the way in which for the return of Sauron, season two can be all about watching the returned Dark Lord’s main plans for the Elves fall into place–not simply the forging of those titular rings, however the fallout of the invention of Sauron’s treachery, and the brutal battles that come within the wake of it. Battles that can, apparently, span loads of the season’s chronology.
“We love an excellent battle,” Rings of Energy co-showrunner informed Empire Magazine in a brand new interview, teasing that the Lord of Rings prequel’s sophomore season will deal with bringing a serious battle from Tolkien’s works to life. “The plan with season two can be to do one thing a lot greater, on a a lot grander scale that will happen not simply in a single day, however over a number of days, weeks, months, and episodes.”
That battle, after all, is one thing we’ve seen teased within the little footage we’ve seen from season two to date: what was merely known as “The War of the Elves and Sauron” in Tolkien’s works, the conflict of the forces of Mordor and the mixed forces of the Elven kingdoms of Eregion and Lindon after Sauron’s ruse as Annatar, the Lord of Items, is found. Within the unique chronology, this battle–which results in the institution of Rivendell, Sauron’s discovery of the true energy of Númenór, and radically rebalances the face of Elven energy throughout Center-Earth with Eregion’s near-eradication–takes place over half a decade, with a number of main sieges and battles alongside the way in which.
The Rings of Energy is already doing lots to condense the timeline of the thousands of years the Second Age came about throughout, however this can be a battle that may’t actually be condensed right into a singular conflict between the Elves and the hosts of Mordor–and fortunately it gained’t be, it appears, when The Rings of Energy returns to Amazon on August 29.
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