Rings of Power’s Massive Season 2 Battle Will Span Multiple Episodes, For Good Reason Gizmodo

If Rings of Energy’s first season was all about paving the way in which for the return of Sauron, season two might be all about watching the returned Darkish Lord’s main plans for the Elves fall into place–not simply the forging of these 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 may, apparently, span a number of the season’s chronology.

“We love an excellent battle,” Rings of Energy co-showrunner informed Empire Journal in a brand new interview, teasing that the Lord of Rings prequel’s sophomore season will give attention to bringing a serious battle from Tolkien’s works to life. “The plan with season two could be to do one thing a lot greater, on a a lot grander scale that might happen not simply in a single day, however over a number of days, weeks, months, and episodes.”

That battle, in fact, is one thing we’ve seen teased within the little footage we’ve seen from season two up to now: what was merely referred to as “The Struggle 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 Presents, is found. Within the unique chronology, this battle–which ends up 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 quite a bit to condense the timeline of the hundreds of years the Second Age befell throughout, however it is 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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