The primary season of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel, Rings of Energy, heralded the dread return of the Darkish Lord Sauron. Now, he’s again: and season two will see all of Center-earth reckon with the rise of such a horrible darkness. Oh, and a few individuals will choose up some fancy costume jewelry that we’re sure can have completely no wide-ranging affect on anybody concerned.
Throughout its San Diego Comedian-Con panel right this moment, Amazon lifted the lid on a brand-new trailer for Rings of Energy season two forward of its launch subsequent month. And actually? Nobody on Center-earth goes to be having a very nice time, it appears, until they’re some taste of evil creature and/or Sauron himself. Or, as he’s going to be recognized to some in season two in his elven disguise as Annatar, the Lord of Presents.
It’s an enormous trailer, and whereas earlier footage from the season has largely targeted on the elves’ explicit battle with Sauron, as he worms his means into Celebrimbor’s interior circle to assist forge the remaining rings of energy, this one actually provides us quite a bit to chew on for all of the myriad tales throughout Center-earth this season. We get to see the Stranger and Nori as they journey to Rhun (and cross paths with Rory Kinnear as Tom Bombadil, everybody’s favourite merry fellow). We get to see small teases of Arondir and Isildur’s journey as Adar and the forces of the risen Mordor start to assemble. And sure, we get to see rings, as Galadriel and the elves, and Durin and the dwarves alike, start to seek out themselves tempted by the facility on supply… and the unusual pull they’ve in direction of Sauron’s personal will.
There’s additionally only a wild quantity of motion right here as properly—we knew season two was going to get into one of the vital essential clashes of the Second Age as Sauron and his forces lay siege to Elves of Eregion, however there’s extra than simply big battles to return right here, from mysterious encounters with Barrow-wights, the specter of a Balrog, even large trolls and not-quite-so-massive, however nonetheless fairly sizable, spiders (is that maybe the younger Shelob we all know is coming this season?). It actually does appear to be they heard people who thought not sufficient really went on throughout the first season: you wished issues taking place? Listed here are issues taking place.
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy returns to Amazon Prime subsequent month, on August 29.
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