The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power
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What about the dwarves?
Is anything going on with them?
The rest, it seems, will have to wait.
This is an event large enough to disrupt all of Middle-earth.
But not the respect of Disa.
Their relationship seems as contentious but fundamentally solid as ever as they visit the marketplace and argue over spending.
Ya married a prince.
Short of a total tunnel collapse, its about the worst thing that could happen to the dwarves.
He doesnt have any idea what hes talking about.
Its not that Gil-galad isnt afraid of Sauron.
Celebrimbor intends to keep his promise to have nothing to do with the person he knows only as Halbrand.
But what of Caras Gaer in western Rhun?
Wheres that, you ask?
Those masked riders trackers, well soon learn theyre called last seen stalking the Stranger and his companions?
He may be onto something too.
When we rejoin the happy trio, the shorter members are trying to give the Stranger a name.
No one can give you a name.
It is yours already, he tells them.
It is who you are.
And when you hear it spoken, you feel your heart glow.
(Could the name start with aG?
To be determined.)
Its getting desperate back at Khazad-dum, too.
Durin IVs own efforts are just as fruitless.
His band of miners reaches a dead end, and they mock the once (and future?)
prince for his softness.
The outlook is not great.
Elrond goes even further, expressing distrust for all three elves who have chosen to wear the rings.
He passes out not far from a well.
That well is attached to a bell that attracts the trackers shortly after the Stranger reawakens.
Events then unfold at a rapid clip.
Probably not, but it doesnt look good for the little ones.
A different sort of unpromising development unfolds in the lab of Celebrimbor.
Then, after threatening to remove the visitor by force, Celebrimbor makes the mistake of letting him talk.
He also has a request: How about making some of those rings for humans?
(Hey, that sounds familiar!)
This may not end well.
After the previous episodes setup we got, well, more setup.
But the plot also thickened during this outing.
And whatevers going on in Rhun looks likely to have some serious consequences.
Also, its nice to have the dwarves back in the picture.
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The trackers are one of this seasons most intriguing additions.
In some ways, as faceless, threatening figures on horseback, they foreshadow the Nazgul.
So who are they?
At least not canonically.
Would that it were so simple, right?
