Tolkien’s high-fantasy real have yet to receive their proper spotlight.
Doing this now, just over halfway through the season, was the right move.
When Miriel attempts to dissuade him in “Where Is He?”
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He chooses to risk facing death, trusting that the Valar will protect him.
Instead, he holds himself to a higher standard, conducting himself honorably regardless of difficult circumstances or losses.
These sorts are minorities in Numenor these days, as Miriel herself notes.
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Is this the big reveal we’re leading up to?
Hopefully, “Halls of Stone” and “Where Is He?”
are only a foretaste of what future seasons might bring.
It’sonly through his sacrificial example as a leader that he can inspire others.
It’s no wonder then that Elendil will one day be in charge of his own kingdoms.
The jury’s still out concerning her ultimate fate.
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are only a tease of what might come, one thatRings of Powerneeds to work at paying off.
He certainly is to Miriel, and his role in the story only seems to be increasing.
Hopefully, this marks the former.
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
