This season specifically, Sauron turns his gaze uponelven-smith Celebrimbor(Charles Edwards).

He reads his targets like an open book and ruthlessly, intuitively pursues them.

Once his persistence wears Celebrimbor down,Sauron plays uptheir comfortable and reciprocal acquaintance.

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To prove his point,he transforms Celebrimbors already low-lit room into the elvish equivalent of a haunted mansion.

He enhances the outside storm with abrupt slashes of lightning.

Peals of ominous, bass-rumbling thunder emphasize key statements and cut off Celebrimbor’s baffled protests.

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“It can’t be underestimated the impact that she has on him.”

Smoke plumes pour from the forge.

The flames spike high and wide.

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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.

But the fire doesn’t consume Celebrimbor’s chambers.

His voice echoes as he proclaims an array of lofty promises to Celebrimbor, but his lips never move.

The Christian Bible also describes angels as grotesque enough to terrify the humans who see their unfiltered faces.

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Transforming Halbrand into Annatar requires a convincingly impressive show on its own.

Compared to this, Gandalf the White could learn a thing or two about entrances.

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