Neither really trusts the other, but it speaks to Adar’s willingness to do whatever to destroy Sauron.
Wait, isn’t someone also the servant of the secret fire?
Similar to theElven Rings' effect on Lindon’s tree, the light illuminates the corrupting dark.
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That’s part of what makes Adar such a watchable character throughoutboth Sam Hazeldine andJoseph Mawle’s portrayals.
However, Adar has made a terrible miscalculation by misreading Sauron’s plan and not trusting Galadriel’s instincts.
In the end, his desperation to destroy Sauron exposes his true fear of The Deceiver.
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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.