We’ve got a new photo to share with you from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power featuring a new character who will be introduced in Season 2.
The image comes from Entertainment Weekly and it features Círdan the Shipwright, a legendary character who will played by The Crown’s Ben Daniels. The character is an “elf, a master shipbuilder, and font of wisdom” and he’s also another ringbearer.
Co-showrunner J.D. Payne said in an interview: “The wonderful Ben Daniels is playing Círdan. He’s a classically trained British actor and brings a lot of wisdom and gravitas to the role.”
Co-showrunner Patrick McKay added: “Also, his humor and warmth. We really fell in love with him in The Crown and wanted to work with him.”
The description of the character reads: “As a master shipbuilder, Círdan is master of the Grey Havens. That’s the harbor in the Lindon region that can transport elves who have tired of Middle-earth back to the Undying Lands of Valinor.
“The last chapter of The Lord of the Rings is titled ‘The Grey Havens,’ because the story ends with Frodo Baggins and the other ring-bearers (including Círdan) departing Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age.”
The series takes place “thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien‘s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness.
“Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
“From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.”
In Season 2, “Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will.
“Building on Season 1’s epic scope and ambition, Season 2 of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity.
“Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all… each other.”
The Rings of Power Season 2 premieres August 29th on Prime Video.
Joey Paur
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