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Some things that fans want to see in Season Two are more obvious than others. There were a few clear paths the show intends to take but other reveals might be waiting for later if they ever come at all.
7 Celeborn
For a few episodes, it seemed like he had never existed, or perhaps that Galadriel had yet to meet her husband. The timeline and some of the lore are completely their own thing in Rings of Power. Then she mentioned that he died in the war against Morgoth. That might work if the next obvious question wasn’t about their daughter, who is also absent but just as important.
This whole mystery box nonsense with Celeborn is pointless because he rules Lothlorien with Galadriel well into the Third Age. People familiar with the extended family tree also know that Elrond marries their daughter Celebrían, and the youngest of their three children is Arwen, so this waste of time either needs to get resolved or dropped as soon as possible.
6 Sauron Versus Numenor
Sauron has returned to Mordor, and although he still has to face Adar and his minions, it’s a known fact that he takes over eventually. If the show stays with the basic timelines for the fall of Numenor, Sauron still has some time to harass Middle-earth before they sail across the sea to challenge him.
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Halbrand was telling the truth when he told Galadriel that he wanted to stay in Numenor, and he finds his way back in a clever way. He recognized it as a place of power and wealth that he could use for his own purposes, and despite his power, he was not the one that destroys it.
5 Durin’s Mallorn Tree
This was a thing early in the season but then fell off the radar completely. It seemed like a reference to the White Tree at first, Nimloth, or maybe there was some future connection to Lothlorien. Was there any sign of this horrible blight that was eating the trees of Lindon on the mallorn tree that Durin was secretly growing in Moria? Did nobody ask that question because it was inconvenient to the plot?
The simple explanation is that this mallorn would be fine because it’s growing in a mountain full of mithril, but then there’s no dramatic scene with the leaf and the loose bit of rock on the table. Why even introduce this tree with such a profound touch and then do nothing with it, especially if the plot revolves around a blight that kills trees?
4 Name That Istar
This has lasted for too long already and it’s also dragging out the Harfoot storyline. The writers threw the viewers a bone by telling us he was one of the Istari, which most people knew already, but which one has yet to be revealed.
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Most guesses point to Gandalf, but considering the direction he and Nori are heading, he could also be one of the Blue Wizards. These are the two mysterious Istari that went into the eastern part of Middle-earth and were never heard from again.
3 The Rings
After a whole season, there are only three, and all of them were made in the last episode in a bit of a rush. It’s as if someone finally remembered what the series was called and also realized that the finale was about to happen.
This is also the reverse order of the way the rings were made in the lore. The three Elven rings were made last and without any knowledge or input from Sauron. The Dark Lord found out about them eventually and was angry, to say the least, that Celembribor would have gone behind his back. This partly explains Sauron’s deadly revenge, which would be less fun to see but might be inevitable.
2 More Arondir
This is a great character and story that got off to an equally interesting start, but Numenor and certain other characters have been the focus of the last few episodes and the finer points of our Southland heroes have fallen by the wayside. Hopefully, that’s a set-up for an increased level of scrutiny in Season Two.
Arondir’s story is very similar to one of Galadriel’s brothers, Aegnor, who loved a human woman during wartime, but they never had a chance at a relationship before he was killed. The writers here might be doing something similar, but setting up future generations of rulers in Gondor and Arnor as a twist.
1 The Kingdom Of Rhûn
Tolkien mentioned Rhûn as an important place in the ancient history of Middle-earth but never described any adventures there. The Elves awoke at the dawn of time near the Sea of Rhûn, and some of the earliest ships in Middle-earth were built and tested on those waters.
Since this mysterious but compelling location has neither appeared in literary nor on-screen adaptations, seeing the first depiction of Rhûn is an exciting prospect. Perhaps more information is coming about the Blue Wizards, and how they went to Rhûn only to disappear from the history books forever.
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