Pharazôn (Trystan Gravelle) will be at the center of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s Númenórean storyline. Instead, the kingdom will likely already be on the path toward its own downfall by the time The Rings of Power begins. That means viewers likely won’t see the same kind of slow corruption of Númenor that Tolkien originally detailed. In The Rings of Power, however, many of the Númenoreans who are only alive during the kingdom’s final years will already be present when the series begins and, therefore, before the Rings of Power have been forged or the War of the Elves and Sauron has unfolded.
That means fans are also given the chance to see just how slowly but surely the Númenoreans’ desire for immortality corrupts them from within.īy the time Sauron gets the opportunity to manipulate the Númenoreans, they’re already spiraling down a path of madness and ambition. The Fall of Númenor - In Tolkien’s written work, readers are given the chance to learn about the various kings of Númenor and how each of them impacted their kingdom’s culture. Queen Regent Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) stands in front of a crowd of Númenóreans in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In other words, it’s time - both the passing of it and the fear of it - that destroys Númenor, and that’s why The Rings of Power’s decision to compress the Second Age’s story is so risky. It’s this resentment that Sauron uses to his advantage, which leads to the downfall of Númenor near the end of the Second Age. Over several thousand years, some factions begin to grow resentful of their mortality and envious of the Elves’ unlimited lifespans. For most of Númenor’s rule, that condition is accepted.īut while the Númenoreans all live much longer lives than most of the Men of Middle-earth, they’re all still fated to eventually die. The island is raised from the sea by the Valar on the condition that the Númenoreans who live there never sail so far westward that they lose sight of the island, or attempt to reach the Undying Lands. Courtesy of Prime VideoĬompressing the Timeline - In Tolkien’s books, Númenor is a great island kingdom that’s gifted to the Men of Middle-earth by the Valar, essentially the angels of Tolkien’s world, at the end of the First Age. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will bring Númenor to life on-screen for the first time.
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