Rings of Power Season 2 Teaser BREAKDOWN

welcome back everyone to nerd of the

Rings we just got our first look at the

rings of power season 2 in the form of a

teaser trailer as always I'm going to

break this down for us point out the

references to the books and give some of

my personal speculation if you enjoy

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week here on nerd of the Rings right off

the bat we get a shot of the guy

formerly known as how brand revealed to

be Sauron in the finale of season 1 over

this we get the voice over from Prince

Duran IV saying an evil ancient and

Powerful has returned while this

certainly applies to Sauron there's a

possibility he's actually referring to

the balrog the other thing I could see

this being is a moment where Doran is

rallying the dwarves to help the elves

of oron as we'll see there's some bad

stuff coming for them in the form of

Sauron I do hope it's the latter as it

would be incredibly early for the fall

of Kaza Doom next we get what appears to

be black goo crawling up a mountain side

I'm pretty sure this is the black

substance we saw on the tree of Linden

in season 1 so this could be a flashback

to show how it attached itself to the

tree this being a cliff face would match

up with the location of the lyen tree if

that is where our little symbiote is

heading next up we've got galad with a

group of four elves as they prepare for

battle wielding sword dagger and bow

gadriel says prepare yourselves as we

get a revolving shot around the GR group

but the big thing in this scene that can

be easy to miss is the creatures in the

background I can't say for sure what

these are but they definitely look like

and give me The Vibes of the barow

whites for those unfamiliar the barow

whites come into the Lord of the Rings

Tale in one of the chapters that feature

Tom Bombadil in the books these are

bones of Arians haunted by Spirits sent

by the witch King it would make for an

interesting decision since the barow

whites are so tied to the witch King in

the lore and their story is a pretty

distinctly third age tale still I have

to say it's pretty cool to see barites

visualized in live action personally I

think they look pretty legit if that is

indeed what we are seeing it may give us

a clue that Galadriel and Eland are near

the Barrow Downs I do wonder if they'll

give us background info on Whose remains

they're haunting though as aror won't

come into existence until after the

numor arc has concluded next up we have

what appears to be a female character

who has apparently cut their palms and

in the next shot we see a swarm of some

kind this to me seems like it could be

one of those Nas gals from season 1 or

someone who is like them and loyal to

Sauron the Swarm is presumably made of

moths as we can see them in the first

shot if you recall when the stranger

blasted the nas gals away at the end of

season 1 they kind of dissipated into a

cloud of moths so this could be some

kind of reforming happening if those

beings aren't truly dead I've seen some

folks online guessing that this is

taking place in kazad Doom and I don't

think that's the case at all the pillars

may seem somewhat familiar but the color

and the aesthetic feel totally different

to me I think the floor actually has

more of a Sandy look to it and I believe

we are looking at our first shot taking

place in the Eastern lands of run this

of course being the land The Stranger

was heading toward at the end of the

last season and the land which the

easterlings hail from next we see a shot

of tree roots moving across a leaf

strewn ground and judging by the lamps

and the hallways of trees this is taking

place in lyen the next shot is a

continuation and it seems like this is

probably Kell bmore judging by the

attire and what I can make out from the

face and here on the right what at first

I thought was a tree trunk is definitely

someone with a cloak now trees are

generally on the side of good or rather

nobody's side because nobody is on their

side so it would be odd indeed to see

trees attacking Kell bmore in lyen

itself my guess is this is some kind of

vision that Sauron is giving to Kell

bmore similar to the one he gave gadriel

in season 1 as for when this could be

it's hard to say I could see this being

a method for Sauron to convince Kell

bmore that he needs to continue his work

in forging rings of power to save the

world from some Darkness where the very

Earth turns against them or this could

be for much later if Sauron is torturing

Kell bribor for the whereabouts of the

three Elven rings that were forged

without him during these last couple

shots we have a voiceover saying he

worms his way inside your mind the rest

of him slivers in to me this doesn't

sound like a character we've met before

though we did have a recast of the Adar

character so it could easily be the new

actor who we'll see in a moment next up

we get a force Of Orcs moving through a

woods and I wonder if this could be some

of sauron's forces moving toward Aion to

make war for the newly created rings of

power one note here is that we have what

appears to be a troll further back in

the shot after that we get a shot of

kellmore seemingly in his Forge

shielding his eyes from a fiery light

smoke is billowing out of a fiery

opening as someone walks through and

there can be little doubt that this is

Sauron himself or at least that's

definitely what we're meant to believe

considering the eye of saon imagery on

display the voiceover says I think he

has been here I think he has been here

among us all along this moment certainly

feels like a reveal to Kell bmore that

the person he's been working with is

Sauron the next shot sees Charlie

Vickers in what is almost certainly an

anatar form personally I'm glad that it

appears we're getting the anatar in a

Regan storyline it was something I was

severely disappointed in not getting in

season 1 I still think forging the Rings

out of order was a very odd choice and

one that I'm not a fan of but I'm hoping

season 2 can give fans like me something

to enjoy in seeing this storyline play

out more similarly to the books the big

question when it comes to the anatar

thing will be what is the Fallout from

season 1 as it left things gadriel 100%

knows how brand is Sauron and Elon knows

how brand isn't who he and gadriel said

he was does gadriel not warn anyone else

that the guy they know is how brand is

actually the most evil dude in Middle

Earth I'm very curious to see how they

work this out another note about this

shot of anatar the background extras

seem to be running in panic as Sauron

smirks so I think this could mean the

attack on oron happens while Sauron is

still there with the elves next up we

get the premiere reveal August 29th

giving us 3 and 1/2 months until season

2 gets underway this shot is no doubt on

the coast of numor and between the G and

the U of August we can see a group of

people standing on a Ledge overlooking

the sea now it's hard to say what we

could be witnessing here but perhaps

this could be some sort of ceremony in

the aftermath of tar palen's death in

the finale of season 1 perhaps this

foremost figure is Muriel herself

mourning the loss of her father next we

get two shots of gadriel and someone

else I think it's Eland riding hard

possibly to a regon it's hard to say for

certain then we get a shot of someone

submerged in the water and I've seen

folks guessing this to be either daa the

princess of kadum or myriel this looks

more more like Muriel to me and could

match up with the previous shot we saw

of someone in white leading a group by

the edge of the sea in numor later in

the featurette that was released I think

it makes it clear that this is indeed

Muriel but the next shot cut with it

shows a giant sea creature with

presumably the same person in frame

about to be devoured now I have two

theories about this shot one I could see

this being another Vision Muriel is

having much like how she saw the

drowning wave of or in season 1 in which

case this is just some mysterious sea

monster second I could see this being a

totally separate situation and this

creature is actually the Watcher in the

water that lurks in the deepest depths

of the Misty Mountains and that the

fellowship will later encounter outside

the door of Moria if the latter is true

then this is more likely a dwarf or

someone in the kazad Doom storyline it's

also worth noting that this person does

appear to be tethered and bound where as

the last shot she seems to just be

floating untethered next we hear a

voiceover saying every soul in Middle

Earth is in Peril we get a shot of daa

turning toward camera a shot of Duran

III looking up through a hole in the

Rock and the big one is a great Stone

falling on a bridge in Kaza Doom my

initial thought here was that this could

be the balrog attacking Kaza Doom we had

during the fourth's earlier Proclamation

about an ancient evil returning and

toward the end of the shot it seems like

a shadow crosses over the bridge a

balrog after all is a demon of Shadow

and Flame and in Lord of the Rings

Duran's Bane the very balog who destroys

kazad Doom is described as having wings

of Shadow emanating from him now again I

can't help but think it's super early

for the balrog to destroy kazad Doom in

the books this doesn't happen until

nearly 2,000 years into the third age

that being said we were shown the balog

in season 1 and I've kind of been

looking at him as cck off's balrog he

was shown so you got to expect him to go

off at some point but if it isn't the

balrog I could see this cave-in as a

result of the dwarves diving head first

into mining for methil and perhaps there

will be a plot point where Father and

Son continue to butt heads over the

mining and perhaps as we see Doran thei

get his ring shortly it is he and not

his son who delves too greedily next we

get a quick shot of a lendel reaching

out for someone hard to say for certain

but this could go with Muriel at the

ledge if she indeed Falls or jumps this

is followed by a shot of gadel reaching

out which is clearly in a different

location the lighting is very dark and

has an evil Vibe notice again we have

the lanterns we've seen in lyen my best

guess here is that we're seeing more of

a vision Kell bribor receives from

Sauron and that this is not truly

gadriel but all part of some horrible

Vision he has given next up is honestly

a shot that made me chuckle a bit as

things are getting more and more dark we

see an orc enjoying a nice bloody knife

he's having a grand old time next we get

a shot with the camera zooming over

Orion as the text on screen reads

Darkness will bind them this of course

being a nod to the line in the ring

verse poem and in the darkness bind them

this is followed by a shot of the three

Elven rings from overhead we've got

Galadriel who has Nya the Ring of water

Vila the Ring of Heir and mightiest of

the three held by High King gilgalad and

finally naria the ring of fire meaning

this is most likely our first glimpse of

Kyan the shipright the original bearer

of naria and only known elf to have a

beard in tolk's mythology eventually

kydan would give his ring to none other

than Gandalf when the wizard arrived

around a thousand years into the third

age next we see a shot of what appears

to be the tree of lyen and I'm not 100%

sure if what we're seeing is the tree

becoming infected this being a flashback

to the black goo taking it over or if

what we could actually be seeing is the

tree being healed which would indicate

the three Elven Rings working their

magic successfully the leaves are going

from green to Yellow but the rest of the

trees in the background are yellow as

well so it could just be healing and

catching up there's also fiery cracks

spreading which could seem evil but I

could also see it being the black

infection burning off the tree now that

we've seen the Elven Rings we get our

first Glimpse at a Dwarven ring of power

and man does this thing have a big rock

on it Doran the third holding this seems

to confirm that we will be getting

Dwarven rings of power in season 2 now

an interesting thing about doran's Ring

specifically is that in the books there

are conflicting accounts as to who gave

him this ring while it's said that

Sauron distributed The Seven Rings to

dwarf Lords the dwarfs maintain that

Kell bribor gave Duran theii his ring

directly so we'll see who it is giving

Duran this ring in this adaptation next

we see a Rond Deere doing some cool

twirly Elven acrobatics while bursting

out of a wagon and pull his bow on

someone notable here is that he seems to

have come across and teamed up with a

seor who is last seen presumed dead in

the aftermath of Mount Doom's eruption

so yeah spoiler alert one of the main

characters of the second age didn't

actually die in season 1 but yeah I'm

definitely looking forward to more Rond

Deere in season 2 I thought he was a

highlight of season 1 for sure next we

get our first look at one of the great

Eagles of numor as it swoops into the

Royal Hall of numor and lands at the

opening we then see farzon stand in

front of the eagle and draw his sword we

learn in the books that there were great

Eagles of manway that dwelt in numor two

were said to have had their Eerie in

that King's house in arm menos we are

also told of eagles living at top menel

tarma

the Holy Mountain at the center of the

island they would leave and circle

overhead during the three prayers three

ceremonies led by the king or queen of

numor throughout the year now in the

books the Eagles dwelling in armenos

have long gone by faron's time by the

reign of the 14th King the numenorians

are hostile to The Valor so the Eagles

leave now we're well aware by now that

there's a lot of time compression in the

show so pretty much all of the

corruption of numor to come is going to

land on the character of farzon this is

one of those characters we didn't get a

whole lot of in season 1 but I did like

most of the things we got I think he

could be really good and pivotal to the

show over the next couple Seasons as for

this moment I wonder if this is farz on

seizing power or perhaps just making a

declaration of war against those who

blinded the queen or something to that

effect I've long predicted the show will

combine the war in arador with farzon

confronting Sauron so we could be seeing

the very first steps toward that

happening here next we get a shot of

Theo looking very sad and a seal door

looking up for the former I have a

theory backed by a shot from the behind

thes scenes video that released as I was

writing this breakdown so we'll revisit

that shortly next up we see Great Balls

of Fire launched across the water to

oron in case there was any doubt so far

we are definitely getting the siege of

Orion in season 2 Sauron and his armies

are no doubt coming for the rings of

power in in full force next is our first

look at Adar in season 2 now played by

Sam hazeldine after Joseph mle parted

ways with the show I'm curious to see

how big of a role Adar will play after

the recasting and whether this is part

of The Siege or an earlier moment where

Sauron perhaps takes back control of the

Orcs I did find Adar to be one of the

highlights of season 1 and maule was

definitely a big part of that so it'll

be interesting to see how hazeldine

fills those shoes I'm certainly pulling

for for the guy to do well though next

up we get our first look at the Stranger

in season 2 now I know a lot of folks

think this guy is Gandalf I'm still

holding out hope that the show will make

him a blue wizard I've said it multiple

times before but it would just fit so

much better with the lore and would give

both the show and the actor the chance

to make the character their own with the

blue Wizards having so little known

about them one thing worth noting is

that in the official press release for

season 2 Amazon used the term Wizards

plural it's not definitive by any means

but I'm holding out hope that this is

referring to two blue Wizards and that

we'll meet the second in Rune speaking

of run I'm guessing that is where the

stranger is here it definitely looks

different than any place we've seen

before in Middle Earth and I've been

itching to see Rune and its people in an

adaptation for some time he strikes the

ground here with his staff and I think

this could be Nori holding on to a rope

from the same well as the wind swirls

around I got to say this is our only

potential sighting of Hobbits in the

trailer and as someone who felt their

inclusion in season 1 was pretty

unnecessary I'm pretty happy about that

now we're in the thick of quick shots to

close the trailer we get gadriel

shooting double fire arrows presumably

this is the same Barrel White scene

followed by a shot of Orcs getting

thrown in an explosion and next we have

one of my favorite things to see Eland

ready to throw down now while I loved

seeing kind as summer Elon and season 1

getting to see him in battle mode is

awesome as well this feels like he's on

his way to becoming heral and vice

Regent in arodor and a much bigger piece

of the battles to come he's leading a

charge of elves and I think what we

could be seeing here is Eland arriving

from Lyon to Aid the elves under attack

in oron without spoiling too much the

battle for regon does not go so great

for the elves as a whole and I think we

could get some really nice moments

involving Eland and Duran coming to the

aid of the elves under attack next up we

have a really interesting shot of Kell

bmore throwing Rings into a fire and the

dude looks like he's really been through

the ringer here at first I thought these

could be the Lesser rings but those were

said to have been unadorned like the one

ring these definitely have jewels now

I've tried my best to count these as

they're falling and I'm pretty sure

there are in fact nine of these Rings

could cellb rmore finally aware of

sauron's treachery be attempting to

destroy any rings of power he has before

Sauron can claim them the next shot sees

anatar surrounded by elves with swords

drawn and what's really interesting here

is that cell rimbor appears to be

holding a mangled left hand this was

notably not the hand he was using in the

previous shot anatar appears cornered

but he twists his hands before we see a

flash of light now that flash is part of

the next shot and not at all related to

what we're seeing here but if you look

closely right before the hands turn we

see the elves all turn their blades on

one another I think Sauron has these

elves under his control and is making

them turn on and Massacre one another

that flash of light comes in a quick

shot in what I believe are the Fortress

ruins we saw in season 1 where gadriel

and her company encountered the ice

troll this Fortress which is likely a

nod to utumno morgoth's original

Stronghold seems to emanate this frozen

power and makes the land about it icy I

can't say for certain what's happening

in the shop before but it seems like a

group of perhaps Orcs are circled around

whatever sends out the power I think

looking at the booklore the only safe

assumption is that this is Elsa singing

Let It Go but in all seriousness in

season 1 we heard gadel mention that

this place was so evil that their

torches would give off no warmth and I

think it's safe to assume whatever power

is exploding from this Fortress it's not

good with that we get the title reveal

in Gold the Lord of the Rings the rings

of power new season debuting August 29th

wrapping up our first look at season 2

but wait there's more as I was writing

this breakdown Amazon released a

behindth scenes featurette and there are

some interesting shots within I

mentioned Theo looking sad and I think

we're seeing here why aere is at a

funeral p and my guess is bronwin has

died she had a couple fake out deaths in

SE season 1 so if season 2 has her

starting to look in bad shape I think

her luck will have run out we see Muriel

dressed in white possibly a confirmation

it is her seen on The Cliff face in the

teaser we get a line of dialogue from

Kell rimbor saying he's had an

unexpected visitor definitely a clue

that how brand AKA Sauron AKA anatar has

come to see brimby we get a shot of

Duran theii wielding an axe possible the

fabled axe of Duran that I thought we

may have seen in the background of a

shot in season 1 also notice there are

piles of gold perhaps we're seeing The

Descent of Duran III into a mad state of

greed notice he is definitely wearing

his ring of power here the next big one

I picked up was Maxim baldry who plays a

seal door talking about a scary set I

mentioned this at the end of season one

but I think he could be forced to take

what will later be known as the pass of

kirth Uno to get out of Mordor meaning

he will come face to face with sheilo

this certainly looks like a spider Lair

and he comes across an orc trapped in

webs plus the storyboards behind him in

this shot seem to confirm we are

definitely getting a giant spider we are

told that over the centuries many Orcs

elves and Men fell victim to her so

perhaps a seal door could be the first

of the future gondorians to learn of the

terror of the Fel duath real quick we

also see some behind the-scenes work on

a large statue for what is presumably

the oron set this is believed to be none

other than fanor the grandfather of

kellmore and creator of the sels we get

a shot of elrond attacking Orcs with a

catapult in the background this would

seem to back up the idea that they're

coming the morning after The Siege began

and are descending upon the Orcs

attacking Aon we also see Duran and Kell

bribor in a scene together which I'm

very glad to see these are two

characters and civilizations that really

need some more attention with each other

in my opinion here's a really

interesting shot of a creature

approaching an elf I've seen some folks

saying this could be a nosoul but I

think it's much more likely this is a

pre-s barte we haven't even seen the

nine Rings forged yet and to have them

handed out and their Bears turned into

wraiths seems like way too much to cram

in that quickly the next shot shows daa

with what appears to be a paler now this

is very interesting I have no idea which

paler this could be or why it would

presumably be in kazad Doom in the books

the paleni are rescued in the downfall

of numor by elendil and his sons and

brought to Middle Earth so if this is a

paler I'm very curious what the reason

for it being in Kaza doom and the plot

surrounding it is another note from the

featurette is actress morvi Clark

mentions gadel Bec more connected with

Middle Earth and the people in it now

these are obviously just general

comments but it would be encouraging to

see a gadriel kind of course correcting

after her pretty crazy behavior in

season 1 hopefully that's something the

show took to heart from season 1 and is

making adjustments all right so final

thoughts overall I think it's a pretty

solid teaser I tend to agree with what

John campia says on his show the job of

a trailer is to increase your excitement

level however low or high your

expectations level is it's meant to bump

it up admittedly I've been pretty

apathetic toward this show in the time

between Seasons the last video I made on

it was my season 1 review well over a

year ago speaking of which if you want

to hear my take on season 1 check that

out as I don't feel the need to

relitigate the things I liked and the

things I didn't like here all this to

say while season 1 had some pretty major

letdowns for me which has tampered my

excitement for season 2 this teaser did

get me more interested than I expected

it to I love love the idea of seeing the

anatar story that I really wanted to see

in season 1 I love the idea of getting a

rounded version of Eland who can be both

as kind of Summer and a leader of armies

those are things I'm excited about

looking at the trailer what remains to

be seen is if we can get a more

well-rounded Galadriel and how big of a

role Kell bmore will play I mentioned

earlier that farzon will bear the weight

of the numor story and I think if season

2 is going to appease book fans at all

Kell rimbor his working with Sauron and

the Betrayal will need a good amount of

time to play out and develop before

culminating in the war I feel like this

is going to be a big season for the show

and a lot is writing on how it plays out

and how it is received the visuals seem

great which was a strong point of season

1 and like that first season I think

it's going to come down to the story and

the writing for me personally that was

the weakest element of season 1 so I'm

desperately hoping for a marked