Rings Of Power Season 2 Story Detail Teases Impact Of Ring On King's Health & Debut Of New LOTR Dwarf

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star Owain Arthur and newcomer Kevin Eldon have opened up about the story of season 2, hinting at how the Rings will impact King Durin III’s health and how Eldon’s new Dwarf character comes into play. The Rings of Power season 2 has confirmed the Dwarves will get their hands on the seven Rings forged for them by Sauron, leading to the King being influenced by their dark power. It was also confirmed a new character, Narvi, would arrive, pulled from the appendices of The Lord of the Rings.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly about the upcoming season, Arthur, who plays Durin IV, and Eldon, who is Narvi, discussed elements of The Rings of Power season 2’s story for the Dwarves. In particular, they revealed how big a negative impact the Rings will have on Durin III, as well as how Narvi will be forced to choose between loyalty to the King or his people. Check out what Arthur and Eldon had to say below:

Owain Arthur:
Due to some very powerful rings, there’s a shift in dynamics among the dwarves. The rings certainly have an effect on the king, and therefore the entire kingdom, really. We see the positives of the rings, but Durin certainly also feels the negative aspects of them.

Kevin Eldon:
Narvi has an interesting journey in season 2, as the king increasingly falls under the power of the rings. These rings are getting under his skin; he’s becoming less logical and showing signs of madness. So Narvi has to make a very difficult choice about whether he obeys his natural instinct, which is to be loyal and to follow the king’s wishes or to abandon that very basic requirement of his life and instead show more loyalty to Khazad-dûm? He gets to a point where he has to leap one way or the other. I’m not going to tell you what he chooses, but it’s certainly a dilemma for him.

How Sauron’s Rings Will Impact The Dwarves In Rings Of Power Season 2

Dire Consequences Will Lead To Fateful Decisions

The Rings of Power season 1 ended with Durin IV stripped of his royalty and the mithril mine sealed, only to reveal its opening caused a Balrog to be awakened. This hints at the beast potentially attacking Khazad-dûm in the future, while season 2’s promotional material confirmed King Durin III will end up with Rings from Sauron. The artifacts are used for the Dark Lord to control the races of Middle-earth, something that will no doubt have negative consequences for all Dwarves as the episodes play out.

The core source of tension will no doubt come from the decisions King Durin makes under his Ring’s influence, likely bringing about chaos for his people. This means characters like his son will need to step in to keep him from making decisions influenced by Sauron’s goals, something he won’t be able to do alone now that his royal claim is gone. Instead, Narvi’s decision would likely be the core factor, his loyalties confirming whether he’ll go against his King for the sake of his people, or unknowingly allow the Dark Lord to win.

Since the Balrog is also a looming threat for The Rings of Power‘s Dwarf characters, its potential attack could be a deciding factor in how Durin IV and Narvi handle their King’s turn. While it’s currently unclear what negative consequences will come for Khazad-dûm because of the Rings, their influence will likely escalate as the series continues. This means plenty of destructive events are bound to unfold as Sauron continues heightening his power over Middle-earth’s kingdoms.

Source: EW

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history for the very first time. Set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power will explore a time in the franchise where kingdoms rose and fell, where The One Ring itself was forged and tells the tale of the rise of the greatest foe in the Lord of the Rings Franchise, the Dark Lord Sauron. Beginning in a time of peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of familiar and new characters as they confront the long-feared reemergence of evil in Middle-earth. From the depths of the Misty Mountains to the forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the island kingdom of Númenor, to the farthest reaches of the map, The Rings of Power promises to condense the extended works of Tolkien in a condensed but all-encompassing TV show format. The first season of The Rings of Power began airing exclusively on Prime Video on September 2, 2022

Cast

Morfydd Clark , Ismael Cruz Cordova , Charlie Vickers , Markella Kavenagh , Megan Richards , Sara Zwangobani , Daniel Weyman , Cynthia Addai-Robinson , Lenny Henry , Lloyd Owen , Nazanin Boniadi , Dylan Smith , Alex Tarrant , Tyroe Muhafidin , Robert Aramayo , Geoff Morrell , Thusitha Jayasundera , Maxine Cunliffe

Release Date

September 1, 2022

Seasons

1

Network

Amazon Prime Video

Writers

Patrick McKay , John D. Payne , J.R.R. Tolkien , Justin Doble , Jason Cahill , Gennifer Hutchison , Stephany Folsom , Nicholas Adams

Directors

J.A. Bayona , Sanaa Hamri

Showrunner

John D. Payne , Patrick McKay , Louise Hooper , Charlotte Brändström , Wayne Yip

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