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* AdaptationalSympathy: Though the Orcs are just as morally abhorrent here as they in the books and movies, they also turned from the archetypal AlwaysChaoticEvil race to NotAlwaysEvil. [[spoiler:They were once Elves, now corrupted by Morgoth's evilness into Orcs]], something that is never explicitly stated in movies or books (this is canon to the books, [[spoiler:because the idea of Orcs being corrupted Elves comes from Tolkien, he just could never make up his mind about the origins of the Orcs]]). Adar, is the first Tolkien's Legendarium Orc on Tv shown being capable of true compassion and love.
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** Sauron and Galadriel in the books were always just enemies, as she distrusted him from the moment she met him for the first time in Eregion, but in the show, they have a quasi-romantic friendship mostly because Galadriel has no idea that Sauron is Halbrand.
** Unlike in the show, in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Elrond and Durin were not friends. There is no mention of any particular friendship between Elrond and any of the Durins. Elrond lived for a while in Lindon and then decided to establish his own realm in Imladris. At most he foresaw the alliance between the Elves of Rivendell and Dwarves of Moria, Durin's folk.
** Elrond and Celebrimbor have a master-apprentice relationship in the show. However, there is no direct meeting between Elrond and Celebrimbor in the books. Celebrimbor worked closely with the Elven-smiths of Eregion, to create the Rings of Power, whereas Elrond lived mostly in Lindon in same time period, establishing a refuge for Elves who fled from the wars in the East. Elrond did not participate in the making of the Rings, like in the show.
** Sauron and Galadriel in the books were always just enemies, as she distrusted him from the moment she met him for the first time in Eregion, but in the show, they have a quasi-romantic friendship mostly because Galadriel has no idea that Sauron is Halbrand.
** Unlike in the show, in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Elrond and Durin were not friends. There is no mention of any particular friendship between Elrond and any of the Durins. Elrond lived for a while in Lindon and then decided to establish his own realm in Imladris. At most he foresaw the alliance between the Elves of Rivendell and Dwarves of Moria, Durin's folk.
** Elrond and Celebrimbor have a master-apprentice relationship in the show. However, there is no direct meeting between Elrond and Celebrimbor in the books. Celebrimbor worked closely with the Elven-smiths of Eregion, to create the Rings of Power, whereas Elrond lived mostly in Lindon in same time period, establishing a refuge for Elves who fled from the wars in the East. Elrond did not participate in the making of the Rings, like in the show.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Despite being seemingly defeated by the Southlanders and Numenor's forces, Adar still wins in the end once Mt. Doom erupts, turning the Southlands into Mordor. The survivors have no choice but to flee, and the Orcs claim the lands for themselves.
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** Unless the story of how Galadriel came in the possession of her current name is a case of being AdaptedOut, Finrod referring to a child Galadriel as "Galadriel" while they were still living in Valinor, is canonically wrong. In the novels, her original name was Artanis and/or Nerwen. She only became "Galadriel" after meeting her husband, Celeborn, as an adult, who gave her this name.
** Mithril always played a smaller role than the Silmarils in Middle-earth's history, and it was never connected to the Silmarils, being always a simple powerful ore. While J.R.R. Tolkien's works state that the Elves' bodies will eventually fade away in Middle-earth both due to the evil that Morgoth brought and because Tolkien considered the era of Elves would draw to an end and the time of Men will begin. The "fading" was a natural transition from one race to another. In the show, mithril from Khazad-dum originates from one of the Silmarils, which could have provided a good explanation for Elves the need the mithril. But it goes against established lore. The "light of the Silmarils" already exists in the Evening Star, shining continuously on Middle-earth, which is canon to the show too. This renders the need for mithril to nothing.
** There is also Gil-galad sending Galadriel back to Valinor. In the books, Galadriel had led the revolting Noldor in exile to Middle-earth, out of desire to rule something on her own. As result, the Valar put a ban on her to ever return to Valinor, to which Galadriel "replied proudly that she had no wish to do so". Galadriel resisting the One Ring when Frodo wants to give it to her, was all about her earning the forgiveness of the Valar so she can could return to Valinor. In the show, there is either no ban on Galadriel returning to Valinor, or Gil-galad somehow convinced the Valar to raise the ban on Galadriel, but it's very ambiguous.
** Waldreg using the word, Trewsday, the Hobbitish word for Tuesday, implying that an alternative calendar is used, coming from a Hobbitish dialect of the Westron, that has yet to exist.
** Nenya, Narya and Vilya being the first rings of power created by Celebrimbor contradicts the canon order, as in the source material, they were the last rings to be created because they were considered the culmination of the skills the elves perfected forging the others. It also contradicts why they were forget the last. In the books, the first seventeen rings of power were intended by Sauron to seduce the rulers of Middle-earth to evil, and the techniques Sauron taught the Noldor, secretly included a built-in flaw that made them all subject to domination of the One Ring once it got forged later. The last three rings were forged in secret by Celebrimbor still using Sauron's methods, because he finally discovered "Annatar's" evil goals. In the show, Celebrimbor does not suspects at all Halbrand --Sauron's human form-- when he creates the three Elven Rings, the creation of the three rings happens in secret because Sauron fled from Eregion before their creation and Galadriel pushing for that.
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** Unless the story of how Galadriel came in the possession of her current name is a case of being AdaptedOut, Finrod referring to a child Galadriel as "Galadriel" while they were still living in Valinor, is canonically wrong. In the novels, her original name was Artanis and/or Nerwen. She only became "Galadriel" after meeting her husband, Celeborn, as an adult, who gave her this name.
** Mithril always played a smaller role than the Silmarils in Middle-earth's history, and it was never connected to the Silmarils, being always a simple powerful ore. While J.R.R. Tolkien's works state that the Elves' bodies will eventually fade away in Middle-earth both due to the evil that Morgoth brought and because Tolkien considered the era of Elves would draw to an end and the time of Men will begin. The "fading" was a natural transition from one race to another. In the show, mithril from Khazad-dum originates from one of the Silmarils, which could have provided a good explanation for Elves the need the mithril. But it goes against established lore. The "light of the Silmarils" already exists in the Evening Star, shining continuously on Middle-earth, which is canon to the show too. This renders the need for mithril to nothing.
** There is also Gil-galad sending Galadriel back to Valinor. In the books, Galadriel had led the revolting Noldor in exile to Middle-earth, out of desire to rule something on her own. As result, the Valar put a ban on her to ever return to Valinor, to which Galadriel "replied proudly that she had no wish to do so". Galadriel resisting the One Ring when Frodo wants to give it to her, was all about her earning the forgiveness of the Valar so she can could return to Valinor. In the show, there is either no ban on Galadriel returning to Valinor, or Gil-galad somehow convinced the Valar to raise the ban on Galadriel, but it's very ambiguous.
** Waldreg using the word, Trewsday, the Hobbitish word for Tuesday, implying that an alternative calendar is used, coming from a Hobbitish dialect of the Westron, that has yet to exist.
** Nenya, Narya and Vilya being the first rings of power created by Celebrimbor contradicts the canon order, as in the source material, they were the last rings to be created because they were considered the culmination of the skills the elves perfected forging the others. It also contradicts why they were forget the last. In the books, the first seventeen rings of power were intended by Sauron to seduce the rulers of Middle-earth to evil, and the techniques Sauron taught the Noldor, secretly included a built-in flaw that made them all subject to domination of the One Ring once it got forged later. The last three rings were forged in secret by Celebrimbor still using Sauron's methods, because he finally discovered "Annatar's" evil goals. In the show, Celebrimbor does not suspects at all Halbrand --Sauron's human form-- when he creates the three Elven Rings, the creation of the three rings happens in secret because Sauron fled from Eregion before their creation and Galadriel pushing for that.
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* FictionalGreetingsAndFarewells: Elrond teaches Prince Durin and Disa that Elves do not say "Goodbye" when they part with someone, but "Namárië", which he translates as "go towards goodness". Many fans pointed out that this is an erroneous translation for "Namárië", as it means simply "be well" or "farewell". Possibly the writers confused "Namárië" with "Márienna", which does mean "towards happiness/goodness".
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* FounderOfTheKingdom: Despite the anti-Elf feelings, Elros Tar-Minyatur is fondly remembered in Numenor, as he is the founder of a line of kings and the first King of Numenor.
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* HumanArchitectureHorror: At Sauron's secret fortress from the Forodwaith, Galadriel finds corpses of Orcs being infused in the walls, with black veins pulsing out from the corpses. She quickly notices that the only way this could have been done, was with some sort of BlackMagic.
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* MedievalPrehistory: Entelodont-like creatures exist at the same time as the medieval-like kingdoms of the Men, Elves, and Dwarves.
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* MonumentOfHumiliationAndDefeat: The village of Tirharad is sprinkled with totems and relief carvings in wood, which serve as a constant reminder of the shameful defeat of the Southlanders' ancestors who allied themselves with Morgoth. The bas-reliefs show images of people getting killed by the Great Eagles.
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* NamedworldAndNamedland: The Southlands before being terraformed in Mordor. The name is also canon only to the show.
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* ObjectShapedLandmass: Galadriel explains to Halbrand that Numenor is known as the Land of the Star because of its star-shaped island.
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'''Season 2 Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCwmXY_f-e0&t=95s]].com/watch?v=TCwmXY_f-e0&t=95s teaser]].
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The series premiered on September 2, 2022 on Creator/PrimeVideo. It is slated to run for at least five seasons. \n Back in 2019, Amazon ordered a second season before pre-production had even started, which is expected to premiere on August 29, 2024.
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* ShockingDefeatLegacy: The Southlands and Numenorian forces sudden loss against Adar's Orcs is going to have consequences for the centuries to come. Their victory is short-lived as Adar's true plan unfolds. He manipulates the situation to trigger the eruption of Mount Orodruin, causing a devastating loss for the combined forces. This defeat not only decimates the Southlanders and Numenorian army, but the Orcs take the Southlands for themselves and rename the region Mordor.
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* UncommonTime: "The Mystics" theme has no melody and features just whispered vocals in the 3/4 time signature.
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* WarIsHell: In the opening scene of the show, glimpses of what is looks like the aftermath of the Battle of Unnumbered Tears are shown, with a hill made of helmets and heads, and a traumatized Galadriel next to it. The war against Morgoth was so terrifying that the Elves of Valinor learned on their skin for the first time what "death" means. Galadriel herself was left so scarred by the war, that she spent centuries hunting down any evil left, alienating everyone around her because of her KnightTemplar tendencies.
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* VillainousBadlandHeroicArcadia: This trope is in full display once the Orcs terraform the green and lush Southlands into the wasteland known as Mordor. All the other Races, whether they are Men, Elves, Dwarves or Hobbits thrive in places of beautiful nature or cities of great beauty, but the Orcs can only live and prosper in places where the sun could never reach them.
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* WorldOfBadass: The Middle-Earth of the Second Age is a place full of gods capable of reshaping landscapes and wielding immense power, immortal warriors like the Elves, Orcs, demons and other unknown horrors lying beneath Middle-earth, the proud Dwarves of Khazad-dum, Numenorians, Galadriel being a Xena-like warrior, and lastly Sauron.
* WorldTree: Telperion and Laurelin, the holy Trees of Valinor appear in the DistantPrologue.
* WorldTree: Telperion and Laurelin, the holy Trees of Valinor appear in the DistantPrologue.
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* YouAllMeetInAnInn: The pilot introduces most of the important characters for the Southlands subplot meeting at Waldreg's inn. Arondir visits the inn, where he faces prejudice from those like Waldreg and Rowan, and has a secret meeting behind the inn with his LoveInterest, Bronwyn.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Adar's apparent defeat and the revelation that Sauron was supposedly eliminated off-screen by him in the past, thus ending Galadriel's quest, reinforces this deceptive victory in episode 6, only to be subverted later. The triumph over Adar is short-lived, shattered by the eruption of Mount Doom, his escape, the Southlands being turned into Mordor and the revelation that [[spoiler:Halbrand is not the promised Prince Charming but rather Sauron himself in disguise end this season without a clear resolution and with many plotlines unresolved.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Adar's apparent defeat and the revelation that Sauron was supposedly eliminated off-screen by him in the past, thus ending Galadriel's quest, reinforces this deceptive victory in episode 6, only to be subverted later. The triumph over Adar is short-lived, shattered by the eruption of Mount Doom, his escape, the Southlands being turned into Mordor and the revelation that [[spoiler:Halbrand is not the promised Prince Charming but rather Sauron himself in disguise end this season without a clear resolution and with many plotlines unresolved.
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Avarice and its Allure: The second warning about Dwarven greed is a classic case of Foreshadowing. The insatiable desire for Mithril, a resource with immense power and beauty, hints at the potential dangers of Dwarven ambition. This foreshadows a potential conflict between the Dwarves' thirst for riches and the potential consequences of disrupting the delicate balance of the world. The insatiable pursuit of Mithril could lead the Dwarves to dig too deep, both literally and metaphorically, potentially unearthing ancient evils or disrupting the natural order with unforeseen consequences. This trope adds another layer of complexity to the narrative, suggesting that both Elves and Dwarves will have to grapple with their desires and their place in the grand scheme of things.
