In a few days it will be The premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”where we can see a few characters known as Galadriel, Isildur and Elrond. While in the original films they played supporting roles, in the Amazon Prime Video series They will be the protagonists and they will be much younger.
The events of “The Rings of Power” occur many years before “The Fellowship of the Ring”. At that time, the period was known as the Second Age of the Sun, which began with the fall of Morgothalso known as Melkor.
Mainly, Sauron’s attempt will be shownthe apprentice of the dark Valar, to continue his reign of terror through trickery and, above all, the creation of the Rings of Power and the One Ring. Indeed, it is the one who tried to destroy at all costs in Peter Jackson’s films.
In the original trilogy, Elrond was played by Hugo Weaving. However, in the series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”, the actor who will bring him to life will be Robert Aramayowho was previously also the young version of Ed Stark in “game of Thrones”.
Elrond is the son of the famous Eärendil, from whom the elvish instrument that Galadriel gives to Frodo takes its name, “The light of Eärendil”, while his mother is Elwing. Therefore, he was half elf, as was his younger brother Elros.
While Elrond chose to be an elf and thus immortality, his brother chose to be a mortal man. Eventually, rhe received one of the Rings of Power intended for the elves.
He became the Lord of Rivendellwhere he welcomed many of the heirs to the throne of Gondor, including Aragorn, although the latter went in secret.
He married the daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn, known as Celebrían, and together they had three children, including Arwen. The eldest were twins, whom they named Elladon and Elrohir.
- Nicknames: Elrond Peredhel, the “Half Elf”
- Year of birth: 532 of the First Age
- Race: half elf
- Gender: male
- Title: Lord of Rivendell, Ringbearer of Vilya, Vice Regent of Gil-Galad
- Fathers: Earendil and Elwing
- Brother: Elros
- Wife: celebrate
- Sons: Elladan, Elrohir and Arwen
- Skills: Premonitions, healing charms, spirits, swordsman.
- Magical Instruments: vilya
Elrond and Elros were born in Beleriand in the year 532 of the First Age. His childhood was marked by the absence of his parents since his father, Eärendil, set out on a journey to ask the Valar for help. Ella Elwing’s mother then had to flee after an attack in search of the Silmaril.
The brothers were captured, but then Maglor took them in. When Elrond returned to the west, Morgoth had already been defeated, but the place where he was born was destroyed as a result.
Eärendil became the light of dawn, taking the power of the Simarilions to end the dispute. Elros chose to be a mortal man, although he lived nearly 500 years, and became the first king of Númenor. For its part, Elrond chose the immortality of the elves and subsequently, joined the court of Gil-Galadthe king of the Noldor.
Given the Elrond was born in the year 532 of the first age, which ends 58 years later. Therefore, if we consider thathe Rings of Power were forged around 1500 of the Second Agewe could get an approximate age.
Bearing this in mind, Elrond would be 1558 years old during the events of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”
However, the creators of the series announced that, given the long extension of the Second Age, the events that occur throughout this stage will be condensed into a shorter period of timeboth for narrative and production issues, as it would involve a constant change of cast.
However, the main thing we need to understand is that Elrond is much younger than how we saw him in “The Fellowship of the Ring”, where he was 6,497 years old. Therefore, not only is he a new actor, but his personality will be different.
As we already mentioned, the Prime Video series takes place in the Second Age, when Sauron finally decides to come out of hiding. the character of Elrond is closely tied to Gil-Galadfor he was at his court at Lindon.
There they meet a certain Annatar, who claimed to be an emissary of the Valar. However, these elves, famous for their wisdom, recognize something suspicious and deny him entry to the kingdom.
In an interview with “Nerdist”, the actor who plays Gil-Galad spoke about the role that his character has in shaping the character of Elrond, who is still young and he doesn’t have the wisdom we see in the original movies.
“Gil-Galad will encourage you to take the first steps and the journey to your final destination. But he does it in a loving way, as a father would. Letting him make his own mistakes or pushing him or convincing them that it was his idea in the first placeBenjamin Walker said.
Gil-Galad’s suspicions about the mysterious individual Annatar turned out to be true. By denying Lindon entry, went to Eregion, where he served as an adviser to Celebrimbor and taught him how to forge Rings of Power.
The mightiest of the elven rings, called Vilya, was given to Gil-Galad, for secretly Sauron planned to control them all once he created the One Ring. Once he did, he attacked Eregion and the elves of Lindon came to his aid.
In the last alliance between man and elves, which was slightly shown in the Peter Jackson movies, Elrond served as the herald of Gil-Galad. The battle was heartbreaking and witnessed Elendil and his own mentor being killed by Sauron.
After the near destruction of the Dark Lord, for we know his spirit endured and returned, Elrond inherited the Vilya Ring and used it to make Rivendell prosperous.. Though it was to be expected that he too would gain the title of king of the Noldor, Elrond never claimed the position from him, but he was equally respected as such.
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