Isildur disguised himself and snuck in and stole a fruit off the tree and managed to bring the seedling with him and his family and the palantíri when they left Númenor for Middle-earth. Isildur was one of the first to suspect the corrupting influence of the captured Sauron was affecting the King when he learned that Sauron was persuading him to cut down Nimloth, the White Tree that had come from the Undying Lands of the Valar. The rumors were true! Maxim Baldry will be playing the doomed prince Isildur! We know how his story ends, (defeating Sauron but falling to the lure of the One Ring, killed by Orcs, etc) but it’s exciting to see how it begins! Isildur and his family (his father Elendil, and his brothers) originally hailed from Númenor and were The Lords of Andúnië. It’s possible that Theo (or someone else) has unearthed Gurthang, but for what ends? Maxim Baldry is Isildur His weight breaks Gurthang and the shards of his sword end up buried beneath The Stone of the Hapless. The legend ends when Túrin kills himself by falling on his sword after learning that his wife (who has also committed suicide) is also his sister. Túrin is the tragic hero at the center The Children of Húrin, one of the great legends from the First Age of Middle-earth. It could possibly be the hilt of Gurthang, which was the famous and sentient sword of Túrin. It’s evocative of the shards of Narsil, however timeline wise, it is still a thousand or so years too early for that famous sword to even be forged. Young actor Tyroe Muhafidin will be playing another new character, Theo! Not much is known about this new character, however the picture Amazon released today shows him holding the hilt of a broken, ancient looking sword.

Tyroe Muhafidin is Theo (COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS) In the trailer we see him staring up at something plummeting (a comet? the descending Maiar perhaps?) down from the sky! Gil-galad was the last High King of the Ñoldor Elves and he was the one that formed the the Last Alliance of Elves and Men with Elendil to battle Sauron. With the release of the first teaser trailer during the 2022 Super Bowl, the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power twitter account has also released new character confirmations – like Benjamin Walker as the High King Gil-galad. All we know about this mysterious new character is that he is a mortal man and a “fugitive from his own past” and his hand poster shows him clutching a sword with a carved horse pommel, which seems to indicate a connection to Rohan! What in his past his running from? How does he end up (as we learn in the “First Look”) as a castaway alongside Galadriel? Benjamin Walker is High King Gil-galad (COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS) And finally, Charlie Vickers playing another new character – a man named Halbrand.

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