Middle-earth is preparing for another battle against the forces of darkness, and fans don't have to wait much longer until The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is back on screens. Prime Video's ambitious fantasy show is finally coming back for its third season, continuing its exploration of the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. With the rise of Tolkien's most iconic villain, The Rings of Power still has plenty left to explore.

Unlike Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, The Rings of Power follows a much earlier period in Middle-earth's history, when the Rings of Power were being forged and Sauron was building his campaign to dominate Middle-earth. The series has focused on several different groups and kingdoms as they grapple with the return of evil, from Galadriel and the Elves to the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm and the people of Númenor. Season 3 will bring many of these storylines closer together as the conflict with Sauron grows into an all-out war.

Of the three Elven rings of power crafted by Celebrimbor—Nenya, Narya, and Vilya—in The Lord of the Rings, which is the strongest?

Season 3 takes place five years after the fall of Eregion, with Sauron's forces having conquered much of Middle-earth. The Dark Lord is now established in his newly completed tower of Barad-dûr in Mordor, where he is focused on forging the One Ring. His goal is to finally forge a weapon powerful enough to defeat his remaining enemies, bend all the peoples of Middle-earth to his will, and finally secure his rule.

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