Full spoilers follow for Episodes 1-4 of Season 3 of The Rings of Power, which are streaming now on Prime Video.
Season 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns with the Tolkien timeline jumping five years and the balance in Middle-earth having tilted heavily in favor of the Dark Lord Sauron (Charlie Vickers). The brutal war has Sauron’s Orc armies decimating everything in their path — men are falling in droves, and even the Elves are taking a beating. But Sauron’s ultimate success is contingent on him forging the One Ring that will allow him to control all the Rings of Power.
For most of Season 2, Sauron set up shop in Eregion pretending to be Annatar, the Elven "Lord of Gifts,” who offered his assistance to Elven Master Smith Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards). Together, they forged the separate Rings of Power sets — seven meant for dwarves and nine for men. Secretly, Sauron corrupted the dwarven rings delivered to King Durin III (Peter Mullan) to protect the realm of Khazad-dûm. And by the time Celebrimbor completed the nine rings for men, he realized far too late that Annatar/Sauron had been manipulating him and corrupting his creations. The horrified smith was murdered for his hubris, and Sauron took possession of the nine.
Which begs the question - where are the Rings of Power at the start of this season, and what is Sauron’s plan to use them to gain ultimate power over Middle-earth?
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