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With that in mind, IвЂ™ve assembled some of the major events from the Second Age that will almost definitely appear. You can read more of a breakdown of how the rights will likely work in our explainer here. (Unless those events also appear in the appendices.) ItвЂ™s all a bit tricky and IвЂ™m not positive I have it totally figured out. From what I understand, that means we wonвЂ™t be getting stuff from The Silmarillion. For starters, Amazon only has the right to Second Age events and characters as they appear in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. There are also a few things to keep in mind heading in. TolkienвЂ™s mythical world is about to open itself to a brand new generation of fans, and there are so many incredible possibilities.

#The age of the ring series#

(The same country where Peter Jackson filmed his Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies.) We also know the series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth. We know theyвЂ™re currently filming in New Zealand. Part of that anticipation comes from knowing so little about the show. Over the next several centuries, the NГєmenorians and Sauron continue to build up their strength and jockey for power in Middle-earth.AmazonвЂ™s The Lord of the Rings series is just around the corner and we cannot wait. This saves the elves, men, and dwarves from total destruction. That's right, the nation of men that had been living on the star-shaped island out in the middle of the ocean suddenly arrive and utterly rout Sauron, sending the Dark Lord scampering back to Mordor with little more than a bodyguard. Just as Sauron is preparing to do a victory lap through Middle-earth, who should arrive on the scene but the NГєmenorians.

Critically, the three elven rings remain hidden. The Dark Lord also captures the seven rings that eventually would go to the Dwarves and the nine rings that would eventually be given to the Black Riders. Initially, Celebrimbor and his people are destroyed, the Dwarves retreat to Moria, and Elrond flees north to found Rivendell.

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With his pretext for war in hand, Sauron attacks the Free People of Middle-earth in a bloody war that lasts for several years and nearly leads to the villain's total domination of the bulk of the continent.

Also known as Imladris and the Last Homely House East of the Sea, Rivendell will stand as one of the chief bastions of protection for the Free People of Middle-earth throughout the rest of the Second and Third ages, and it will go on to feature prominently in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit stories. This time the settling takes place as a necessity after Elrond has after a nasty run-in with Sauron - more on him in a bit.

If that rings a bell, it's because this is the same spot where Frodo and Bilbo eventually head out to sea in ring-bearing retirement.ДЄlmost 1700 years after the Grey Havens is built, the Elvish stronghold of Rivendell is founded by everyone's favorite counselor, Elrond. Fans of the Peter Jackson films will recognize Mithlond by its more commonly known title of the Grey Havens. The harbor is located on the northwestern shores of the continent and it becomes Middle-earth's primary connection to the forgotten west. First we have Mithlond, a port settled by elves in the first year of the Second Age.