The second age in Tolkien's Middle-earth saga is now not the most extensive. But there are a few large story sheets that were told. Of course, the greatest of everyone is known because it makes the ring war history of the third age possible in the first place: the story of the Ringschmied Celebrimbor, the temptation of Sauron and the demise of Númenor. The history of the rings of power leads to the events of the third age at the end of the day. Ring war. Gandalf. Frodo. The one ring and such. You know.
- Lord of the rings: Rings of power - who is actually...?
- Isildur, the ringless
- Isildur, the King Gondors
- In distress
- Isildur death
We also know that the Amazon series of the Lord of the Rings: Logically, the rings of the power turns around the second age. We also know about some characters who will play a role in season. So... The makers of the series seem to be honest a bit of the scope of Game of Thrones, because there should be more than 20 characters of importance in rings of power. Some of them do not know Tolkien fans because they are invented fresh for the series. But some of these characters know them very well because they have shaped parts of the Middle-earth history.
Lord of the rings: Rings of power - who is actually...?
Because I once dealt with Tolkien's stories, I am definitely interested in finding out how rings will become power, and because I feel like reading in the matter again after a long time, I introduce you to some characters Middle earth, that will be seen in the series. And by the way, I will tidy up with some prejudices that I have with some of these characters. Depending on. Hopefully I don't do the whole thing too seriously.
My basic opinion is: Elves are super diverse. Everyone else is stupid. Well, there were also a few elves who were absolute kack spades. It's correct. Yes, I admit that.
This time the focus is: Isildur. And I find an answer to the question: Is Isildur really the fool I think of it?
Isildur, the ringless
Anyone who has seen the Herr-Ringe trilogy could get the impression that Isildur, Hochkönig from Gondor and Anor, is a weak mat. He has about two minutes of screen time. In these two minutes he is the happiest hero ever for a minute when he seems to chop Sauron into his finger by chance and separates the one ring.
And then he is the full honk for a minute, which refuses to destroy the wise Elrond the desire to destroy a ring in the fire of the fate mountain. In the end, Isildur slips off the finger during a robbery of the orcs. Isildur becomes visible. Orks see Isildur. Orks fire arrows. Isildur dead. Story. Elrond gave Isildur the tip to destroy one ring. Isildur said "nope". Source: Warner Bros Is Isildur really the fool I held it back then? No, surprisingly he is not!
Isildur, the King Gondors
Isildur and Anárion were the sons of Elendils and grew up in the legendary human kingdom under the rule of AR-Pharazôn. AR-Pharazôn in turn, the last ruler of a legendary series of kings, was under the influence of evil; Sauron, a fallen Maia and henchmen of the even more ultimate Middle-earth base weight Morgoth. AR-Pharazôn, so stormed by Sauron, sought something that was denied to him. The whole thing is quite nested and I would have to go out very far to explain to Maia and Valar and the immortal lands quickly. So much should be said: the Valar are the "angels" of the "God" Eru Ilúvatar.
AR-Pharazôn wanted to conquer the land of Valar to gain immortality. Ilúvatar thanked for this attention by reorganizing the world: If Middle -earth (aka Arda) was so far about a flat disc, the world has now become a ball. In this way, the immortal lands were removed so that they can only be reached by Elves. This sunk parts of Middle -earth, especially the island of Númenor. This is probably part of Númenor. Source: Amazon Prime Video Back to Isildur: Elendil and all members of his family fled to the mainland before this cataclysm. Isildur played a special role in this: he crept in a fruit of the white tree Nimloth before escaping into the garden Ar-Pharazôns and steel. Nimloth is a descendant of one of the oldest trees in the world, symbol of friendship between elves and humans and then also sanctuary of the Kingdom Gondor... whatever. So is a nices symbol. Long Story Short: Elendil moved to the west coast of Middle -earth while the brothers Isildur and Anárion made themselves comfortable in the southeast. They founded Gondor. Booyah.
In distress
Perhaps it wasn't the best idea that the brothers built cities like Minas Anor and Osgilliath in the immediate vicinity of Sauron's Mordor. The fiesling pushed the kingdom of Gondor and while Anárion Osgilliath defended, Isildur fled to Anor, to ask his father and his neighbors, Elben-Hochkönig Gil Galad. So the last alliance between humans and elves came, and the huge armies moved in after the battle of Dagorlad in Mordor to besiege Sauron's permanent barad-Dûr for years.
Isildur made some clever decisions, but could not prevent his father Elendil and the Elben-Könige Gil Galad and Oropher from leaving their lives. Sauron's mortal shell was destroyed when Isildur cut the one ring off his finger.
Isildur became King of Gondor and Anor. However, he not only wore it difficult, but also on the curse on his finger. Contrary to any logic, Isildur had not destroyed the one ring in the fire of the fate mountain. Maybe it was the promise of almost more endless made, which prompted him to do so. One thing is clear: if Isildur was a very rational and smart man until then, that changed in the short time in which he was the ring holder.
Isildur death
Isildur died when he chose an unusual... or rather uncertain path up the River Anduin. His end was described twice by Tolkien. In a short version of the Eldar, Isildur was too stupid to wake up at his camp and was surprised by orcs. The longer version: around 200 men were not enough to protect the tour group from orcs out of the fog mountains. Isildur son Elendur pleaded his father to use the ring (and the associated invisibility) to flee. However, the ring of Isildur fingers should have slipped. Orcs who were looking for refugees are said to have seen the shining from Isildur's front - and chased their poisoned arrows in the body to the king. And so... the story of Isildur ended.
My opinion of Isildur has turned 180 degrees. After the representation of Peter Jackson, I really thought Isildur was stupid. But what else should he have done; The story of Isildur itself would have already used an entire film! I am excited to see how Isildur is shown in the Lord of the Rings: the rings of power. Hopefully not as "stupid" as in the Jackson trilogy.
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