Within the last moments of the trailer, we get a fast glimpse of Celebrimbor dumping a handful of rings right into a flame. There’s a chain on one aspect and a low roof overhead, giving the looks of a furnace in a forge. In contrast to the forge scenes in Season 1, although, the in any other case immaculate Celebrimbor appears soiled, crushed up, and wild-eyed. His arms are coated in grime and blood, indicating that one thing has gone terribly improper.
That is seemingly a scene that takes place when Sauron assaults Celebrimbor’s kingdom of Eregion in an try and take the Rings of Energy by power. However that does not clarify why the Elf-lord is proven dumping so many treasured items of bijou into the hearth.
For a possible clarification, we flip to “The Fellowship of the Ring” e-book, the place Gandalf tells Frodo, “In Eregion way back many Elven-rings had been made.” The Wizard elaborates that these assorted in efficiency, saying, “The lesser rings had been solely essays within the craft earlier than it was full-grown, and to the Elven-smiths they had been however trifles—but to my thoughts harmful for mortals. However the Nice Rings, the Rings of Energy, they had been perilous.” This categorization of “nice” and lesser” rings means Celebrimbor may very well be disposing of a handful of the lesser in that scene to maintain them out of Sauron’s arms.
In the case of the Nice Rings, although, the e-book “Unfinished Tales” tells us, “They need to have destroyed all of the Rings of Energy right now, ‘however they failed to seek out the energy’.” Maybe Celebrimbor destroys a few of his magical creations in Season 2, however everyone knows that the highest 20 Rings of Energy are going to outlive the chaos, a technique or one other.