List of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power characters

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video. Based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings , the series is set thousands of years before the novel and depicts the major events of Middle-earth's Second Age. It is produced by Amazon Studios in association with New Line Cinema. The series features a large ensemble cast portraying characters from Tolkien's writings as well as original creations for the series.

Background

Amazon acquired the global television rights for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in November 2017. The company's streaming service, Prime Video, gave a multi-season commitment to a series based on the novel and its appendices, to be produced by Amazon Studios in association with New Line Cinema and in consultation with the Tolkien Estate. ^[1] J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay were set as showrunners of the series, titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , ^[2] which is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. ^[3] It follows a large cast of characters and covers all the major events of the Second Age from Tolkien's writings: the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men. ^[4]

The series was originally expected to be a continuation of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, but Amazon later clarified that their deal with the Tolkien Estate required them to keep the series distinct from Jackson's films. ^[5] Despite this, the showrunners intended for it to be visually consistent with the films and wanted any returning characters to look like they could feasibly grow up to be their film counterparts. ^[6] Amazon confirmed in September 2019 that filming for the first season would take place in New Zealand, where Jackson's films were made. ^[7] Seven of the season's main actors were New Zealanders, ^[8] with the rest of the cast coming from Australia, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ^[9] In August 2021, Amazon announced that it was moving production of future seasons to the UK, closer to home for more than half of the cast. ^[10]

Elves

The main Elves in the series are the Noldor (High Elves) who traveled from the Undying Lands of Valinor to fight the Dark Lord Morgoth in Middle-earth. Since Morgoth's defeat, their power—the "Light of the Eldar"—has begun to fade. Also included in the series are Silvan Elves (Wood Elves) who never lived in Valinor. ^{[11] [12]} Half-Elves, descendants of unions between Elves and Men, can choose between living a mortal or immortal life. ^[13]

Actors portraying Elves include Morfydd Clark, Benjamin Walker, Ismael Cruz Córdova, and Charles Edwards

Created by Tolkien

• Galadriel (portrayed by Morfydd Clark):
  An Elven warrior who believes evil is returning to Middle-earth, ^[14] and is deceived by the Dark Lord Sauron in his disguise as the human Halbrand during the first season. Executive producer Lindsey Weber said Galadriel is humbled by her mistakes in the first season and has to evaluate her future. The second season also explores how she is affected by the Ring of Power Nenya. ^[15] The series shows the character's journey from a warrior to the "elder stateswoman" that she is portrayed as in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The showrunners based her initial depiction in the series on a letter in which Tolkien described a young Galadriel as being of "Amazon disposition". ^[6] Based on Tolkien's description of Galadriel's hair being "lit with gold", the wig used for her in the series includes gold-plated and silver-plated strands. ^[16] Amelie Child-Villiers portrays young Galadriel. ^[17]
• Finrod (portrayed by Will Fletcher): Galadriel's brother who died hunting Sauron ^[18]
• Elrond (portrayed by Robert Aramayo):
  A half-Elven politician. ^[14] Aramayo was interested by the pressure that Elrond faces living up to the legacy of his father, Eärendil, and by Elrond's choice to be immortal compared to his brother Elros whom Elrond had to watch grow old and die. ^[19] Elrond goes from being optimistic and eager to world-weary and closed-off throughout the series. ^[6]
• Gil-galad (portrayed by Benjamin Walker):
  The High King of the Elves who rules from the realm of Lindon. ^[20] The character is mentioned in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in a poem called "The Fall of Gil-galad", and Walker said the series would expand on that. He highlighted the character's "odd gift of foresight. He's prescient, and he's ahead of the curve. He can kind of feel the pulse of evil rising." ^[19]
• Celebrimbor (portrayed by Charles Edwards):
  The Elven-smith who forges the Rings of Power, ^[14] after being deceived by the Dark Lord Sauron. Celebrimbor is the greatest Elvish craftsmen since his grandfather Fëanor who created the famous Silmarils during the First Age. Edwards described the character as vain, ambitious, and desperate to create something that will outshine the Silmarils. ^[21] He also compared the character to J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "father of the atomic bomb". ^[22] The showrunners said Celebrimbor was the "principal protagonist" of the second season. ^[23]
• Círdan (portrayed by Ben Daniels): Known as "Círdan the Shipwright", he is an expert ship builder and the master of the Grey Havens who bears the Ring of Power Narya ^[24]

Introduced in the first season

• Arondir (portrayed by Ismael Cruz Córdova):
  A Silvan Elf with a forbidden love for the human healer Bronwyn, ^[14] similar to Tolkien's love stories about Beren and Lúthien and Aragorn and Arwen. ^[6] Arondir is a frontline soldier rather than the "royal and regal" Elves that are traditionally focused on in Tolkien's stories. ^[25] Córdova, who is Puerto Rican, was proud to be the first non-white actor to portray an Elf in a Tolkien adaptation despite facing racist comments about his casting. ^{[25] [26]} Because of these responses, Córdova felt he needed to be "undeniable... the most Elven Elf that I could be". He trained in martial arts such as wushu, kung fu, and capoeira for the character's action sequences. ^[26]
• Médhor (portrayed by Augustus Prew): An Elf serving with Arondir in the Southlands ^[27]
• Revion (portrayed by Simon Merrells): The Elven Watchwarden of the Southlands ^[27]

Introduced in the second season

• Mirdania (portrayed by Amelia Kenworthy): A protégé of Celebrimbor ^[28]
• Camnir (portrayed by Calam Lynch): An Elven map-maker and navigation expert who joins Elrond's band of warrior-elves ^[29]
• Rían (portrayed by Selina Lo): One of the greatest archers from Lindon who joins Elrond's band of warrior-elves ^[29]

Dwarves

The series depicts the Dwarf realm of Khazad-dûm in its "full glory", compared to the ruins that are seen in the Lord of the Rings films. ^[14] A key part of this is the discovery of the rare ore mithril in the mines of Khazad-dûm. ^[30]

Owain Arthur and Sophia Nomvete star as Dwarves in the series

Created by Tolkien

• Durin IV (portrayed by Owain Arthur):
  The prince of Khazad-dûm, ^[14] who has a close relationship with Elrond. Arthur attributed the characters' onscreen relationship to the real friendship he developed with Aramayo. ^[31] Durin IV is disowned by his father at the end of the first season and watches the king descend into darkness in the second. ^[21] Arthur's beard, hair, and facial prosthetics took two-and-a-half hours to apply each day. The beard, which came in 16 pieces, included strands of real copper. It was supported by a hook on Arthur's costume due to its weight. ^[32]
• Durin III (portrayed by Peter Mullan): The king of Khazad-dûm, ^[33] who falls into madness in the second season after being given a Ring of Power ^[21]
• Narvi (portrayed by Kevin Eldon): A great craftsman and architect who serves as an advisor to Durin III ^[34]

Introduced in the first season

• Disa (portrayed by Sophia Nomvete):
  Durin IV's wife and the princess of Khazad-dûm. ^[14] Arthur described the two characters as "the power couple of Middle-earth". ^[31] Nomvete said Disa wants to support her husband and kingdom, but she also has her own ambitions similar to the character Lady Macbeth from William Shakespeare's play Macbeth . ^[35] The character's costumes have more flowy designs than other Dwarves', taking inspiration from water running over rocks. ^[36] The female Dwarves in the series were expected to have beards like the males, but the producers did not want them to lose their femininity so opted for more subtle facial hair rather than heavy beards. ^[37]

Low Men

The people of the Southlands in Middle-earth are categorized as "Low Men". ^[38] These include the villagers of Tirharad, who are descended from followers of the Dark Lord Morgoth. ^[39]

Nazanin Boniadi starred as Bronwyn in the first season, but chose not to return for the second

Introduced in the first season

• Waldreg (portrayed by Geoff Morrell): A Tirharad villager who joins the Orcs ^{[27] [40]}
• Tredwill (portrayed by Peter Tait): A Tirharad villager. Tait previously portrayed an Orc in the Lord of the Rings films. ^[41]
• Rowan (portrayed by Ian Blackburn): A Tirharad villager who is killed by Waldreg as proof of the latter's loyalty to the Orcs ^{[27] [40]}
• Bronwyn (portrayed by Nazanin Boniadi):
  A single mother and healer who owns an apothecary in the village of Tirharad, and is in love with the Elf Arondir. ^[14] Boniadi, who is also an activist focused on women's rights, said she connected to the character because "Bronwyn was committed to these same ideals in striving for a fairer world". The actress chose not to return for the second season and her character was not recast. This aligned with her decision to take a break from acting to focus on activism, but Boniadi said her leaving The Rings of Power was unrelated to that decision. ^[42]
• Theo (portrayed by Tyroe Muhafidin):
  Bronwyn's son, ^[43] who discovers a broken sword that is the key to turning the Southlands into the dark land of Mordor. ^[39]

Introduced in the second season

• Estrid (portrayed by Nia Towle): A woman that Isildur encounters after the eruption of Mount Doom ^[44]

High Men

The people of the island kingdom of Númenor are categorized as "High Men". ^[38] They are descended from Elrond's brother Elros, ^[45] and were originally in close contact with the Elves. Over time, many Númenóreans have turned away from the Elves and grown envious of their immortality. The people with this ideology become known as the "King's Men" while those who remain friendly with the Elves are known as "The Faithful". ^[46]

Lloyd Owen, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, and Maxim Baldry star as key characters from the island kingdom of Númenor

Created by Tolkien

• Elendil (portrayed by Lloyd Owen):
  A Númenórean sailor and Isildur's father who will eventually be a leader in the last alliance between Elves and Men. ^[47] Owen said the series was Elendil's hero's journey, developing him to the point where he is ready to be a leader. The character steps up in the second season to help Queen Míriel after she is blinded at the end of the first season. ^[48]
• Míriel (portrayed by Cynthia Addai-Robinson):
  Introduced as the queen regent of Númenor, ^[47] Míriel leads Númenórean forces to the Southlands of Middle-earth where they suffer heavy losses and she loses her eyesight. ^[48]
• Pharazôn (portrayed by Trystan Gravelle):
  A Númenórean advisor to queen regent Míriel, ^[47] who emerges as the leader of the "King's Men" contingent who are against the Elves. ^[49]
• Isildur (portrayed by Maxim Baldry):
  Elendil's son who will eventually become a warrior and king. ^[14] The writers wanted to explore Isildur's story more than the source material so the audience would feel that it ends in tragedy rather than foolishness. Co-showrunner Patrick McKay compared the character to Al Pacino's Michael Corleone from The Godfather (1972). ^[6] Isildur is presumed dead at the end of the first season, ^[48] and Baldry described the second season as forcing the character to survive and grow-up, developing him into a man and a warrior. ^[50]
• Tar-Palantir (portrayed by Ken Blackburn): The king of Númenor and Míriel's father who dies in the first-season finale ^[51]

Introduced in the first season

• Ontamo (portrayed by Anthony Crum): A cadet in the Númenórean Sea Guard and Isildur's friend, ^[52] who dies during the eruption of Mount Doom ^[53]
• Valandil (portrayed by Alex Tarrant): A cadet in the Númenórean Sea Guard and Isildur's friend ^[52]
• Eärien (portrayed by Ema Horvath):
  Elendil's daughter and Isildur's sister who joins the Númenórean Builder's Guild. ^[54] In the second season, Eärien moves toward the opposite side of the growing Númenórean conflict than her father. Owen compared this dynamic to Elendil being religious and Eärien being an atheist. ^[35] Horvath and Baldry bonded to portray siblings, including by bungee jumping and zip-lining together. ^[47]
• The Sail Master (portrayed by Antonio Te Maioha): The instructor of the Númenórean Sea Guard ^[55]
• Kemen (portrayed by Leon Wadham):
  Pharazôn's son. ^[47] Wadham felt privileged children could outdo their parents or just "coast with a level of entitlement", and Kemen initially does the latter. He has to "interrogate what he stands for" in the series. ^[56]

Halflings

The showrunners believed the series would not feel like Middle-earth without the diminutive Hobbits, ^[14] who do not appear in Tolkien's history until the Third Age. They decided to explore precursors to the Hobbits called Harfoots who live in a nomadic, secretive society. ^{[14] [57]} In the second season, a tribe of Hobbit-like Stoors are introduced. Precursors to River-folk like Smeagol from The Lord of the Rings, the Stoors live in an arid canyon in Rhûn. ^[58]

Lenny Henry and Markella Kavenagh portray Harfoots in the series

Introduced in the first season

• Sadoc Burrows (portrayed by Lenny Henry): The leader of the Harfoots, ^[59] who is killed at the end of the first season ^[60]
• Marigold Brandyfoot (portrayed by Sara Zwangobani): A Harfoot and Nori's stepmother ^[61]
• Malva (portrayed by Thusitha Jayasundera): A Harfoot who advocates for leaving behind the Brandyfoot family ^[62]
• Vilma (portrayed by Maxine Cunliffe): A Harfoot ^[27]
• Largo Brandyfoot (portrayed by Dylan Smith): A Harfoot and Nori's father ^[61]
• Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot (portrayed by Markella Kavenagh):
  A Harfoot with a "yearning for adventure", ^{[19] [63]} and a curiosity of the unknown. ^[64] She develops a "Tolkienian relationship" with the Stranger, similar to that between the Hobbit Frodo Baggins and the Wizard Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings. ^[65] Kavenagh wanted Nori to remain aware of her family responsibilities and not become selfish in her ambitions. ^[64] Nori travels with the Stranger to Rhûn in the second season; Kavenagh related to her character's excitement in visiting the new land due to her own excitement at filming on location in the Canary Islands. ^[21]
• Dilly Brandyfoot (portrayed by Beau Cassidy): A Harfoot and Nori's sister ^[27]
• Poppy Proudfellow (portrayed by Megan Richards):
  An orphaned Harfoot and Nori's best friend, who is driven by her loyalty to Nori. ^[59] Richards said Poppy has personal growth in the second season as she travels with Nori and the Stranger to Rhûn. ^[66]

Introduced in the second season

• Gundabel (portrayed by Tanya Moodie): The leader of the Stoors who is focused on keeping her community alive and safe ^[58]
• Merimac (portrayed by Gavi Singh Chera): A Stoor ^[58]

Orcs and Trolls

The armies of the Dark Lords include Orcs and Trolls. ^{[67] [68]} The series presents the origins of the Orcs as initially being corrupted Elves, as suggested by Tolkien in The Silmarillion , and explores what this means for them as sentient beings rather than "monsters". ^[67] This includes depicting female Orcs, ^[69] and expanding on Orc culture. It was important to the showrunners that practical prosthetics be used for the Orcs where possible. ^[70]

Introduced in the first season

• A Snow-troll is encountered by Galadriel in an abandoned fortress in the northern wastelands of Forodwaith ^[71]
• Adar (portrayed by Joseph Mawle in season 1 and Sam Hazeldine in season 2):
  A corrupted Elf, one of the first Orcs, and their current leader, ^{[72] [73]} who creates the land of Mordor so the Orcs can live free from their enemies and Sauron. Hazeldine had worked with Mawle before taking over the role. He felt they did not look like each other, but said this was mitigated by the character's heavy prosthetics. The prosthetics initially took seven hours to apply but this was eventually reduced to five. Hazeldine said his biggest challenge was speaking in Black Speech, the language of the Orcs, but he asked for more of his lines to be translated into the language from English because he felt that was more appropriate for the character. ^[74]
• Vrath (portrayed by Jed Brophy): An Orc who serves Adar. Brophy previously played multiple Orcs in the Lord of the Rings films and had a supporting role as the Dwarf Nori in the Hobbit films. ^[75]

Introduced in the second season

• Damrod (voiced by Benjamin Walker):
  A Hill-troll who joins Adar's forces. McKay said the character's movements and personality were inspired by Jonathan Banks's Mike Ehrmantraut from the television series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul . ^[68]
• Glüg (portrayed by Robert Strange): An Orc who is Adar's right-hand man. Strange previously played multiple Orcs in the first season. ^{[76] [ better source needed ]}

Maiar

Maiar are angelic beings that can take on different forms. They serve the Valar, who are the equivalent of gods in Tolkien's mythology. The Maiar include the Istari (Wizards) who appear as human men. ^{[77] [78]}

Charlie Vickers stars as the Dark Lord Sauron while Daniel Weyman portrays a Wizard who opposes him

Created by Tolkien

• Sauron (portrayed by Charlie Vickers in his Halbrand and Annatar forms, and by Jack Lowden in his previous form):
  The shapeshifting former lieutenant of the Dark Lord Morgoth who disguises himself as the human Halbrand and the Elf Annatar, the "Lord of Gifts", to deceive the people of Middle-earth. ^{[79] [80] [81]} Payne explained that Sauron sees himself as a hero who wants to "heal and rehabilitate Middle-earth" by controlling its people using the Rings of Power. ^{[21] [82]} The Halbrand disguise was created for the series as a way for the showrunners to deceive the audience just as Sauron deceives the other characters, leading up to the reveal that Halbrand is Sauron at the end of the first season. ^{[83] [84] [85]} McKay felt the second season's focus on Sauron as Annatar would be more impactful because of the time he spent with other characters in the first season when he was posing as Halbrand, compared to if they started the series with Sauron as a prominent antagonist. ^{[80] [84]}
• Durin's Bane:
  A Balrog, a demonic servant of Morgoth whose form is of fire and shadow. In Tolkien's history, Durin's Bane sleeps beneath Khazad-dûm until being disturbed by the Dwarves greedily mining for mithril during the Third Age. In The Rings of Power, Durin's Bane is first awoken during the Second Age. ^{[78] [86]}

Introduced in the first season

• The Stranger (portrayed by Daniel Weyman):
  One of the Istari who falls from the sky in a flaming meteor and befriends the Harfoot Nori. ^[87] Wizards are primarily associated with the Third Age, but the showrunners wanted to have a "Tolkienian relationship" between a Wizard and a halfling similar to the characters Gandalf and Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings. ^[65] One version of Tolkien's history has the two Blue Wizards arrive in Middle-earth during the Second Age, ^[88] so they used that as the basis to include the Stranger. ^[84] There was speculation during the first season's release about the character's identity; the finale confirms that he is a Wizard and references dialogue spoken by Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, ^[87] but his true name is not confirmed until the second season. The showrunners wanted this reveal to be a journey of self-discovery for the character and not just a surprise for the audience. ^[89]

Introduced in the second season

• The Dark Wizard (portrayed by Ciarán Hinds): One of the Istari who searches for the Stranger ^{[21] [90]}

Other characters

Created by Tolkien

• Tom Bombadil (portrayed by Rory Kinnear):
  A whimsical and mysterious figure who the Stranger encounters in the land of Rhûn. The showrunners chose to include Tom after he was excluded from previous The Lord of the Rings adaptations. Kinnear took inspiration from his young daughter to capture the character's child-like energy, and chose to use the Cornish dialect to differentiate Tom from the series' other characters and reflect that he is "like the oldest part of Britain". ^[91]
• Shelob:
  An evil, giant spider. The offspring of Ungoliant, a spider-like evil spirit, Shelob lives in the mountains surrounding Mordor where Isildur encounters her in the second season. While the creature's design was based on the New Zealand tunnel-web spider in the Lord of the Rings films, the series' version is based on research into every kind of spider in the world including a South African tarantula that Tolkien was bitten by as a child. ^[50]

Introduced in the first season

• The Nomad (portrayed by Edith Poor), the Ascetic (portrayed by Kali Kopae), and the Dweller (portrayed by Bridie Sisson):
  Referred to as "The Mystics", these three women from Rhûn search for the Stranger, believing him to be Sauron and wanting to venerate him. The Stranger defeats the women and banishes them to the unseen world where their true forms are revealed to be "hideous and horrible". The showrunners were inspired by the Three Witches from Shakespeare's play Macbeth when creating the characters. ^[92]

Introduced in the second season

• Snaggleroot (voiced by Jim Broadbent): An Ent, a tree-like being known as a shepherd of the forest ^[93]
• Winterblossom (voiced by Olivia Williams): An Entwife. ^[93] The Ents have lost the Entwives by the events of The Lord of the Rings so the series is an opportunity to show the Entwives onscreen. ^[94]

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External links

• Full cast and crew of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power at IMDb