The Rings of Power Episode 8 Ending Explained: The Dagger, The Rings, and Sauron’s Plan

The Rings of Power Episode 8, Allies, the final chapter of The Lord of the Rings series, has, in my opinion, only one thing to explain: how the dagger with which Sauron killed Finrod (Will Fletcher), the brother of Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), influences the forging of the three rings. It is clear that Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards) needs gold and silver from Valinor and that Galadriel’s dagger is made of precisely those two materials from that peculiar geographical area. But why has the series finale given so much weight to Galadriel’s dagger? Is it because of his link with Sauron? If you have looked closely throughout the season, every time Galadriel lost the dagger, Halbrand/Sauron (Charlie Vickers) insisted on returning it to her (at sea and when he takes it from Elendil -Lloyd Owen-). Why? And the deeper question: if the rings were never forged in the books with a dagger (besides mithril), Why in the series do they introduce an element to which they have given so much importance (regardless of its material)?

The Rings of Power Episode 8 Ending Explained: The Dagger, The Rings, and Sauron’s Plan

We’re going to tiptoe over the fact that Celebrimbor forged them on the sly (he didn’t ask Galadriel for Valinor’s gold or silver), or at least he didn’t do it under the watchful eye of major plotters like Galadriel and Elrond (Robert Aramayo). The answer is obvious. Season 1 has proven to be, basically, the story of the origin of Sauron according to Amazon Prime Video, taking advantage of the unfilled gaps left by JRR Tolkien in his books and stories. The rings have always been closely linked to Sauron, not just these three, but all of the rings. These three are supposed to have been linked only insofar as they had been forged following the technique that Sauron had taught Celebrimbor.

The revelation of Sauron’s identity in the season finale is the least of it, whether you expected it to be Halbrand (if you were aware of leaks and theories in forums linked to the Tolkien universe or if you had simply suspected it). by the plot), as if not. The important thing is not the revelation, but what exactly Sauron wanted from Galadriel in the series: ruling with his help of him was easier, but it was not strictly necessary either. The series has managed to give us a different version of the books, but with the same result: the rings are forged under the indirect tutelage of Sauron so that he can then control them. No more no less. The dagger must be for the most clueless viewers to find out. The fact that the forge of the ring merges with Sauron’s eye on his whirlwind journey to Mordor is a sure sign that they want the viewer to bond with each other. Let’s put aside that Sauron in the books doesn’t know at first that these rings exist.

Does this mean that somehow Sauron corrupts the dagger? He thinks that after killing Finrod, the corpse and dagger reach Eregion. Why stick a dagger and leave it? There are only three explanations: one, bad slime; two, you have so many daggers that you like to flaunt and, three, you have bewitched her and like a poisoned apple or Trojan horse you send her like someone who doesn’t want the thing. We suspect from the creative decisions of the series that we move on to the third pitch. As we also suspect that the series is also going to skip canon and take two rings ahead of time on the fingers of Galadriel, King Gil-Galad, and Cirdan (who is the one who later gives the ring to Gandalf), a character that the showrunners have already advanced that has a lot of weight in season 2. Although the three rings of the elves,

In the series, we have been given to understand that Sauron already knows that there are rings. Most likely, given how the series has been built, once he gathers his forces in Mordor, he will declare war in season 2 on the elves of Eregion. Although a hundred years go by in the books, we believe that they are going to pass it through the Arc de Triomphe (mainly because if you think about it, we already have the human Isildur, who has to cut off Sauron’s finger with the one ring, and as he supposed he didn’t have to be alive and since he doesn’t live more than 100 years either… well, you get the idea). In season 2 Galadriel will wear the ring and senses Sauron as he forges the one ring for him. And then everyone to war. The scene of the dagger and the forge are the catalyst to accelerate that confrontation (in which Sauron, by the way, does not get the rings).

Let’s see, the dagger can only be an emotional gesture from Galadriel, who has to give up the dagger with which she wanted to avenge her brother in forging the rings that should save her people. But that’s not so much fun to theorize, is it? Nor should we focus much more on the identity of the Stranger, who we already have quite clear that he is Gandalf. The fun now is why he is now going to Rhun with Nori. The idea we have in the beleaguered Esquire newsroom is that it’s to bring the Stranger character as close to Sauron as possible, whether or not it makes obvious geographical sense. The Stranger = Gandalf goes to Rhun and since in the books Gandalf never set foot on those lands, there is not much more to say.