Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will sparkle much more when it returns. Morfydd Clark revealed Galadriel will be among the characters to receive a special piece of jewelry in Season 2.

“She’s about to have a life-changing thing happen to her. She’s about to become acquainted with Nenya, her ring. It’s really exciting to see how the magic creeps in,” Clark said at the show’s FYC event in Hollywood on Sunday speaking alongside her castmates who are all on break from shooting in the UK.

The three elven rings were forged in the Season 1 finale of the fantasy series, set a thousand years before the events in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord Of the Rings and The Hobbit, by Celebrimbor with the help of Sauron (as Halbrand).

According to LOTR lore, one of the elven rings is worn by Galadriel, the second is worn by Círdan— a character that will be introduced in Season 2— and Gandalf who has yet to make an appearance on the show. (The Season 1 finale fueled speculation that the Stranger may be the famous wizard but that has not been confirmed.) The third is being worn by Gil-Galad (Benjamin Walker) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo), both characters already on the show.

Other rings forged by Sauron in the lore include seven for dwarf lords and nine for men and the powerful one ring to rule them all worn by Sauron himself.

Clark told Deadline, “When we finished Season 1, the rings were being made and we knew it was going to be a huge change for Middle Earth. [Galadriel] is going to be part of that change because she has her own ring.”

Regarding what fans can expect from her character next season Clark teased, “She’s trying to see the light through the darkness.”

Additional rings will also be forged when the show returns but which characters will score new bling is as yet unknown.
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