‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Teaser Shows Galadriel’s Terrifying Vision, Man Wreathed in Fire, Adorable Harfoots

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Prime Video, and while all seems at peace, a gathering storm threatens to lay it all to waste.That’s the general vibe for the latest teaser trailer for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which the streamer released on Thursday, giving viewers a more detailed look at Prime Video’s highly anticipated series set within J.

R. R. Tolkien’s beloved fantasy world.The two-and-a-half-minute preview focuses primarily on the two characters who also appear in Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy from the 2000s: Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo), as they debate Galadriel’s dogged belief that a shadowy enemy believed to be vanquished is still very much a looming threat.

As Galadriel is considerably older than Elrond (he eventually marries her daughter), she does not find his assurances that he knows from darkness to be all that comforting. “You have not seen what I have seen,” she says darkly, before we’re given a glimpse of horrific death and destruction witnessed by Galadriel.

However, for those unfamiliar with the story of the Second Age of Middle Earth (thousands of years before the events of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Hobbit”), the teaser does not offer much more by way of what the show’s central narrative will be.