Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power - What's Going On With Theo?
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power is finally here with a two episode premiere on Amazon's Prime Video platform and we can now confidently guess at where the show is going and who is going to be doing what. We've got Galadriel en route to the human kingdom of Numenor, Elrond running around with Celebrimbor, the Dwarves hanging dangerously on the edge of their massive collapse, and the Harfoots dealing with the arrival of a mysterious stranger. But, critically, there's one character whose introduction sparked more questions than it did answers--and it's probably not who you would have expected. Light spoilers and speculation about Rings of Power below, proceed with caution!
Among the many new characters introduced in Rings of Power, there's the unassuming Theo, son of Bronwyn. Theo looks to be in his early teens and he's going through something of a rebellious phase--he's got bad influences from his friends, encouraging him to break rules, snoop around, and engage in some stick-to-the-man flavored defiance against the Elves. Aimless teenage indolence isn't what makes Theo so interesting, though--it's his apparent connection to Morgoth and Sauron.
The hints start dropping pretty subtly at first. Theo complains that he's being kept awake by rats scratching around under the floorboards--which we later learn is actually orcs tunneling their way underground, demolishing human settlements. This alone isn't that weird--it's pretty easy to write off because we can assume the orcs would definitely be pretty loud with their digging. It is a bit strange that only Theo can hear it in his and his mother's tiny house, but we'll let that slide. Soon after this foreshadowing, we see Theo and a friend pillaging a neighbor's barn, where
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