LOTR: Rings of Power - Can Halbrand Reunite The Peoples Of Middle Earth Like Aragorn Does?

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From the first time the audience meets Halbrand in the Rings of Power, there is a mystery to his character. The only clue to his hidden identity is the talisman he wears around his neck, which Galadriel questions to be the sigil of the king of his people. With the release of the latest episode, a clear path has emerged for Halbrand’s character, and it is very similar to that of a beloved protagonist in the Lord of the Rings trilogy: Aragorn.

Both Halbrand and Aragorn have a calling. Their goal is to claim their birthright as great leaders of their people, fix the mistakes that were made by their ancestors in the past, and bring about peace in their long troubled lands. The question is, can Halbrand succeed in reuniting the peoples of Middle Earth like Aragorn does thousands of years later?

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This will clearly be an important theme of the show, as the third episode leaves the audience with the possibility of Halbrand and Galadriel teaming up to face the evil that they know to be growing in the mortal world. After their unusual first meeting on the wreckage of a ship in the middle of a dark ocean, Galadriel seems suspicious of this man, especially as he so readily abandoned his fellow cast-aways to the terrible fate of the serpent in order to save himself. But after he jumps in to rescue her from drowning, he begins to earn both her trust and her respect. Galadriel clearly believes that he is capable of greater things than he himself realizes, but is he capable of being great enough to defy the darkest evil known to history?

Halbrand’s story is all too familiar to fans of Peter Jackson’s movie adaptations. In the original trilogy, Aragorn