The latest Rings of Power trailer foretells of death and destruction, in more ways than one. There are several scenes of separate explosions in the trailer, including one that looks like a Numenorian ship burning in the harbor, and one that seems to be the aftermath of the battle against the orcs. There’s the previously seen red vision of Galadriel with all of the dead floating elves, which isn’t necessarily expanded upon, but is at least given more clarity, as the new trailer later releases shots of a burnt down village covered in ash.
Galadriel appears in both scenes, but one appears to be an actual experience of living through dragon fire, or perhaps that of a Balrog, as she wakes up in the scene covered in ash, and the other appears to be a terrible vision of a war to come, and the fall of her people to some terrible fate. This leads on from the opening moment in the trailer of a monumental pile of elven helmets from some sort of war of battle.
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But possibly one of the most harrowing scenes of death and of loss in the latest trailer, although it is only a short glimpse, is that of Galadriel stood over a body bathed in light, mourning. As the scene zooms in upon the tears falling down her face, the audience is left with Tar Miriel’s words “it is here Galadriel. The moment we feared.” So who could this mystery elf on the table in front of her be, and why has his death affected the golden lady so drastically?
There are several clues that have led the audience to believe that the deceased is none other than Galadriel’s older brother Finrod. The first hint that this could be Finrod comes in quick succession within the trailer, where the scene of Galadriel mourning the
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