The Rings of Power: What are the Silmarils?
*** Warning spoilers for episode 6 of Rings of Power ***
The journey to Middle-earth continues for The Rings of Power. Prime Video has just unveiled the sixth episode of this second season, it evolves mainly in Eregion alongside Lord Celebrimbor. The character, initially reluctant, was convinced by Annatar / Sauron and begins the creation of Neuf. If the fear of entrusting such artifacts to men had until now discouraged him from undertaking such a project, the one who was formerly known as Halbrand knew how to find the right arguments.
Banking on his interlocutor's desire for recognition, Sauron promises Celebrimbor that the Rings will allow him to mark History like his ancestors, Feänor first. Annatar promises him that these objects will make the Silmarils forgotten and that the coming Ages will be known as those of the Rings. If the Silmarils hold no secrets for the readers of the Lord of the Rings and its appendages, newbies might have difficulty understanding their importance in Tolkien's imagination. Here's everything you need to know.
“Bursts of pure light”
During the Age of Trees, before the sun and moon lit up the world of The Lord of the Rings, King Finwë's son sets out to create wonderful jewels endowed with a light similar to those of Telperion and Laurelinthe sacred Trees of Valinor. Feänor has a presentiment that their beauty must be encapsulated in the event that they should disappear. Which they will. They have, according to Tolkien's Silmarillion, “the appearance of crystal, but were harder than diamond, so that no force in the Realm of Arda could shatter or dull them.”
There are three of these precious gems: a symbol of power and are admired even by the Valar. They cannot be touched by evil or mortals without being burned. According to the Valar Mandos, the fate of the Silmarils will be linked to that of Arda, the world in which Tolkien's universe evolves. This importance for Middle-earth will also be immortalized by the author, and his son, with the publication of the Silmarillion.
Coveted by all
From the moment they were created, the Silmarils were kept safe by Fëanor. The craftsman was suspicious by nature, and history would prove him right. Melkor, also known as Morgoth, coveted the Silmarils for the symbol of power they represented. He managed to seize them after destroying the Trees of Valinor. He used them to to forge a crowndespite the fact that the stones burned his hands as he grasped them. After these events, Fëanor swore to hunt down anyone who might be in possession of a Silmaril. However, he died before completing his mission, killed by Lord Gothmog, prince of the Balrogs. The sons of Fëanor had sworn the same oath and made their clan leave Valinor. Thus begins the War of the Jewels.
War as a legacy
Celebrimbor wants to leave his mark on Ardalike his grandfather before him. What he does not know is that the creation of the Rings of Power will have the same consequences as the birth of the Silmarils. As these jewels brought forth war and discord, theThe Rings will plunge Middle-earth into darkness. When he entrusts Fëanor's hammer to Celebrimbor, Annatar thus enacts the manner in which history is destined to repeat itself.
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