Warning! Spoilers for Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 8 ahead!
Adar was betrayed by his beloved orc children in the finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerAs they officially joined Sauron instead. Of course, it was always clear that Mordor’s orcs would eventually team up with the Dark Lord since they were his primary force during The Lord of the Rings. However, it was so far but uncertain exactly how this would come to be. The Orcs regarded Adar as their father, and Moriondor was determined to keep them out of Sauron’s service. Unfortunately, in the final episode of Rings of power Season 2, his plan fell through.
The final of Rings of power Season 2 picks up after Adar takes Galadriel’s Ring of Power, Nenia, from Elrond. He planned to use the weapon against Sauron and take Eregion to the group while he was there. The attack on this city was orchestrated to ensure Sauron’s downfall since Adar was certain that his Orc children would never be safe until the Dark Lord was gone. however, Just as Adar gained some clarity (from wearing Nenia), he was betrayed and killed by the orcs.– What just happened?
The orcs have been growing dissatisfied with Adar in Rings of Power Season 2
Adar was completely focused on taking Sauron down
The orcs’ betrayal was long in the making Rings of power Season 2. Back in Season 1, Adar caused Mount Doom to erupt, allowing Mordor to become a safe haven for the Orcs, who could not survive in direct sunlight. The region was turned into darkness, and the orcs were ready to settle, but Adar suspected that Sauron (whom he and the orcs had killed centuries before) was not really gone for good. So, he devised a plan to hunt the Dark Lord down. Although it was all meant for the orcs’ own good, They were not entirely in support of Adar’s schemes.
The Siege of Eregion required all of Adar’s children to put their lives on the line. The orcs and their father knew this, but Adar believed it was necessary to ensure that a Dark Lord never again enslaved their kind. Still, the Orcs turned on Sauron after Morgoth’s fall because He saw them as completely disposable. During the battle in Eregion, it appeared to the orcs that Adar was doing the same thing. He was so fixed on his goal that he was no longer treating them with the care he had shown up to that point.
Sauron uses his manipulative talents to turn the Orcs against Adar
Sauron got Adar to Eregion and took over from there
Much of this was precisely Sauron’s plan. While pretending to be Halberd, he told Adar that Sauron was in Eregon, knowing that Moriondor would not rest until he eliminated the threat to his children. The time worked out perfectly – Adar and the orcs attacked, and Sauron could sense the discontent among the evil beings (This is his specialty after all). So, from the moment an orc breached the forge of Celebrimbor, he began attempting to influence him. All he had to do was treat the orc with kindness. From there, it would have been easy enough for the Deceiver to get the orcs to betray Adar.
The orcs are already regretting their betrayal when Rings of Power season 2 ends
Sauron is exactly what Adar warned he would be
Sauron used his power of illusion to return with the orcs to Adar and watched as they turned on their father and stabbed him repeatedly. This method of killing was surely orchestrated by Sauron since this is exactly how he himself was killed in the First Age (as seen in the opening scenes of Rings of power season 2). Once Adar was officially dead, the orcs announced their loyalty to a very satisfied Sauron. Unfortunately for the Mordor monsters, Sauron’s mood changed pretty quickly. Galadriel’s escape brought him and The Dark Lord immediately took this out on the Orcs.
They are products of Morgoth’s evil and are therefore dependent on a Dark Lord to lead them forward.
Adar warned the Orcs that Sauron would do this. Of course, it’s too late for the orcs. They may regret killing the one being in Middle-earth who cares about themBut it doesn’t really matter. Orcs are peons naturally. They are products of Morgoth’s evil and are therefore dependent on a Dark Lord to lead them forward. They will continue to serve Sauron, who will send them into endless battles to be slaughtered. Maybe they would have preferred it with Adar, but they will never know for sure, thanks to the events of Rings of powers finale.