Warning! Spoilers for Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 8 ahead!
Adar transforms from an Uruk into an elf The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power– What does this mean, and what happened? The villain has been consistently antagonistic since he was introduced in season 1, but that all changed in the season 2 finale. Adar willingly gave Nenia, Galadriel’s ring of power, back to its rightful owner despite all he went through to get it. . This has everything to do with the unique power of the ring, combined with Adar’s true nature back before he became the father of orcs in Rings of power.
Adar stole Galadriel’s ring from Elrond The rings of power Season 2, Episode 7, with the intention of using it against Sauron. In doing so, he would lay waste to Eregion, which was all part of Sauron’s plan. With the intention of stopping him, Galadriel got involved with Adar Rings of power Season 2, Episode 8, but she was surprised to discover that Adar’s appearance had changed completely. The villain’s face was clear of scars and stains, and He looked like a fairly typical elf like creature of darkness. Once Adar took down Nenia in Rings of powerBut his orc appearance returned.
How Adar turned from an elf into an orc for the rings of power
Adar was very different thousands of years before Rings of Power
Rings of power previously stated that Adar was born an elf. He would have been among the first to live in Middle-earth, several thousand years before the events of the Second Age. During this time, the Dark Lord Morgoth began capturing and corrupting elvesAnd the treatment twisted them into something completely new. Tolkien never went into much detail about the process, however Rings of power presented his own version of what ADR went through in its earliest days.
According to Adar, Morgoth promised him and 13 other elves power, but it came at a high price. They were taken to a dark peak, where they were tied, starved, tortured. When they couldn’t do it anymore, he showed himself with wine, which he offered to everyone. It is implied that Something about the wine ended the terrible transformation for the elves. They became the Moriondor, Dark Elves, and bred to create the Orc species. Adar said that Morgoth promised him children and, in a way, the Dark Lord and obeyed.
Why wearing Nenia returns Adar to his elf form
Adar’s appearance has everything to do with Morgoth’s evil
Adar spent an infinite century in his dark form, but touching Nenia’s finger turned him back into the elf he was born to be. This is because Galadriel’s ring of power has the powers of preservation and protection. in Rings of powerThe mithril used to create Nenia, carries the light of the two trees of Valinar, which is the purest and holiest light. while wearing the ring, The darkness of Morgoth that holds in the blood of Adar is forced to flee. It is precisely this that allows Elrond to use Nenia to heal Galadriel’s wound Rings of power Season 2, Episode 8, since it stops the darkness from taking over her body.
In Adar’s case, Nenia can only keep Morgoth’s darkness at bay as long as he is wearing it. Once he takes it off Rings of power Season 2’s finale, his appearance reverts to that of a Moriondor. However, he seems to retain the clarity of mind that Galadriel’s ring gave him.
Adar returning to his eleven form explains why he returns Nenia to Galadriel
Nenia has more to add than changing his appearance
Adar intended to use Galadriel’s ring of power to destroy Sauron, as well as the elves of Eregion and anyone else who stood in his way. However, putting Nenia on his finger changed everything. Not only was the darkness temporarily driven from his body, but he was also given clarity of mind. Earlier in Rings of power In season 2, Galadriel claimed that her ring guided her – telling her the right steps to take to achieve her goal and warning her against danger. It can be assumed that Nene did the same for Adar, that’s why He knew confronting Sauron with the Ring was the wrong move.
Galadriel’s ring would have made Adair realize that his method was flawed, so he gave it to those whose destiny it was to stop Sauron.
Instead, Adar returned Nenia to Galadriel and said he would withdraw his powers from Oregon and return to Mordor. Adar’s goal was never domination over Middle-earth but peace for the Orcs, which he believed impossible while Sauron was alive. Galadriel’s ring would have made Adair realize that his method was flawed, so he gave it to those whose destiny it was to stop Sauron. Unfortunately, this clarity came too late for Adar. Sauron had already corrupted his orcs, and they immediately turned on their father. It is a tragic moment in Rings of power— An ironic end for Adar the Mariandor.