Warning! Spoilers for Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 7 ahead!
Durin IV teased an interesting story between Sauron and the Dwarves in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Which Tolkien never mentioned in his work. That moment came in season 2, episode 7, when the prince of Khazad-dûm gave a speech urging his people to join the elves in defending Eregion. This was more than enough to motivate the dwarves, but Durin’s claim is a touch confusing since there is never such a conflict between Sauron and the dwarves in Tolkien’s. The Silmarillion Or The Lord of the Rings.
Of course, the Dwarves – especially Prince Durin – already have reason enough to hate Sauron. As the first lieutenant of the Dark Lord Morgoth, Sauron was a despised figure of the First Age who wreaked havoc on the various dwarven, elf, and human kingdoms of Middle-earth. During the events of Rings of powerKhazad-dûm managed to recover from the damage, but the realization that Sauron had given King Durin III his Ring of Power would be enough to incite fear and rage in the kingdom. yet, Prince Durin’s tease that there is more history here is intriguing For future seasons of Rings of power.
Durin claims that Sauron stole the Seven Smithing Secrets from the Dwarves
This is not a Tolkien canon story
During his speech to the dwarves in Rings of power Season 2, Episode 7, Prince Durin mentions that Sauron stole the “Seven blacksmith secrets” of their people. He did not give more information about this, which makes this discovery all the more intriguing. Such an event would be the invention of Prime Video since Sauron never had the opportunity to learn smithing from the Dwarves. In fact, before turning Evil. And after Morgoth, Sauron was a Maia under Aulë the Smith, the Vala (god) from whom the Dwarves learned all their smithing skills.
What might have happened between Sauron and the Dwarves (and when)
Future seasons of Rings of Power may explore this further
Rings of power Seems to imply that Sauron somehow infiltrated Khazad-dûm during the First Age and tricked them into sharing their secrets. Although not canon, this would undoubtedly be an interesting story. Sauron tricks the dwarves into teaching him theirSeven blacksmith secrets” would likely be similar to his time with Celebrimbor in Eregion. Perhaps these secrets would even have been the inspiration for his creation of the Rings of PowerWhich means future seasons of the Prime Video series are sure to dive into this tale.
Changes to canon are rarely popular, and a brand new tale about Sauron stealing secrets from dwarves (which he certainly would have learned from Aulë) would be no exception.
Of course, such a story in Rings of Power would be controversial. Changes to canon are rarely popular, and a brand new tale about Sauron stealing secrets from dwarves (which he certainly would have learned from Aulë) would be no exception. Still, Sauron has much less canon history with the Dwarves than Elves and Men, so the introduction of such a story could be an asset. It would also be interesting to see like Sauron would go about this deception– Did he ever take the form of a dwarf? Maybe like future seasons of Rings of power Explore the fall of Khazad-dûm further, we’ll find out.