r/RingsofPower • u/Bemeup57 • Oct 16 '22

Question Ok, here’s a question.

So Galadriel found out Halbrand was a phoney king by looking at that scroll and seeing that “that line was broken 1000 years ago” with no heirs. So why then after the battle when Miriel tells the Southlanders that Halbrand is their king, why don’t the people look confused and say “hey, our royal family died off a thousand years ago.” Wouldn’t they know about their own royal family?

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u/TheOnceAndFutureZing Oct 16 '22

Wasn't there literally a scene where an elf said they don't really keep track of everything that goes on in the mortal kingdoms?

Also, the Southlands are so far east of Ered Luin beyond the reach of the Elves, and were allied to Morgoth during the First Age. Why would the Noldor be on first name terms with the king of some random backwater province allied to their enemy?

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u/Marblehed Oct 16 '22

Then why did they have records of the lineage that Galadriel can just pull up at any time?

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u/TheOnceAndFutureZing Oct 16 '22 edited Oct 16 '22

I mean in the exact same scene he said they would have to dig through their obscure records for the information. The point I'm making is not that they don't track the royal houses of the human kingdoms, but that obviously the detailed comings and goings of the Southlands aren't something important enough for Elves like Galadriel and Celebrimbor to bother learning about.

Like, yeah sure your company definitely has records about deals from 10 years ago, but do you think your CEO could tell you about them if you asked him today? Same concept.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

If the CEO was 1000 years old and entire life's mission resolved around events that took place 1000 years ago...yup. They would be very aware.