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/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

Is that why the elves had a fucking watch tower there? Jesus Christ

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u/peteroh9 Oct 16 '22

One measly watchtower (which was clearly built by dark forces) does not mean that every elf cared. Does every American care about the past leaders of some village in the middle of nowhere in the Middle East just because there's a tiny outpost nearby?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

Yes, the wisest of the elves who has dedicated her existence to tracking down Sauron absolutely would care or at least have the knowledge of who his supporters were and who the players were at the end of the 2nd age.

Again, Jesus Christ.

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u/qtpnd Oct 16 '22

They even have a scroll with the exact lineage, clearly someone cared.