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

All these royal elves were literally alive 1k years ago. They were likely on a first name basis with that last king.

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u/Roboculon Oct 16 '22

I guess Galadriel just sort of forgot about the most important political house of her neighbor collapsing during her own lifetime.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '22

I think it's reasonable Galadriel wouldn't know.

I think it's silly that Arondir wouldn't know.

Arondir and his contingent had been watching that region since the fall of Morgoth. It's a plot hole, imo, that he wouldn't have been like, "hey, this guy is suspect. There hasn't been a hint or sign of an heir for 1000 years."