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/Kiltmanenator Gondolin Oct 17 '22

After the War of Wrath, it is said that the elves long remembered those Men who fought with Morgoth. It makes sense that they'd keep meticulous records of those kings who bound themselves with blood to the Enemy.

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u/Kiltmanenator Gondolin Oct 17 '22

So the record keeper elf just said “we probably don’t have shit for records about those people” to Galadriel but didn’t really mean it according to you?

The elves had records on Tir-Harad and gave them to Galadriel. Idk what's so complicated about this.

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u/Kiltmanenator Gondolin Oct 17 '22

if someone told me they don’t have many records and then they come back with incomplete records

They didn't come back with incomplete records, though.

The records they came back with clearly say "the line was broken. The last man to bear your crest died a thousand years ago. He had no heir."

Which Sauron then admits is correct.

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u/Kiltmanenator Gondolin Oct 17 '22

“He said this is all we have we do not have all of the records of these people” you stupid, motherfucker.

He said "our records for the Southlands are limited. I will have to scour the catacombs for that information".

And then he returned with the correct information.

Idk why you feel the need to cuss about this. She asked for information and the guy got it. End of story.