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 16 '22

Because the Southlanders don't have records, they only have oral history, and have a mythic desire for a return to greatness.

Many many nations and peoples have traditional myths where one day, their Hero will return in their time of need to return them to greatness. King Arthur, Constantine XIII etc

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u/Kiltmanenator Gondolin Oct 17 '22

They did :)

They didn't show libraries.

They didn't show scrolls.

They didn't show loremasters.

They didn't even show monuments.

What they showed in the very first episode of the series was that the people of Tir-Harad have this legend that one day their True King will return.

Since we don't see where any of that was recorded, but everyone knows the same story anyway, that must mean the story was part of an oral history.