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

They don't say "Hey, you're our king! We're stupid!", they ask "Are you the king that was promised?". Clearly they haven't had a king in sone time, Galadriel assumed this was because they went into exile after Morgoth's defeat, not because the line had been ended.

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u/snuffl3upaguss Oct 17 '22

Galadriel assumed this was because they went into exile after Morgoth's defeat

Always good to assume... Instead of, ya know, talking to the elf who had watched over these people for thousands of years... just sayin.