Here's What to Expect in Rings of Power Season 2 Based on Tolkien's Books

The series has tweaked major events, compressed thousands of years into weeks, and invented some key elements out of whole cloth.

But looking into the books – or even at Peter Jackson's movies – gives at least a general idea of what to expect from the following seasons of the series.

For example, we can expect that the relationship between the elves and the dwarves of Khazad-dûm will improve at some point, because the wondrous gate which we saw in the Fellowship in the Ring, and which was a symbol of their friendship has to eventually replace the small door which exists at the time of the series.

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We can expect to see fall of Eregion to Sauron's armies, death of Celebrimbor in that war and founding of Rivendell for much the same reason.

Most importantly, unless the series is canceled, which does not seem probable, we are all but assured to see the whole storyline of the Second Age's tumultuous end – the capture of Sauron, the fall of Numenor and the War of the Last Alliance.

The series dropped more than enough obvious hints about it. And the books provide us a general outline of events.

Specifically, at the end of the Second Age, Ar-Pharazôn (Trystan Gravelle) – who by then will be the king of Númenor – brought a mighty army to the continent to deal with Sauron once and for all.

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In the books, Sauron surrendered without a fight and was taken to Númenor as a prisoner. The Rings of Power would likely merge this war with Sauron's war against the elves, thus omit the "without a fight" part, but either way, the Dark Lord's defeat seemed total.

However, once on the island, Sauron quickly corrupted the king and most of the people, using their old envy of elves and desire for everlasting life as a lever, even introducing worship of Morgoth and human sacrifice to the island.

His influence eventually caused Ar-Pharazôn to attempt assaulting the Undying Lands in hopes of seizing immortality for himself.

The retaliation reshaped the entire world, sinking Númenor beneath the seas in the process – we even see the prophetic vision of that in the series.

But a few men of Númenor, who rejected Sauron's corruption, managed to escape their country's destruction, settled on the shores of Middle-earth, and formed the Last Alliance with remaining elves, to stand against Sauron, as you can see in the prologue part of The Fellowship of the Ring movie.

The series likely will expand this part and make it an extended grand finale, which, if the original plans would hold, we can expect by Season 5.