The Rings of Energy: All people Kates Kemen and He Deserves It

This text incorporates spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy season 2 episode 5.

The Rings of Energy fandom could battle to agree on a lot lately, however after episode 5 “Halls of Stone,” it looks as if we will all lastly agree on no less than one factor: Kemen (Leon Wadham) is absolutely the worst. Even earlier than his father, Ar-Pharazôn (Trystan Gravelle), swindled his method into changing into Númenor’s new king, Kemen has at all times form of given off an air of entitlement. However now that his father has grow to be the ruler of their island nation, Kemen appears to be having fun with his newfound energy a little bit an excessive amount of for our liking.

In a present the place the first villain, Sauron (Charlie Vickers), is evil incarnate, it’s arduous to think about a personality worse than that, and but Kemen appears to be coming for that crown in full power. Not solely does he relish the act of stripping Númenor’s sea guard of their stations, however he additionally actively antagonizes them whereas he does it. He actually stabs Valandil (Alex Tarrant), an previous good friend, within the again proper after Valandil lets him reside.

Valandil’s dying isn’t prone to go over very nicely with Eärien (Emma Horvath), Elendil (Lloyd Personal), or Isildur (Maxim Baldry), all of whom thought-about Valandil as part of their household. Regardless that Eärien is at the moment transferring in opposition to the pursuits of her father and supporting Pharazôn and Kemen, she nonetheless exhibits compassion towards Valandil, whilst he was stripped of his rank. In Tolkien lore, the one character named Valandil is Isildur’s son and a future king of the Third Age, thus closely implying that Valandil’s dying in The Rings of Energy has such an impression on Isildur sooner or later that he names his son after his fallen good friend.