The show of the Lord of the Rings of Amazon reveals cryptic and cartographic clues

by Colin Stevens

Amazon has unveiled a simple map of Middle-earth for his series The Lord of the Rings.

The map, which can be fully explored here, was revealed on Twitter and goes further east than most JRR Tolkien maps, beyond the Rhun Sea, which sparked the interest of many LotR fans. 19659006] The tweet is accompanied by the caption "Three rings for elven kings under the sky", which is of course the beginning of the poem explaining the origin of the single ring. An enthusiastic user of Twitter, Sindar Propaganda has formulated many theories about the show from this map, believing that the map shows the Middle Earth in the postwar Wraith (Beleriand not appearing not). place in the second or third age. [19659005] If so, they think that this could potentially revolve around many places, characters, and events, such as Numenor, Gil-Galad, Northern Kingdom of the Arnor Men, the Dunedain in Exile settling in Arnor and Gondor. In the tweet that mentions the three rings of elven kings, they deduce that it could also involve elves such as Galadriel, Elrond, etc.

. Mountains), which can house one or more of the four dwarf clans that lived in the east. Then, inspecting the wind rose on the map, they realized that she was recalling the runes of Khuzdul, the secret and private language of the dwarves.

Of course, given the incredibly expansive nature of LotR, this map could serve me a lot more, it could mean very little. Since it carries almost no wording, one has the impression that it is designed to intrigue the fans as before, arousing discussion and enthusiasm.

Previous rumors suggested that the show could focus on a young Aragorn, described by Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Ring Movie Trilogy, which would most certainly put the series in the senior age. Early reports suggested that the series would take place before the main events of The Fellowship of the Ring, which corresponds well to the rumors of Aragorn.

The series would have been set for five seasons and the first two seasons would have cost as much. 500 million USD. Last year, Amazon announced that it had hired authors JD Payne and Patrick McKay for the project.

Colin Stevens is an information editor for IGN. Follow him on Twitter .