There aren't many new characters introduced throughout the first three episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's second season. The Prime Video series has returned from a two-year break with a trio of installments that do a lot to follow through on the promises made at the end of its first season. It, consequently, spends most of its latest season's first three hours pushing characters like Sauron (Charlie Vickers), Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards), and Prince Durin IV (Owain Arthur) down paths that will seem very familiar to hardcore J.R.R. Tolkien fans.
