The Lord of the Rings: what are the Rings of Power and how many are there?

After a long wait, the premiere of one of the most ambitious productions in the history of the film industry arrives, it is’The Lord of the Rings: The rings of power’, produced by Amazon Prime Video, which will present a story that has not been addressed on screen, as it will take place thousands of years before what is shown in the Peter Jackson films of this franchise.

As the name suggests, this spin off of The Lord of the Rings will feature the so-called Rings of Power as a key element of its storyline, so since its announcement this production has caused many fans to wonder what they are. created by the famous writer JRR Tolkienin the literary work on which the Amazon Prime Video Series.

The Amazon Prime Video Series’The Lord of the Rings: The rings of power’, would present a plot that shows the events of the second epoch of Middle-earth leading to the creation of these rings, that is, it is the story that would lay the foundations for what is shown in the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings

There is no need to wait for this series to respond What are the rings of power?because, as we pointed out, this information is found in the books created by Tolkien, similarly, it is revealed in the first minutes of the first film created by Peter Jackson and released in 2001, we refer to ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ‘.

In the aforementioned tape, it is revealed that the Rings of Power, mentioned in the title of this Amazon Prime Video series, they are magical artifacts created by a race of elves in the second era of Middle-earthwhich would allow to reach all knowledge of the earth with the sole goal of preserving it, however, as Peter Jackson’s tapes show, the villain of this story, Sauron, has a different plan, as his goal is to control all the rings and rule them all.

The rings of power in The Lord of the Rings

Importantly, in this epic story they are 20 rings of power those who are created, 3 rings for the kings of the elves, 7 for the lords of the dwarves Y 9 for menand of course, the only ringwhich has the power to destroy and can only be used by Sauron, who is shown in The Lord of the Rings films released in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

The rings of men granted a longer life than usual to their bearers, who ended up being corrupt, becoming the Nazgul, servants of Sauron, in the same way the 7 rings of the dwarves led them to have great wealth and generated in them a huge greed , on the other hand the rings of the elves are the only ones that are created without the influence of Sauron, so they remained hidden and were used to heal and protect.