The Rings of Power: Season 2 will show these cult Tolkien monsters for the first time

After the Nazgûls and the Balrogs, another creature from the universe of Lord of the Rings is set to make his screen debut in the second season of Rings of Power.

The Prime Video series, which returns on August 29 on the streaming platform, has indeed begun to reveal its outlines with new images, including those of the terrifying Galgal Beings.

“Cursed Kings”

The next issue of the English magazine Empire has revealed its contents, naturally centered on the return of the Rings of Powerfeaturing new visuals from the series. Included are never-before-seen glimpses of Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Sauron (Charlie Vickers) in his Annatar form.

Above all, we can learn that the second season will introduce the Barrow-Beings – also known as the Mound Spirits. These attack Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin in JRR Tolkien’s books, but Peter Jackson’s films had decided to omit this passage. With the exception of an obscure Russian adaptation from 1991, this is the first time we will see them on screen.

These creatures are the reanimated corpses of ancient human kings, nobles and heroes inhabited by corrupted spirits, and which haunt the region east of the Shire, not far from the Old Forest. A part of Middle-earth which turns out to be the home of the famous Tom Bombadil, a famous character from the novels who will also make an appearance in season 2.

It’s not every day that new characters from the Lord of the Rings are adapted to the screen. A task that Jason Sith, visual effects supervisor on The Rings of Power :

“It was super exciting to take on something I’d never seen before. We’ve seen the undead before, but not like this. It was like making a little horror film in Middle Earth .”

He keeps on : “It’s a threat that only approaches little by little until you have nowhere to go and you die. And when they’re close? The first thing you see is their eyes brilliant blues, piercing the darkness.”

These first images show that Galadriel will encounter these Barrow Beings during her journey in Middle-earth. An idea that makes some fans’ hair stand on end, since these creatures are not supposed to appear until several millennia later, after the Witch-king of Angmar has contaminated the Barrows.

But the first season had already proven that The Rings of Power took some liberties with Tolkien’s work… hopefully for the sake of the series. The answer begins on August 29 on Prime Video, with the release of season 2 of Rings of Power.

As a reminder, this will tell the story of Galadriel’s quest to stop the threat posed by Sauron on Middle-earth.