Rings of Power Theory

Alright, everybody! Rings of Power Season 2 is out, and it has been great.

After making it through Season 2, Episode 3, I have a theory about what might happen in the show. What if the Southlanders are the Dead men of Dunnharrow? Let’s explore the theory.

In the Rings of Power story of the Southlanders, Bronwyn who is an original character to the show somehow dies in-between seasons. Her son Theo runs into Isildur, and they start working together to save Isildur’s horse. But in the progress of saving the horse, Theo gets captured by an Entish creature.

Here is where my Theory really begins: Hopefully, Theo will be saved by Isildur. After that they will make a pact, and Theo will promise to repay Isildur. They will make it back to the Southlanders Camp to find the Southlanders leaderless! Theo will be made into their leader or king, and Isildur will find his way back to Numenor. Theo will lead his people to the White Mountains to rebuild themselves a kingdom.

Fast forward a few years. Isildur’s realm of Gondor is established, and the time has come for the Last Alliance of Men and Elves to muster all the allies they have to combat Sauron in Mordor. Isildur will travel to Dunharrow the newfound realm of the Southlanders to call upon Theo and the Southlanders to obey their oath. But the Southlanders and Theo still remember the destruction and death Sauron caused in their old homeland, and how long long ago theer people worshiped the evil of Sauron and Morgoth. And so the Southlanders will be too scared. They will forsake their oath to Isildur. Angered by this, Isildur will curse them for their faithlessness.

As the years pass, Theo would not fully die but becomes the wraith-like King of the dead. His people will be the Oath-breakers, the dead men of Dunharrow. Years will pass again, until Aragorn, the Heir of Isildur, comes to call on those Oath-breakers. He will summon them to fulfill their oath to Isildur from long ago and go to war against Sauron.

What do you think about my Theory?

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-A.L.Spears

(This is all a theory. It is not guaranteed to happen. I have no inside information. It is just an educated guess.)