Warning! Spoilers for Rings of Power season 2 episode 6.Sauron gives Celebrimbor a new litter of mithril The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Season 2, episode 6 – but it's not over yet? Events surrounding the Lord of Eregion begin to become quite confusing, between his own mental decline and the illusions created by Sauron. While the audience knows what's real and what's not, some small details don't add up. Some of these, such as Sauron (as Annatar) suddenly pulling more mithril out of the ground, might hint at what's really going on. Rings of power.
Until now Rings of power season 2, Celebrimbor and Annatar have completed the Seven Dwarf Rings, and the masked Dark Lord is trying to complete the Nine for Men. However, the effort and resources put into the existing Rings of Power were excessive, and Sauron became increasingly frustrated as obstacles continued to stand in his way. In Rings of power 2 seasons, 6 episodes, lack of mithril was the main issueso Annatar went to Khazad-dum to get more. The problem is that King Durin III felt too greedy to share.
Sauron gave Celebrimbor more mithril, but the dwarves refused to give him any
King Durin III wouldn't trade with Annathar in episode 6
When Annathar, almost exasperated, went to Khazad-dum to ask for more mithril, he was refused. King Durin wanted to hold off until the elves of Eregion were truly desperate, as he could trade the mithril for something more valuable than the lumber Annathar offered. This meant that the Lord of Gifts had to return to Celebrimbor empty-handed. Nevertheless, Annatar took out a container filled with ground mithril and handed it to Celebrimbor after convincing them that the only way forward was through their Nine Rings of Power.
This was a somewhat drastic solution to it Rings of power the big problem with the episode is that it was never much of a problem to begin with. There isn't much to indicate that anything bad is going on here, and Celelbrimbor has no reason to think that Annatar didn't get the mithril from the Dwarves. However, the big “no“Given by King Durin, that's a pretty confusing gear shift.
Sauron's New Mithril is likely one of Celebrimbor's Hallucinations
Sauron's Eregion Illusion Shows More Tricks at Work
In the scene where Sauron gives Celebrimbor the mithril Rings of power season 2, episode 6, may provide a clue that only stranger things were going on. Eregion had just been besieged by Adar and his orcs, which left the city in a terrible state of panic. But when Celebrimbor went to investigate, Sauron used some magic to make the city outside his forge seem peaceful and completely safe. As the two stood chatting in the glorious sunlight surrounded by laughing children, Sauron gave the mithril and told Celebrimbor what it was.
Most likely, the mithril, like its surroundings, was only an illusion.
Most likely, the mithril, like its surroundings, was only an illusion. Sauron needed Celelbrimbor to get back to the forge and get to work, and making sure he provided the Elf with mithril was an effective way to do that. The Eregion Lord was still in the planning stages and not really at the point of starting to make the Nine Rings. So Sauron may plan to replace the illusion of mithril with the real thing once he finally gets it. Or, Maybe he decided on another item to fix the Nine but he doesn't want Celebrimbor to know he's making the switch.
Sauron May Have Stole the New Mithril from the Dwarves
One way or another, Sauron's Mithril Surprise is a Bad Omen
It is also possible that what Sauron gave to Celebrimbor was actually a mithril. After all, King Durin III wears one of the Seven of Sauron, so it might have been relatively easy to pull one over on a dwarf and grab a pile of mithrils before leaving Khazad-dum. The Dark Lord would not have done this if he had known that Celebrimbor would never be the wiser. Of course, if that's the case, King Durin III will definitely know about it. He kept trading mithril hoping for a better deal and Stealing from what he perceives as an Eregion elf will surely spell disaster.
Regardless of whether Sauron's mithril hoarding is genuine or not, His gift to Celebrimbor hints at future conflicts. If it was an illusion, then Sauron likely included something else in the recipe for the Nine. If Annathar steals the mithril, it could create centuries of hatred between dwarves and elves. The Lord of the Rings-The end of the friendship represented by Durin's Gates. Regardless, none of this bodes well for Eregion or Khazad-dum going forward Rings of power.