Disclaimer: This article contains a major spoiler from the Season 2 finale of Rings of Power. Reader discretion is strongly advised. The Season 2 finale of Rings of Power has viewers and the Tolkien fandom still reeling in the aftermath of Elrond’s decisions.

Then, Benjamin Walker, who was sitting next to Aramayo and plays High King Gil-galad, chimed in saying that it was Elrond’s “only viable play, really.” And they’re both right. The elf needed to seriously shock and distract Adar and the Orcs so he could get the pin to Galadriel, and it worked.

Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) was captured earlier in the season by Adar (Sam Hazeldine) and his orcs. He uses her as a bargaining chip with the elves before the most recent episode’s big battle. When Elrond (Robert Aramayo) refuses to negotiate with the enemy, he requests that he be allowed to bid his friend farewell.

Elrond's actor Robert Aramayo talks to Nerdist about The Rings of Power's season two finale, Rivendell, Durin, and the rings.

Robert Aramayo spoke to Nerdist about Elrond and Galadriel's kiss, The Lord of the Rings' Celebrían arrival on The Rings of Power and more.

It's taken six episodes to get there, but The Rings of Power season 2 has finally reached its highly-anticipated tentpole battle in The Siege of Eregion. The only problem is, despite its showrunners labeling it "the most ambitious thing we've ever attempted", nobody's talking about the brutal and harrowing fight for the elven city.