New Images Introduce Ben Daniels in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2

The first season of Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ended with jewelry. Viewers finally saw the forging of three of the great rings, the trio of bands that belong to the elves. But while we know two of them now belong to Galadriel and High King Gil-galad, we haven't yet met the character who will take possession of the third. Well, that's about to change in Season 2.

Ben Daniels (The Crown) has been cast as Cirdan the Shipwright, a figure who doesn't have a massive role in The Lord of the Rings but who looms large in the world of Tolkien's history. As the Master of the Grey Havens, he is one of the eldest and wisest of the elves and will bear the third band, Narya, the Ring of Fire. (Fun fact: This ring will eventually become Gandalf's.)

A master shipbuilder, Cirdan serves as an intermediary between Middle-earth and the Undying Lands of Valinor. As the leader of the Elvish port city known as the Grey Havens, he is in charge of creating the ships that ferry elves who have grown tired of Middle-earth back to their homeland. The last chapter of The Lord of the Rings is titled "The Grey Havens" because the story ends with Frodo, Gandalf, and the rest of the ring-bearers — including Cirdan himself — departing Middle-earth at the conclusion of the Third Age.