#Kemen

[sugurugetos]

Mightier than Este is NIENNA, sister of the Feanturi; she dwells alone. She is acquainted with grief, and mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered in the marring of Melkor. So great was her sorrow, as the Music unfolded, that her song turned to lamentation long before its end, and the sound of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began. But she does not weep for herself; and those who hearken to her learn pity, and endurance in hope. All those who wait in Mandos cry to her, for she brings strength to the spirit and turns sorrow to wisdom.

The KING'S MEN were those among the Númenóreans who were hostile to the Eldar and will of the Valar throughout the history of Númenor during the later half of the Second Age.

THE RINGS OF POWER — 2.05

[fukutomichi]

The Rings of Power - Season 2 OST | Part 3 Composed by Bear McCreary template by @wilmontouch

[silmarillisms]

Hey friends, Finn here with some fun context for this scene. Did you guys know that you should never clean a blade with sea water? Salt rusts and corrodes steel. Typically before embarking on any journey where your blade might see sea water, the blade would be coated with some sort of grease to keep the steel safe.

You would never clean a blade with sea water. It will rust.

This is excellent attention to detail.

Kemen is not a warrior. He's not a sailor. He's not a soldier. He's a petulant child fighting for a scrap of his father's attention. He is ignorant of his own peoples' traditions because his father never respected them enough to teach him.

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[aureentuluva70]

How heartbreakingly jarring is it that in a shrine dedicated to Nienna, the Vala of Sorrow, Mercy and Compassion, we see a numenorean spitefully destroy a relic of her, mock those who are there to honor "those for whom she weeps", and then murder another numenorean for the first time in the show, and one of the Faithful at that. And not just any faithful, but Valandil-whose very name means friend of the valar-who chose to show the kingsman mercy, which Kemen instantly proves himself undeserving of by literally and metaphorically stabbing Valandil in the back.

Kemen then washes his sword, now stained with the blood of one of the Faithful, in the waters of the shrine of Nienna the Compassionate as if bathing the blade in her tears, defiling them. I've heard that as a kind of ritual, swords were once dipped into water in order to receive the blessing of a deity, so with that point of view it feels very much like a deliberate inversion of a divine ritual, a mockery of that which is sacred, the complete desecration of a holy space.

And then Kemen has the gall to lie straight through his teeth, saying that Elendil-the one who convinced Valandil to grant Kemen mercy in the first place-"was the one who started the uprising."

If Kemen is supposed to be a kind of representation of the Kingsman alike to his father, he has sent one message and one message only: that mercy for the Faithful is dead in Numenor.

How incredibly tragic and yet how fitting that in the defiling of a temple dedicated to the Vala of Mercy we see the fruit of violence and the beginning of a kingdom's end sprout. With Nienna's love and compassion gone, it's only inevitable that Morgoth's shadow of terror and of hate is soon to come, and Numenor's doom with it.

[olessan]

"Together we can put this right."

"You must remain calm at the storm's eye."

[saurongorthaur9]

In the aftermath of ROP S2E5, I am delighted to see that the entire fandom seems to have united behind two causes:

Absolutely obliterating Kemen from existence

Helping Mirdania immediately file a restraining order against Annatar

[sauronism]

one of the scariest thing charlie vickers ever said in an interview is how sauron put kemen on the top of his list for his recruitment. like. do you know how fucked up you have to be for the literal tyrant of middle earth to take a look at you and be like "ur so fucking twisted and i want to study you in my lab but also be my lieutenant pls."

[wormcoin]

The Rings of Power The Eagle and the Sceptre 2x03 | Halls of Stone 2x05

[elswing]

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power character posters via Instagram (part one) (part two) (part three)

[lands-of-fantasy]

The Rings of Power

Season 2 Character Portraits

[goodsirs]

The Rings of Power 2.05 "Halls of Stone"

[sugurugetos]

VALANDIL & KEMEN The Rings of Power — 2.05: Halls of Stone

[fukutomichi]

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 – Official Trailer

[ringsofpowersource]

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power / S2 / Aug 29, 2024 - Oct 3, 2024 Colors & Scenery Episode 5 - Halls of Stone

[deus-sema]

Thinking about Kemen and how this character who was, until yesterday, considered mildly annoying and spoilt but mostly harmless and irrelevant, ended up leaving the audience in shock and furious at him, for valid reasons.

No longer is he insignificant but has proved to be a petty, envious and dangerous individual although, in the grander scheme of things, he remains a small fry. He was able to elicit emotions - albeit mainly repulsion - for himself within the audience. We care for him now or,more like, we care enough to see where he eventually ends up. We can curse him, give him virtual thrashings and imagine his death in different ways. But he cannot be ignored. We also made an effort to understand the reasons behind his behavior and what shaped him to be the person he is. Infact I came across two superbly written metas on him today itself: 1 and 2

It's character development for, even though it's for the worse, Kemen has changed irreversibly and has our attention. This turn in his personality feels organic and makes complete sense too.

That is another instance of how well written and thought out RoP is and how much effort and consideration has been put into shaping every single character and giving them their own distinct personality. No one exists for the sake of existing. We were promised a season dedicated to villains and it was delivered accordingly for its not just the primary antagonists like Sauron and Adar who are making their moves on the board but the secondary characters in subplots aren't in a statis either. They have sowed the seeds of anticipation for Akallabêth properly.

I am really excited to see how Ar-Pharazôn's character is portrayed in future for he is meant to be a formidable villain and the chief architect of Numenor's eventual downfall.

[whumpybobbert]