The Rings Of Power series from Amazon is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings that takes place in the second age of Middle Earth. Despite this massive time gap between the series and the movies, a few familiar faces show up to set the stage for the creation of the rings of power. Fans know where a lot of these characters end up by the time of the war of the ring in the third age, so future seasons of the show has a lot of work to do to get these characters to that point.