History Recap / TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPowerS1E8Alloyed

* CallForward: A number of the turns of phrase that Sauron uses when trying to tempt Galadriel are ones she will use an Age later when struggling with the temptation to accept the One from Frodo.

* TheTeaser: Rhis episode opens up with a scene of the Stranger meeting the three worshippers of Sauron, before the Opening Credits starting to appear.

* DarkReprise: The second episode introduces Halbrand as a MysteriousStranger that Galadriel meets in the middle of the see. First hint that he is from the Southlands, comes from the hardanger fiddle performing same instrumental as the Southlands theme. His theme is melancholic and rustic, but gets a twisted and ominous arrangement in this episode, right before acknowledging he is Sauron.

* EurekaMoment: Galadriel accidentally give the solution to process the mithril by suggesting that everyone pushed themselves too hard. Sauron has an epiphany when he hears her and realizes they did the process wrong.

** Halbrand sweet talks his way into Celebrimbor's workshop, and helps Celembribor and Elrond to find a way to harness mithril's properties and use it to tap into the powers of the Seen and Unseen World. He secretly plans to forge two rings, for him and Galadriel, but he cannot carry out his plans to the end because Galadriel finds his true identity.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Galadriel brings Halbrand in Eregion to treats his wounds with Evish cures. There, in order to gain access to Celebrimbor's workshop, he behaves like a little child meeting their hero for the first time, and quickly gets under Celebrimbor's skin. "''The'' Celebrimbor?"
* LandSeaSky: By the end of the episode, Celebrmbor forges The Three Rings, which follow an "Air, Water, Fire" motif.

* SolemnEndingTheme: The end-credit song called ''Where the Shadows Lie''. The song is the poem Tolkien wrote about the rings, being performed by Fiona Apple in a ominous, hopeless manner.

** Halbrand also explains that he learned of Celebrimbor's skills as a smith from his master when he was just an apprentice. After the reveal, it becomes clear Sauron is referring to his first master, Aüle.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: This episode reveals that the Dweller can shapeshift a will, talking Nori's form to trick the Stranger, and later she takes the Stranger's form to lure Nori and Sadoc out of their hideout.

* MeaningfulLook: Halbrand sees Galadriel departing with an underling and a scroll in her hand, a sign that he knows she must be suspecting him. Minutes later, he follows her to the pond to "check" on her and give her the big news.

* PrizedPossessionGiveaway: Both Galadriel and Elrond must sacrifice something they hold dear in order to craft the rings that will allow them to remain on Middle Earth. Elrond naturally sacrifices the fragment of mythril that represented the bond between him and Durin (which was obviously inevitable given their plan, but he still clearly shows a moment of hesitation before dropping it into the vat of liquid metal) and Galadriel sacrifices her brother's dagger that she's religiously carried with her since his death for its pure Valinorian gold and silver to augment the mythril's properties.

* WhamLine: Celebrimbor unknowingly utters Sauron's words while talking about his project with Mithril (then a crown, soon reworked into the Rings of Power). Galadriel, having heard the exactly same words from Adar, has the first definite clue of Halbrand's real identity, and so does the audience.

-->'''Celebrimbor:''' We are on the cusp of creafting a new kind of power. Not of strength, but of spirit. [[MeaningfulEcho Not of the flesh, but over flesh]]. This is a power of the Unseen World.

* PrizedPossessionGiveaway: Both Galadriel and Elrond must sacrifice something they hold dear in order to craft the rings that will allow them to remain on Middle Earth. Elrond naturally sacrifices the fragment of mythril that represented the bond between him and Durin (which was obviously inevitable given their plan, but he still clearly shows a moment of hesitation before dropping it into the vat of liquid metal) and Galadriel sacrifices her brother's dagger that she's religiously carried with her since his death for it's pure elvish gold and silver to augment the mythril's properties.

** The Stranger -- heavily implied to be Olórin -- and Nori set out to find the stars he was searching for.

* PowerEchoes: When Galadriel spurns and threatens to reveal him, Sauron shouts that if she does so she will be exiled or worse due to having helped him, his voice growing distorted and echoic with rage.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Halbrand suggests using the mithril to create two Rings of Power, with his proposal implying he intended to use them as wedding rings for himself and Galadriel.

** After Elrond pulls her from the river, Galadriel learns she was unconscious for long enough for Celebrimbor to finish the forging of the Rings and panics thinking that "Halbrand" has gone to steal them.

** After Eldrond pulls her from the river, Galadriel learns she was unconscious for long enough for Celebrimbor to finish the forging of the Rings and panics thinking that "Halbrand" has gone to steal them.

* MageBabble: Celebrimbor and "Halbrand" spout plenty of magical techno babble as they discuss the properties of the Rings they are forging.