What happens to Celebrimbor in ‘The Silmarillion’ – and how does it differ to ‘The Rings Of Power’?

nme.com:

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power is drawing to a close, but how does Celebrimbor’s fate in the show differ from Tolkein’s original story?The first seven episodes of the second season of the show are streaming on Amazon Prime Video now, with the closing instalment to be released onto the streamer on October 3.Created by J.D.

Payne and Patrick McKay, the prequel series is set thousands of years before J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and depicts the rise of Sauron in Middle-earth’s Second Age.The show’s cast is led by Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, alongside Lenny Henry, Ciarán Hinds and Rory Kinnear, with Jack Lowden joining as a young Sauron.The show initially proved divisive among critics so far, and its audience has reportedly halved in size as it has gone on, but some fans hailed the recent seventh episode as “one of the best TV episodes of the year”.In a four-star review of this season, NME wrote: “The action comes to a head in an epic battle told across two episodes, balanced against some excellent character work (and surprising deaths).

Those who complained that nothing happened in House Of The Dragon’s sophomore effort will thrill at how The Rings Of Power refuses to slump.”“Indeed, the second season improves on the first, sharpening its narrative and taking assured footsteps forward as the writers continues to tell this expansive tale.