Despite its status as a prequel, Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power still has plenty to teach us about the history of Middle-earth, or at least its version of that history. While the ...

What Is The Rings of Power‘s Mithril and Why Is It So Precious? For people so in touch with the mountains, it’s exciting to discover an entirely new ore. Durin’s Folk have only just discovered the ...

J.R.R. Tolkien never provided an official history of where mithril comes from. But The Rings of Power‘s “Partings” gave that special silver a backstory that traces its origins to the very beginning of ...

For people so in touch with the mountains, it’s exciting to discover an entirely new ore. Durin’s Folk have only just discovered the “grey glitter,” the dwarven name for Mithril on The Rings of Power.