Galadriel takes no prisoners in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s newest trailer

Morfydd Clark as Galadriel. | Amazon Studios

Almost as if in response to House of the Dragon's fixation with the brutalization of its female characters, the latest trailer for Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a reminder that a woman's place can also be on the battlefield.

Though The Rings of Power's an ensemble show spotlighting many of the historic figures who rose up to fight Sauron as he first began coming into power during Middle Earth's Second Age, it's also an exploration of how Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) became a legend. In the new trailer, it's the death of Galadriel's brother - likely her elder brother Finrod (Will Fletcher) - that pushes her to pick up a sword and set out on an adventure that brings her face to face with people like Dwarven Prince...

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