--- title: The Rings of Power Showrunners: Círdan Will Be In Season 2 description: A a fan-favorite character has been missing from the promotions for 'Rings of Power,' but the showrunners confirm he will appear in season 2. canonical: https://time.com/6205027/cirdan-the-rings-of-power-season-2/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-08-15T12:30:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T14:36:07.260Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: This Fan-Favorite Character Is Joining the Second Season of 'Rings of Power' og:description: The showrunners say Círdan, one of the oldest and wisest of the elves, will join the cast in season 2 og:url: https://time.com/6205027/cirdan-the-rings-of-power-season-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e44d539f22e7ea6/698a34a001168253ad9822ab/rings-of-power-elf-ship.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: rings-of-power-elf-ship og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Fan-Favorite Character Is Joining the Second Season of 'Rings of Power' twitter:description: The showrunners say Círdan, one of the oldest and wisest of the elves, will join the cast in season 2 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e44d539f22e7ea6/698a34a001168253ad9822ab/rings-of-power-elf-ship.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Exclusive: This Fan-Favorite Character Is Joining the Second Season of _The Rings of Power_ > Sponsored content. 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Payne and Patrick McKay have remained mum on a number of plot points. Here’s what we do know: The show, which premieres Sept. 2 on Prime Video, will be set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before heroes like Frodo or Aragorn were born. McKay and Payne leaned heavily on the appendices to _The Lord of the Rings,_ which trace the rise of Sauron, the creation of the one ring, and the battle between Sauron and the last alliance of elves and men for the soul of Middle-earth. Elves are immortal in Tolkien’s world, so _Lord of the Rings_ fans can expect to see familiar faces like Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo). (Both characters also appeared in Peter Jackson’s film trilogy.) **Read More**: [_The Secretive, Extravagant, Big-Hearted World of The Rings of Power, the Most Expensive Show Ever Made_](https://time.com/6205837/the-rings-of-power-amazon-most-expensive) But a fan-favorite character has been missing: Círdan, one of the oldest and wisest of the elves. TIME can exclusively reveal that the character Círdan the Shipwright will make his debut on the series in Season 2 of _The_ _Rings of Power_. “We don’t want to give too much away, but one character we’re excited for folks to meet in Season 2 is Círdan the Shipwright,” says Payne. “In the time of our story, he’s the oldest of all known elves in Middle-earth—in fact he lived so long, he had a beard.” **Read More**: [_The Rings of Power Exclusive: Producer Says Fan Theories About Sauron Are Wrong_ ](https://time.com/6205023/sauron-the-rings-of-power-identity/) Círdan is the only elf Tolkien describes as having a beard in the text of _The Lord of the Rings_. Whether any other elves can or do grow beards is a subject of much debate among Tolkien scholars and superfans. Círdan is mentioned several times in Tolkien lore. The elf fights against Sauron alongside the elf king Gil-galad. Along with Elrond, he urges Isildur to destroy the one ring after the battle at the steps of Mount Doom and thus plays a pivotal role not only in the story of the Second Age, but in setting up the events of the _The Lord of the Rings_ in the Third Age. [**_To purchase prints of TIME’s_** **The Rings of Power** **_cover, visit the TIME Cover Store_**](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/rings-of-power-lord-of-the-rings-prequel-photograph-by-bryan-huynh-for-time.html) But Círdan only appears in person once in _The Lord of the Rings_ proper. He greets the company of elves that includes Galadriel and Elrond as they board a ship to depart Middle-earth at the end of the series. The passage reads, “As they came to the gates Círdan the Shipwright came forth to greet them. Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars.” **Read More**: [_11 Rings of Power Secrets We Learned From the Cast and Creators_](https://time.com/6205593/the-rings-of-power-secrets-cast-creators) Let’s hope the show version of Círdan has facial hair that lives up to the hype. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6205027/cirdan-the-rings-of-power-season-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6205027/cirdan-the-rings-of-power-season-2/"},"headline":"Exclusive: This Fan-Favorite Character Is Joining the Second Season of The Rings of Power","datePublished":"2022-08-15T12:30:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T14:36:07.260Z","description":"The showrunners say Círdan, one of the oldest and wisest of the elves, will join the cast in season 2","url":"https://time.com/6205027/cirdan-the-rings-of-power-season-2/","keywords":["streaming","Television","Exclusive"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e44d539f22e7ea6/698a34a001168253ad9822ab/rings-of-power-elf-ship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e44d539f22e7ea6/698a34a001168253ad9822ab/rings-of-power-elf-ship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rings-of-power-elf-ship","caption":"A ship in The Rings of Power","creditText":"Courtesy of Prime Video","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/streaming/","name":"streaming"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6205027/cirdan-the-rings-of-power-season-2/","name":"Exclusive: This Fan-Favorite Character Is Joining the Second Season of The Rings of Power"}}]}] ```