The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season two continues to flesh out its Númenor storylines as politics heat up on the once-great island. After their terrible defeat at the hands of Adar and his Orcs in Middle-earth, the Númenóreans return home with their tails between their legs, where they face their most difficult opponent yet: each other. After suffering heavy losses at the behest of Queen Miriel, Ar-Pharazôn stages a peaceful coup that removes her from the throne and sets himself up as Númenor's new protector. However, his resistance to all things Elven and growing fear of death will ultimately result in the island's destruction in a great flood that Miriel has foreseen, dooming Númenor and most of its inhabitants.
Recent episodes of The Rings of Power have made Pharazôn's son Kemer into a more prominent character as the Prime Video series continues to build toward the downfall of Numenor. Played by Leon Wadham, Kemer is a cunning political expert who carries out his father's orders without question. In the most recent season's episode 5, titled “Halls of Stone,” he even kills Valandil in cold blood. As Kemer continues to evolve into a major villain, fans have begun to wonder if he might eventually becomes one of the nine kings of Men to obtain a ring of power from Sauron. This would inevitably lead to a devastating fate for Kemen where he and the other eight kings become the Nazgul seen during the The Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, a fate even more terrifying than that of a Nazgul may await Kemen.
Kemen will not be a Nazgul in the Rings of Power
The identities of the Nazgul are never explored in detail in JRR Tolkien's legendarium, leaving The Rings of Power much freedom in deciding which characters will suffer such a horrible fate. All Tolkien reveals is that The Nazgul were once the rulers of Men in Middle-earth or the lands surrounding it. who joined forces with Sauron after being corrupted by the Rings of Power forged by the Dark Lord and Celebrimbor in Eregion. Three of these men were lords of the island of Numenor, which lends some credence to the theory that Kemen will indeed become a member of the Nine.
While making Kemen a Nazgul by the end of The Rings of Power It would be an interesting way to end his story arc, a different way The Lord of the Rings villain more closely matches his personality. The Nazgul are terrifying villains in appearance, but their features have mostly faded since the War of the Ring. By becoming a Nazgul, Kemen would have been largely lost to the power of the ring, making his punishment a bit unsatisfying. Instead of showing that he has become a Nazgul, The Rings of Power could reveal that Kemen is the future villain known as Mouth of Sauron.
Kemen could become the mouth of Sauron
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The Mouth of Sauron is a henchman of the Dark Lord whom Aragorn meets outside the Black Gate just before the final battle in The Return of the King. Sauron's evil servant emerges from the gates of Mordor to taunt the armies that have come to besiege his latest army. Revealing Frodo's Mithril shirt, the Mouth of Sauron declares that the Hobbit is dead, hoping to fill the hearts of Aragorn and his army with terror and despair. However, Aragorn instead kills the Mouth of Sauron and leads his army to war anyway, successfully buying Frodo and Sam enough time to ascend Mount Doom and destroy the One Ring, vanquishing Sauron forever.
Transforming Kemen into the Mouth of Sauron fits his personality much better than turning him into a Nazgul. Kemen is pompous, boastful and proud, all personality traits perfect for laying the foundation for becoming the Mouth of Sauron.. The son of a politician, Kemen is no warrior, but he would need no skill with the blade to become Sauron's mouthpiece and could instead use his arrogant words to aid the Enemy. This would also be a far better punishment for Kemen than being transformed into a Nazgul, as he would be forced to use his skills of speech and debate to benefit someone other than himself for the rest of his long, miserable life.
Very little is known about Sauron's mouth.
The Mouth of Sauron may be one of the most despicable The Lord of the Rings bad guys, but very little is ever revealed about the mysterious antagonist. In “The Black Gate Opens”, a chapter of The Return of the KingJRR Tolkien suggests that he is a living man, in contrast to the Ringwraiths, to whom Sauron has granted immortality. This is a detail that would have to be corrected if Kemen were to be The Rings of PowerThe Mouth of Sauron. Although a Númenórean with an extended lifespan, Kemen would not have survived three thousand years after the fall of Númenor without some supernatural aid. The chapter also suggests that the Mouth of Sauron had become so entwined with the Enemy that his name was forgotten by all men, including himselfThis devastating detail would lend itself perfectly to Kemen becoming the Mouth of Sauron, as the character does not appear in Tolkien's stories.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power It may be preparation for Kemen becoming one of the nine Nazgul, but a far darker fate may await him. Becoming the Mouth of Sauron is a far more fitting fate for the arrogant son of Numenor's new leader, damning him to a thousand lives in service to someone who would steal his entire identity.