After telling Theo of losing her brother Finrod (Will Fletcher), Galadriel also mentions losing her husband Celeborn in the war against Morgoth. However, it should be noted that he left for the war and never returned - not quite that he was seen being killed.
Not only did the forces of darkness take her brother from her — they also took her husband. That's right: Celeborn is dead. The Rings of Power deviates quite often from J.R.R. Tolkien's canon, but this might be one of the most seismic shifts yet — beyond the literally earthshaking formation of Mordor, of course.
When asked by Theo if she had lost anyone in the war, Galadriel mentions Finrod, and then Celeborn. She tells the boy how she met him, recalls him not fitting in his armor, and says, "I never saw him again after that." That may be true, but it hardly means that he died.
The Galadriel of the movies is a beautiful and wistful version of a character who took thousands and thousands of years to reach the wisdom and self-assuredness depicted, whereas the Rings of Power Galadriel is more accurate to who she was for the thousands of years leading up to that point, whilst she was still on her ...
Celeborn doesn't do much in J.R.R. Tolkien's history. He's a character who is so boring that Tolkien basically forgot to write him. Galadriel met him after she left Valinor; they fell in love, got married, and stayed the hell out of drama for the entire First Age.
Yet, since Tolkien does give family trees for other important Elves in the book, such as Galadriel and Elrond, it's clear that Galadriel is not Legolas's mother. (Besides, she is one of the Noldor, not a Silvan or Sindar Elf.)
In earlier versions, Amroth was briefly Galadriel and Celeborn's son, brother to Celebrían.
In The Lord of the Rings, Galadriel chose to use her powers for good, even helping to form the Council of Elrond. Galadriel was not evil. But had she been, there would be none who could stand against her forces, especially if she was in possession of the Ring.
From a practical standpoint, it just makes sense for the characters to be played by different (and younger) actors. The TV series takes place thousands of years before the events of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, so even near-immortal beings like Elves would look a little younger.
Though neither is someone you'd wish to annoy, Galadriel is generally considered more powerful than Elrond in Lord of the Rings. Not only is she older than her Rivendell counterpart, but Galadriel witnessed the light from Valinor's Two Trees, giving her a mystic quality.
In The Rings of Power episode 7, Galadriel finally brought up the issue of her husband Celeborn. She told Theo that Celeborn went off to war against Morgoth and never came back, and she seems to believe that he is dead. Anyone who has read or watched The Lord of the Rings, of course, knows that is not true!
Around FA 52 (FA as in First Age), Galadriel came to Doriath. Galadriel was one of the Ñoldor who came to Middle-earth wishing to see the lands and rule a realm of her own. She came with the second host of Elves from Aman with Fingolfin and Finrod. In Doriath, she and Celeborn fell in love and married.
In one of the scenes that didn't make the final cut of the film, Gandalf pursues Sauron to the Sea of Rhun, a vast desert wasteland. The fact that this is exactly where Nori and the stranger are heading suggests even further that he is Gandalf.
Arwen was her granddaughter
Galadriel and Celeborn had a daughter named Celebrian, who married Elrond and became the mother of Arwen (as well as her brothers, Elladan and Elrohir).
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has so far left out Celebrían, Galadriel's daughter in Tolkien canon, but the speculated cast list for season 2 suggests that this may change.
Following the successful destruction of the One Ring and the fall of Sauron, the power of the rings faded. While the Nine were destroyed, the Three were rendered powerless; their bearers left Middle-earth for Valinor at the end of the Third Age, inaugurating the Dominion of Men.
Taken together, it's clear that the general approach taken for both Elrond and Galadriel in The Rings of Power was to attempt to depict the characters at very different stages of their lives before the events of the Second Age and the Third Age turn them into the characters they become in Jackson's trilogy.
Unlike Elrond, Galadriel is all Elf, and in fact she is a grand-daughter of one of the very first Elves created.
As far as The Rings of Power's lore is concerned, every Elf contains the light of Valinor within them. Over many centuries, this blessed illumination fades away and, if allowed to extinguish, the Elves will fade along with it. Fortunately, the process can be reversed by reconnecting with the light of Valinor.
She already feels an outcast after Gil-galad tried to send her back to the Undying Lands, and she fears that if she reveals what she has done, it will be the final nail in the coffin. Instead, when Elrond pulls her from the river Glanduin, and she races back inside to Celebrimbor's forge, she chooses to stay silent.
Sauron Feared Galadriel
Tolkien also stated that Sauron saw Galadriel as his equal, and therefore, in his rise to power he feared that she would go after that power herself. As we saw in The Fellowship of the Ring, Galadriel told Frodo that the One Ring would consume her and turn her into a Dark Queen.
She also resisted being offered the ring of power by Frodo following his vision in the mirror of Galadriel, an immense test given the ring's seductive powers. Yet Gandalf's power level exceeds even that of Galadriel, as shown by his rebirth in the Two Towers.
During the Second Age, Galadriel and Celeborn have a daughter, Celebrían. She joins them in Imaldris after they leave Eregion. There, Elrond falls in love with her, and during the Third Age, the two of them marry, making Galadriel Elrond's mother-in-law.
Elrond married Celebrían, daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel, early in the Third Age. The place and date of Celebrían's birth are not specified.
' Thus, the mother of Arwen is revealed to be Celebrian, Galadriel and Celeborn's daughter, making Arwen their granddaughter. This also provides somewhat of an explanation as to why Celebrian is not mentioned in the Lord of the Rings films.