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Tolkien\u2019s Middle-earth.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4848\">Netflix Executives Considered Pulling \u2018Michael Jackson: The Verdict\u2019 Docuseries a Week Before Its Release (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAccording to an official logline, \u201cSeason Three takes place at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron, as the Dark Lord seeks to craft the One Ring that will give him the edge he needs to win the war, bind all peoples to his will \u2013 and at last rule all Middle-earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDuring the \u201cRIngs of Power\u201d Season 3 presentation at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, it was revealed that Simon Pegg will voice the Balrog, a hulking magma monster that will help Sauron forge the One Ring. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe \u201cRings of Power\u201d cast members include Charlie Vickers, Morfydd Clark, Robert Aramayo, Ismael Cruz C\u00f3rdova, Charles Edwards, Robert Strange, and Markella Kavenagh. \u201cStranger Things\u201d star Jamie Campbell Bower, Eddie Marsan, Andrew Richardson, Zubin Varla and Adam Young also recently joined the cast for Season 3.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4846\">Inside Costa Rica\u2019s Alcatraz and Another 5 Top Locations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe show takes place thousands of years before the events of \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d and \u201cThe Hobbit,\u201d and follows the forging of the titular Rings of Power and \u201cLOTR\u201d antagonist Sauron\u2019s return to Middle-earth.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe Rings of Power\u201d Season 3 is produced by showrunners J.D. 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