Lord of the Rings: Second Age (or at least that's what I'm calling it) details have dropped.
The fact that Amazon has officially licensed _The Silmarillion_ and _Unfinished Tales_ means that they're probably trying hard to make their story link correctly to extended lore.
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If they just wanted to make random shit up, they would do so, then point to the lack of license as the reason why they had to.
