Editing Celebrimbor (section)

== Adaptations ==

=== Video games ===

[[File:TalionCelebrimbor.jpg|thumb|left|Celebrimbor reappears in the video game ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]'' and its sequel as a wraith who gives superhuman powers to the non-canonical [[Ranger (Middle-earth)|ranger]] Talion when the two of them combine, as shown in the half-Man, half-wraith illustration.<ref name="Takahashi 2017">{{cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |title=Middle-earth: Shadow of War: Creative director explains controversial endings (spoilers) |url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/14/middle-earth-shadow-of-war-creative-director-explains-controversial-endings-spoilers/ |publisher=[[VentureBeat]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=14 October 2017}}</ref>]]

Celebrimbor appears in the 2014 video game ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]'' where he is voiced by [[Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1958)|Alastair Duncan]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Troy Baker And Alastair Duncan Discuss Voicing Shadow Of Mordor's Lead Roles |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/middle-earth_shadow_of_mordor/b/xbox360/archive/2014/08/08/troy-baker-and-alastair-duncan-discuss-voicing-shadow-of-mordor-s-lead-roles.aspx  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.gameinformer.com/games/middle-earth_shadow_of_mordor/b/xbox360/archive/2014/08/08/troy-baker-and-alastair-duncan-discuss-voicing-shadow-of-mordor-s-lead-roles.aspx  |archive-date=2022-01-30 |url-status=live|last=Futter |first=Mike |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |date=8 August 2014 |access-date=6 January 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Celebrimbor Voice |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Lord-of-the-Rings/Celebrimbor/  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Lord-of-the-Rings/Celebrimbor/  |archive-date=2022-01-30 |url-status=live|access-date=6 January 2020 | website=Behinthevoiceactors.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In order not simply to copy Peter Jackson's films, the game's makers [[Monolith Productions]] decided to combine a minor but significant Middle-earth character from ''The Silmarillion'', Celebrimbor, with an original character of their own invention, Talion.<ref name="LeJacq 2014"/><ref name="Corriea 2014">{{cite web |last=Corriea |first=Alexa Ray |title=Why Shadow of Mordor's undead Elven hero and sexy Sauron are such a big deal |url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/7/28/5945029/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-celebrimbor-sexy-sauron  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.polygon.com/2014/7/28/5945029/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-celebrimbor-sexy-sauron  |archive-date=2022-01-30 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=28 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The game takes place sometime between the action of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' at which time Celebrimbor survives as an amnesiac wraith. After being bonded with Talion (a [[Ranger (Middle-earth)|ranger]] of [[Gondor]]) the two become an immortal fighting team unable to leave [[Mordor]]. Over the game, Celebrimbor lends his abilities as a wraith to Talion, and the two recover Celebrimbor's lost memories of Sauron and the forging of the Rings of Power: Sauron comes to Celebrimbor to give him a powerful hammer to forge the rings. Then Celebrimbor is betrayed by Sauron, forced to inscribe the incantation in the One Ring, and tortured and beaten to death by Sauron after an attempted coup. After the defeat of Sauron's captains, Celebrimbor describes defeating Sauron himself as futile and wishes to depart for [[Valinor]], but is convinced to stay by Talion; he then mentions his desire to forge a new Ring of Power immune to Sauron's influence. This leads to the events of the 2017 sequel ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of War]]'', which reviewers described as "fun, inventive, exciting—and totally non-canonical".<ref name="Takahashi 2017"/><ref name="Plante">{{cite web |last1=Plante |first1=Corey |title='Shadow of War' Game Has Crazy 'Lord of the Rings' Canon Problems |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/37331-middle-earth-shadow-of-war-lord-of-the-rings-canon  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.inverse.com/article/37331-middle-earth-shadow-of-war-lord-of-the-rings-canon  |archive-date=2022-01-30 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]] |access-date=17 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Gerardi 2017">{{cite web |last1=Gerardi |first1=Matt |title=The best way to beat Shadow Of War's final act is not to play it |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-best-way-to-beat-shadow-of-war-s-final-act-is-not-t-1819679149  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.avclub.com/the-best-way-to-beat-shadow-of-war-s-final-act-is-not-t-1819679149  |archive-date=2022-01-30 |url-status=live|publisher=AV Club |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=19 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In ''Shadow of War'', Celebrimbor and Talion successfully forge a new Ring of Power that appears to be free of Sauron's influence and is stated to be equal in power to the nine Rings of the [[Nazgûl]] without their corrupting influence. They use their new Ring to take the fight to Sauron with an army of Uruks, with Talion noticing Celebrimbor becoming more aggressive and worn out. Eventually revealed to fully intend to overthrow Sauron rather than destroy him, Celebrimbor ends his bond with Talion and possesses Eltariel (an Elven assassin who is a major character in the game) to use her to defeat Sauron. Talion survives by becoming a Nazgûl, and Celebrimbor is defeated when forced out of Eltariel and is quickly absorbed by Sauron trapping both of them in the form of a large flaming eye on top of [[Barad-dûr]]. Celebrimbor remains trapped as part of the Dark Lord until the One Ring is destroyed, freeing the spirit as Sauron dies.<ref name="LeJacq 2014">{{cite web |last=LeJacq |first=Yannick |title=Shadow Of Mordor's Lore, Explained In Two Minutes |url=https://kotaku.com/shadow-of-mordors-lore-explained-in-two-minutes-1657330315  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://kotaku.com/shadow-of-mordors-lore-explained-in-two-minutes-1657330315  |archive-date=2022-01-30 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Kotaku]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=11 November 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Kollar 2015">{{cite web |last1=Kollar |first1=Philip |title=Play as the real Lord of the Rings (or at least their creator) in Shadow of Mordor's next DLC |url=https://www.polygon.com/2015/2/19/8067169/shadow-of-mordor-bright-lord-dlc-lord-of-the-rings-celebrimbor  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.polygon.com/2015/2/19/8067169/shadow-of-mordor-bright-lord-dlc-lord-of-the-rings-celebrimbor  |archive-date=2022-01-30 |url-status=live|publisher=Polygon |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=19 February 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Futter 2014">{{cite web |last=Futter |first=Mike |title=Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/middle-earth_shadow_of_mordor/b/pc/archive/2014/07/25/learn-more-about-the-storied-history-of-shadow-of-mordor-s-wraith-celebrimbor.aspx  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.gameinformer.com/games/middle-earth_shadow_of_mordor/b/pc/archive/2014/07/25/learn-more-about-the-storied-history-of-shadow-of-mordor-s-wraith-celebrimbor.aspx  |archive-date=2022-01-30 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Game Informer]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=30 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="LeJacq 2015">{{cite web |last1=LeJacq |first1=Yannick |title=Shadow Of Mordor: The Bright Lord: The Kotaku Review |url=https://kotaku.com/shadow-of-mordor-the-bright-lord-the-kotaku-review-1687678128  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://kotaku.com/shadow-of-mordor-the-bright-lord-the-kotaku-review-1687678128  |archive-date=30 January 2022 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Kotaku]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |date=24 February 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Clear}}

[[File:Charles Edwards at World Premiere London, The Rings of Power 2022.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Charles Edwards (actor)|Charles Edwards]] played Celebrimbor in ''The Rings of Power''.]]

=== Other ===

''Celebrimbor's Secret'' is the title of an expansion, part of "The Ring-maker Cycle" series, for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game]]'', a [[Collectible card game#Overview|non-collectible customizable card game]] produced by [[Fantasy Flight Games]] from 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrimbor's Secret |url=https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game/products/celebrimbors-secret/  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game/products/celebrimbors-secret/  |archive-date=30 January 2022 |url-status=live|website=Fantasy Flight Games |access-date=18 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Celebrimbor is played by the English actor [[Charles Edwards (actor)|Charles Edwards]] in the television series ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]'', from 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=Travis |first=Ben |title=Meet the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's Pivotal Elf Celebrimbor – Exclusive Image |date=7 June 2022 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/meet-lord-of-the-rings-power-pivotal-elf-celebrimbor-exclusive/ |website=Empire Online |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>