![]() This character struggles with darkness, presented to him first by the harm he does with his magic and then more directly as the Rhûn sorcerers try to lure him in. It's possible we're seeing the White Wizard in an early form as The Stranger. The leader of the Wizards who later becomes corrupted by Sauron. But if he's really one of the Blue Wizards, it's odd that he arrived alone and isn't clad in blue. It's possible Allatar and Pallando were separated when they first arrived in Middle-earth, and the language barrier between the Stranger and Nori could be temporary while he identifies his powers in this new place. We don't know a ton about what these Wizards were doing here, only that when Allatar was sent here he asked Pallando to join him and Tolkien described the two as having, "had very great influence on the history of the Second and Third Age." While these two are equal in power to Gandalf or Radagast when they arrive, their contributions are not well documented by Tolkien. The other two are most commonly referred to as the Blue Wizards, since Tolkien describes their robes as a sea blue. Gandalf and the other two Wizards aren't supposed to have sailed to Middle-earth until the Third Age, but there are actually five Wizards of Middle-earth. Gandalf isn't supposed to arrive in Middle-earth from Valinor until after Sauron is defeated the first time at the end of the Second Age and this show is not there yet. It's certainly possible this character is Gandalf, but making it so would be a deviation from Tolkien's writings. He tells Nori "when in doubt, always follow your nose" which is exactly what Gandalf says in Fellowship of the Ring when navigating through Moria. The season one finale for Rings of Power dropped another big hint, as The Stranger seems lost for a moment and then smells something sweet on the air to use as a guide. The connection between Gandalf and Hobbits is already well documented, and our Stranger is clad in grey to - the color designation assigned to the Wizard. Many have suspected this character was Gandalf from the beginning, for a couple of reasons. Based on what we know so far, that list of five gets narrowed down pretty quickly. Tolkien made it clear there are only five Wizards who come to Middle-earth, each tasked with helping the people of Middle-earth fight Sauron. We now know for sure that the Stranger is an Istari, or Wizard. We are going to learn and learn and learn, and finding out what exactly is going on might not be so quick." They never really know what their desires are.Īs much as we don't know about him, I think what we're going to do - if we can stay with him - is to see that the way that he impacts communities around him is going to be dramatic. I know what I'm here for.' And that's a joy to have as an actor, because there are some characters who never really know what their purpose is. Whether that was costume, or hair and makeup, or dialect and movement - all those things flowed from that very primal, guttural sense of, 'I know what I need to do here. I think, for me, that was really important. Once I began to tap into that, and feel that deep in the core, then other things flowed out of that. He had a need to accomplish something he had a desire to accomplish this thing. "They were pretty clear at the beginning that what they were bringing me was a character who had, at his core, a really deep and primal purpose. In a July interview with Screenrant during San Diego Comic-Con, actor Daniel Weyman had the following to say about his time as the Stranger. ![]()
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