Sauron may be busy forging rings, but another evil power is rising in the east on The Rings of Power. In Season 1, The Stranger and his harfoot friends ran into some pale, mystical baddies in the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Wizards — dark or otherwise — are rare and powerful beings in the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien, which ...

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Like much of J.R.R. Tolkien’s lore, the history of Istari during the Second Age is a muddled mess of conflicting tales, timelines, and monikers. In some accounts he wrote the Valar sent Istari to ...

When "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" Season 2 aired in late 2024, a smorgasbord of new faces joined the Second Age story. Some of these were classic canon characters, like Tom Bombadil and ...

This post contains spoilers for The Rings of Power through Season 2, Episode 5. Sauron may be busy forging rings, but another evil power is rising in the east on The Rings of Power. In Season 1, The ...