The Stranger is actually one of the Istari, a race of wizards that appear in writer J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books. Tolkien writes about five wizards, two of whom feature heavily in the Lord ...

Like Satan, who was once an angel known as Lucifer, Sauron was originally an angelic being himself called Mairon. As one of the Maiar (the race of immortal spirits from which Gandalf also derives), he ...

Sauron's goal is to rule "over flesh" and unite every race under his rule. Despite the acknowledgment that Sauron's manipulation so far has been brilliant, part of why it has been so great is that ...

The Rings of Power episode 6 finally starts to tie together season 2’s plotlines, but its power dynamics hold the whole thing ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power season 2 episode 6. The latest episode of The Rings of Power ...

Rings Of Power isn’t playing coy about the focus of “Halls Of Stone.” The Dwarves are the canary in the coal mine for the ...

Sauron is the villain, and there’s no chance of seeing Frodo ... And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else, desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength ...

but an actual people with their own sense of agency—one that is being denied by Sauron’s villainy. Through the frame of Adar ...

The Rings of Power asks complicated questions, but its season two Ents scene offers one of the most complex: Do the orcs ...

The trilogy of Can Connor Cover?, if you will. We’re coming off of a stellar year in which we covered 148 times and finished ...

Hinds is no stranger to fantasy adaptations: He has had roles in both Game of Thrones and Harry Potter. However, in The Rings ...