The Stranger in The Rings of Power Might Not Be Gandalf After All…

Since he arrived in The Rings of Power season one, the identity of The Stranger has been one of the show’s biggest mysteries. Played by Daniel Weyman in Prime Video’s very flashy, very expensive prequel to The Lord of the Rings , there are lots of fan theories.

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“Mainly the people I speak to have found the story of the Stranger has resonated for them because of the way that they are present for these big learning moments,” Weyman told Nerdist . “As he understands friendship, as he begins to trust, as he sees in the Harfoot community love, and their sort of communal humanity. And then in the way he has his own personal journey with understanding his own power. Danger versus good, there to help or to do selfish deeds, that sort of thing is resonating a lot with people.”

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We didn’t learn that the Stranger had magical abilities until the season 1 finale, but the character still works through certain things related to his identity. “He is pretty certain that he’s a wizard. Other people have heard. Nori’s heard,” Weyman continued. “The mystics call him an Istar. And he’s got some relationship with that. Some knowledge, I think through helping with the mystics and maybe using the stuff that Nori gave him to channel. The energy has, in some way, just reconnected him to a bit more of his origins and his eternal being.”

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