Why Could the Stranger Be Saruman? Ultimately, we don’t know who the Stranger is, aside from being an Istar, or a wizard. Five wizards came to Middle-earth, so the Stranger could be any of them. When ...

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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 ...

Alice is a Lord of the Rings enthusiast who grew up with Tolkien's tales. She loves all kinds of writing, from articles to stories to her debut novel, which she is seeking literary representation for.

Fans of The Lord of the Rings movies — who watched Christopher Lee's Saruman die at the hands of Grima Wormtongue (Brad Dourif) and Sauron erupt after the destruction of the One Ring — may wonder what ...

Gandalf the Grey seemingly met his end while dueling the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, but he ...

TL;DR: The Lord of the Rings animated prequel, set to release in December, will explore the story of Helm Hammerhand, 183 years before the original trilogy. Phillipia Boyens, co-writer of the original ...

Sadly, Christopher Lee passed away in 2015, long before The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was conceived of and created. But despite this, we will see Christopher Lee return as Saruman in ...

Set between 2965 and the opening moves of the War of the Ring, these adventures invite players to serve, observe, or challenge Saruman the White at the height of his wisdom and the edge of his ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “When we reached out to Gitte, Lady Lee, who’s sadly no longer with us… she said the thing that I ...

The Rings of Power‘s second season is already teasing the Stranger’s true identity. Considering Daniel Weyman’s tall, unkempt magical mystery man wanders around in rags with halflings after arriving ...