[+] The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - SPOILERS ALLOWED

[MarkB]

I really liked the Harfoots in this episode. An entire clan giving a collective Sam Gamgee speech is quite a sight to see.

And they directed the Stranger to Greenwood the Great, so I guess they're following him into proto-Mirkwood.

 

[RuinousPowers]

I really liked the Harfoots in this episode. An entire clan giving a collective Sam Gamgee speech is quite a sight to see.

And they directed the Stranger to Greenwood the Great, so I guess they're following him into proto-Mirkwood.

This is obviously where The Stranger aka Gandalf befriends Treebeard.

 

[Hriston]

As has Radagast, who the Stranger's ties to nature and his befuddlement seem to be pointing for me.

Well, Yavanna is the spouse of Aulë, so the distance between Radagast and Sauron might not be too great. After all, Radagast was chosen to be the companion of Saruman, another student of Aulë.

Personally, I prefer the Man in the Moon theory to the idea that the Stranger might be any of the Third Age wizards.

 

[Hriston]

Celeborn dead? Or just missing/prisoner? Something doesn't track.

Perhaps he will be reembodied by the Valar and sent back to Middle-earth in a later season.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The identity of the three travelers from Rhûn has become even more puzzling in the recent episode. They're clearly supernatural, probably maiar, but they don't seem like wizards to me, at least not the good kind. Their control of fire suggests balrogs.

Tolkien does refer to evil maiar who take forms other than balrogs, werewolves or vampires.

But he also mentions mortal necromancers and the like. Such as the one the White Council mistakenly think is living in Dol Guldur.

In case anyone didn't notice, they were carrying a staff headed with an eye symbol, which gave the episode its name.


Could an eye be considered a type of knob? If the staff has a knob on the end, it would clearly make them wizards.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Celeborn dead? Or just missing/prisoner? Something doesn't track.

Given that this TV series is supposed to be a prequel to the movie, in which Celeborn is alive and well, I'm pretty sure he will turn out to be a prisoner.

They might give him a version of Celebrian's storyline.

 

[John R Davis]

And do what? Show up for the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Now With Dwarves?

I always thought they were dwarves in those wars?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Personally, I prefer the Man in the Moon theory

He could be the inspiration for the halfing version of "Hey Diddle Diddle" that Frodo sings, and also be Sauron or a wizard.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I really liked the Harfoots in this episode. An entire clan giving a collective Sam Gamgee speech is quite a sight to see.

And they directed the Stranger to Greenwood the Great, so I guess they're following him into proto-Mirkwood.

I wounder if we will see a surge in halfing PCs in D&D with people being given character ideas?

Female dwarves may get a popularity boost too.

 

[MarkB]

This is obviously where The Stranger aka Gandalf befriends Treebeard.

Or where the Stranger aka Radagast picks out a nice place to build a cottage.