The Season 1 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings an end to many of the series’ ongoing mysteries, including the one that surrounded The Stranger’s (Daniel Weyman) identity ever since he arrived in Middle-earth via an explosive meteor strike. Despite heavily implying that The Stranger was secretly Sauron, The Rings of Power Episode 8 reveals that he is an “Istar,” which means both “wise one” and “wizard.”
