Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings TV present is right here, and, primarily based on its two episode premiere, it is swinging for the fences. After two strong hours, we acquired to satisfy an entire fleet of characters each new and acquainted to Middle-earth. There had been Elves, Harfoots, Dwarves, sea monsters, flashbacks to time immemorial–you title it. There was additionally, unsurprisingly, the explosive introduction of a personality identified solely as The Stranger.

Now The Stranger’s existence is not a surprise–he’s been teased in promotional materials for the reason that present’s promotional cycle began. Guesses about his id and existence have been swirling for months. And we should not anticipate to get any strong solutions any time soon–actor Daniel Wayman advised GameSpot immediately that “we do not know what his intentions are going to be and we do not know the way that is going to influence the world round him.” So, yeah, that is about as mysterious as an individual can get.

However, we did get to spend a major period of time with him over the course of the primary two episodes, which has helped shed sufficient mild to start out getting some theories brewing in our heads. Some of those are, admittedly, stretches, whereas others are starting to really feel more likely. We can proceed to refer again to Tolkien’s texts as we begin to conjure up concepts, however we should additionally keep in mind that Rings of Power–while clearly following the blueprint of the Second Age, is making some main changes and modifications alongside the way in which, so it is important we do not take something without any consideration.

No thought, at this level, is completely off the desk. But, optimistically, we’ll begin getting extra concrete concepts because the present progresses with new episodes every week.