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Sauron (Sala Baker) directly made only one of the 20 rings, the famed "one ring to rule them all," although he assisted in the creation of the nine rings for mortal men and the seven rings for the dwarves. The three rings for the elven-kings were forged alone by Celebrimbor, with knowledge obtained from Sauron.
As soon as the Mystics realize the Stranger isn't Sauron, they label him an "Istar." With this label, and several other hints throughout the episode and the season, The Rings of Power has all but confirmed that the Stranger is everyone's favorite wizard: Gandalf the Grey.
The White-Cloaked Mystics Were Priestesses of Melkor
However, Amazon quickly clarified their identities: the three witches became known as Mystics. Their names were The Ascetic, The Nomad and The Dweller.
Hecate is mentioned in Macbeth, as the leader of the Three Witches. Hecate, the goddess, has been the most affiliated with witcraft. She is the death aspect of the three phases of the goddess; the hag. Hecate was later known, especially in part of Scotland , as the Queen of Elfin or Faerie ( Graves , 401).
In Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Galadriel is played by Cate Blanchett.
While the upcoming TV series does have the chance to bring several beloved Tolkien stories to life on-screen, none of them include Gandalf. That's because The Rings of Power will be set primarily in the Second Age of Middle-earth, and Gandalf doesn't come to the land until its Third Age.
The episode starts, however, with a fake-out from the three mysterious, white-cloaked witches claiming that the Stranger (Daniel Weyman) is actually Sauron. Later in the episode, it's revealed that he's not Sauron, but actually a powerful wizard known as an Istari, like Gandalf and Saruman from “The Lord of the Rings.”
Saruman was the first Wizard to arrive in Middle-earth, followed by Gandalf and then Radagast. Because of Saruman's slight distaste toward Hobbits in Jackson's films and Radagast's connection with woodland creatures, it's safe to assume the Stranger is likely not Saruman or Radagast.
Sauron intended it to be the most powerful of all Rings, able to rule and control those who wore the others. Since the other Rings were powerful on their own, Sauron was obliged to place much of his own power into the One to achieve his purpose. Creating the Ring simultaneously strengthened and weakened Sauron.
Vilya (the Ring of Air, the Blue Ring), from Quenya vilya, "air", was the mightiest of the Three. It was made of gold and set with a sapphire. Elrond inherited Vilya from Gil-galad and used it to safeguard Rivendell.
Galadriel has very strong magical powers, and she is said to be the greatest of the Ñoldor after Fëanor. The majority of her powers come from her Ring of Power, Nenya, the Ring of Water.
The nine, as Nazgûl, were soon established as Sauron's principal servants. They were dispersed after the first overthrow of Sauron late in the Second Age at the hands of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, but their survival was assured by the power of the One Ring.
The Nazgûl (Black Speech: Ringwraiths, sometimes written Ring-wraiths), also known as the Nine Riders or Black Riders (or simply the Nine), were Sauron's "most terrible servants" in Middle-earth. They were mortal Men who had been turned into wraiths by their Nine Rings of power.
The Nazgûl were nine Kings of Men who were given rings of power by Sauron. They became the evil servants of the dark lord, easily corrupted by the rings and were also known as Ringwraiths or black riders. They were led by the Witch King of Angmar.
The Dweller (Bridie Sisson), Ascetic (Kali Kopae), and Nomad (Edith Poor) reveal themselves to be servants of Sauron, and they identify the Stranger as their master. Knowing that Sauron wouldn't be at full strength or even fully aware of his identity, the witches offer to take the Stranger under their wing.
Next, Sauron sought to bring the Elves into his service, so he disguised himself as Annatar, Lord of Gifts, to seduce them. The Elves helped Sauron forge the Rings of Power. In secret, Sauron also forged the One Ring, to rule all other rings, in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor.
You won't find traditional Hobbits in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Amazon's big-budget Middle-earth TV series is set thousands of years before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, meaning there's no Shire, no Baggins protagonists, and no second breakfast.
The first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power are here, and they are nothing short of spectacular. However, contrary to what the title would suggest, the story of this series is not, in fact, that of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. You'll find no Frodo, no Gandalf, and no Fellowship.
The man who fell to Middle-earth
There is no shortage of theories about the confused celestial traveler known to many as simply the Stranger (Daniel Weyman), or more affectionately as Meteor Man. Some say he is Sauron, or a Balrog, or Tilion — or even Gandalf.
While Sauron's One Ring is built around domination, the elven rings are built around preservation. As Elrond says at the council in Rivendell, "those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained.
Galadriel's brother is named Finrod (Will Fletcher), and he actually plays a remarkably important role in a number of the most significant stories of the First Age in Tolkien's The Silmarillion.
Yet, since Tolkien does give family trees for other important Elves in the book, such as Galadriel and Elrond, it's clear that Galadriel is not Legolas's mother. (Besides, she is one of the Noldor, not a Silvan or Sindar Elf.)