The Dark Wizard’s True Identity in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Is a Tolkien Deep Cut
Key Highlights The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power reveals that Ciarán Hinds’ Dark Wizard is Pallando, one of Tolkien’s two Blue Wizards. The series depicts Pallando as a corrupted Istar who killed his fellow wizard, Alatar, and cursed Rhûn into a desert wasteland. Pallando and Alatar are rooted in J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings, ...