In the spirit of that brevity, let's take an aerial view of this episode's other minor but no less important subplots: The Durins: When Annatar/Sauron comes to Khazad-dûm to ask for mithril on ...
Some kind of nature spirit? The folkloric British figure known as the Green ... The ancient beings known as Istar are the wizards that we know from Tolkien's world: Gandalf, Sauron, and Radagast.
The One Ring may be the most obvious example, as it's said that Sauron poured a considerable amount of his own spirit and malice into the item. It's not inconceivable to think that the Iron Crown ...
While the Season 1 finale confirmed the Stranger is, in fact, an Istar — a wizard and Maiar spirit sent by the Valar in Valinor to contribute to the fight against Sauron's second coming — the jury ...