Many had, since the show’s first season, speculated that this would be the case.

This begs the question?

What other theories or speculations are true?

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This had some suggesting that perhaps, he was in fact, Saruman the White.Rings of PowershowrunnersJ.D.

PayneandPatrick McKayhave sought to clarify that speculation with a definite response.

Payne chimed in, “If not impossible.”

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Tom Bombadil has told him, ‘You’re destined to face him.

And then destined to face Sauron.’

Pharazon (Trystan Gravelle) has turned a once prosperous and just kingdom towards injustice and corruption.

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Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeason 2 is streaming on Prime Video now.

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