The death of Gandalf the Gray at the hands of the Balrog in the Mines of Moria was a pivotal moment in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It marked a turn towards ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's stories are filled with mystical forces. But the rules of how magic operates in Middle-earth were always left a little vague. Tolkien often employed soft magic, a system that leaves ...

**Spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 finale, now streaming on Prime Video.** The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 ends with our heroes on the ropes. The ...

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In the first season, the elf Galadriel attempted to root out the dark lord Sauron, only to discover that the mysterious traveling companion she picked up during a shipwreck turned out not to be a long ...

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Saruman's jealousy of Gandalf dates back to their angelic origins in Valinor, as noted in Tolkien's Silmarillion. Saruman's envy peaked when Gandalf received the elven Ring of Power from Círdan, ...