This post contains spoilers for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”Prime Video’s “The Rings of Power” concluded its first season with a heart-thumping finale, while managing to bring stray narrative threads together in a satisfying fashion.
A lot of big reveals took place, confirming flaming hot fan theories: Halbrand is Sauron! The Stranger is Gandalf! …
and so on.
Apart from this, we saw the forging of the Elven rings of power, Galadriel being faced with irresistible temptation, and Sauron straight up walking into Mordor.
While the “Rings of Power” finale is a feast, I would like to talk about the implications of an important location mentioned in the episode: Rhûn, or the Eastlands.The episode opens with a fake-out when the Cult of Melkor approaches The Stranger (Daniel Weyman) and hails him as Sauron.
The group tells him that a veil prevents him from understanding who he truly is,
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