In The Rings of Power finale, Halbrand is revealed to be Sauron. And with no next episode for the Lord of the Rings show due for a while, we’re taking our time to acknowledge the hints he left scattered throughout Middle Earth during his time with Galadriel.
Well, folks, we did it. After eight episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and tirelessly poring over hints, teases, and near-literal winks to the camera, the Amazon Prime Lord of the Rings prequel has finally revealed that we were all right, and that Sauron is in fact Halbrand (Charlie Vickers).
That’s a good thing, since it would be a missed opportunity if he wasn’t, something the Polygon crew thought during his very first scene — wouldn’t it just be interesting if the sole human to survive alongside Galadriel, who pulled her from the Sundering Seas, was Sauron, the big bad she’s been hunting for years and the scourge of (future) Middle-earth?
It came to color every scene with him in it, even though there were bigger mystery characters no one could explain.
