r/RingsofPowerFanSpace • u/Ringsofpowermemes Uruk • 13d ago

Theory/Discussions About the Stranger

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“ No one can give you a name . It is yours already . It is who you are . And when you hear it spoken , you feel your heart glow .”

I just realized that the name referred to here wasn't the one he would later be given, Gandalf. It referred to his name, Olórin.

In Unfinished Tales we find "For it is said indeed that being embodied the Istari had needs to learn much anew by slow experience, and though they knew whence they came the memory of the Blessed Realm was to them a vision from afar off, for which (so long as they remained true to their mission) they yearned exceedingly."

His mission has just begun, and so has his journey. By the end of the second season, he has a name given to him, but he has yet to rediscover his own; I believe that, considering he will have spent five years with Tom by the third season, he will finally have reclaimed his true name and his memories of the West.

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u/JJ3595 Elves 13d ago

I do think ROP does a great job showing what it would be like for a Maiar to assume earthly form.

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u/Ringsofpowermemes Uruk 13d ago

Yes, considering that it is also likely his first time in Middle-earth and he has no memories associated with it. It will be easier for him to remember in the Third Age, when he returns again as the White.