Manw drives many of the events in The Lord of the Rings, but many readers of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel don’t know who he is. Manw is one of the most powerful characters in Lord of the Rings, but he operates in the background. His real starring role came in The Silmarillion, a collection of stories that Tolkien’s son, Christopher, finished editing and got published after Tolkien died. Here, it is revealed how the commanding figure actually manifests his influence all throughout the Third Age events in the Peter Jackson movies.