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Saruman, also called Saruman the White, later Saruman of Many Colours, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. He is the leader of the Istari , wizards sent to Middle-earth in human form by the godlike Valar to challenge Sauron , the main antagonist of the novel.
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The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command. [19] [T 3] Saruman, a Wizard not a warrior, expresses the temptation to Gandalf, in the hope of persuading him, as "Knowledge, Rule, Order". [20]
The Free Peoples of Middle-earth are the four races that never fell under the sway of the evil spirits Morgoth or Sauron: Elves, Men, Dwarves and Ents. Strictly speaking, among Men it was only the Men of the West who are Free People, particularly the descendants of the Dúnedain of the Isle of Númenor , as most Men of the East and South of ...
However, he desires Sauron's power for himself and plots to take over Middle-earth by force, remodelling Isengard along the lines of Sauron's Dark Tower, Barad-Dur. [ T 1 ] [ 2 ] Saruman's character illustrates the corruption of power; his desire for knowledge and order leads to his fall, and he rejects the chance of redemption when it is offered.
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, Isengard (/ ˈ aɪ z ən ɡ ɑːr d /) is a large fortress in Nan Curunír, the Wizard's Vale, in the western part of Middle-earth.In the fantasy world, the name of the fortress is described as a translation of Angrenost, a word in Tolkien's elvish language, Sindarin, a compound of two Old English words: īsen and ġeard, meaning "enclosure of iron".
Saruman was leader of the White Council, but fell in the desire to get the One Ring for himself, and is now an adversary, though less powerful than Sauron. Barad-dûr: Considered: Sauron: Sauron is the Dark Lord or "Lord of the Rings", the chief adversary; he made the One Ring and seeks to get it back to dominate Middle-earth from his realm of ...
Saruman, the chief Wizard, learned of the gift and resented it. Gandalf hid the ring well, and it was not widely known until he left with the other ring-bearers at the end of the Third Age that he, and not Círdan, was the holder of the third of the Elven-rings. [T 1] Gandalf's relationship with Saruman, the head of their Order, was strained.