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For most of his manifestation as a wizard, Gandalf's cloak is grey, hence the names Gandalf the Grey and Greyhame, from Old English hama, "cover, skin". Mithrandir is a name in Sindarin meaning "Grey Pilgrim" or "Grey Wanderer". Midway through The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf becomes the head of the order of Wizards, and is renamed Gandalf the ...
Wizards like Gandalf were immortal Maiar, but took the form of Men.. The Wizards or Istari in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction were powerful angelic beings, Maiar, who took the form of Men to intervene in the affairs of Middle-earth in the Third Age, after catastrophically violent direct interventions by the Valar, and indeed by the one god Eru Ilúvatar, in the earlier ages.
Gandalf: A wizard. A member of the Fellowship of the Ring. Killed in battle in Moria, but returns to play a leading role in the defeat of Sauron. Gil-galad: Last High King of the Noldor, who ruled during the Second Age. Formed the Last Alliance of Elves and Men with Elendil, and fell in combat against Sauron's forces.
Gandalf (a wizard) suspects it is a Ring of Power; seventeen years later, he confirms it was lost by the Dark Lord Sauron and counsels Frodo to take it away from the Shire. Gandalf leaves, promising to return, but fails to do so. Frodo sets out on foot with his cousin Pippin Took and gardener Sam Gamgee.
“Gandalf the Grey falls to the Balrog and then is sent back as Gandalf the White, who's not exactly the same guy but he is the same guy. This is the idea that perhaps there was an even earlier ...
As fantasy series go, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings saga has a relatively low barrier to entry. There are only four books in the main series, and none of them are too terribly long. But ...
[a] Their quest was joined by Bilbo Baggins (the titular hobbit) and occasionally by the wizard Gandalf. Tolkien took the names of Gandalf and 12 of the 13 dwarves – excluding Balin – from the Old Norse Völuspá. [6] [7] The Royal House of Durin: Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the Company and hereditary claimant of the kingdom of the Lonely ...
(Gandalf the Grey, Saruman the White, etc.) Tolkien wrote about two blue wizards in Lord of the Rings named Alatar and Pallando. They both traveled to Rhûn to convince men who had been loyal to ...