- 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...
- 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...
- "Wizard King", and
considered making him
either a
renegade member of the
Istari, or an
immortal Maia,
before settling on
having him as a
mortal Man, corrupted...
- knowledge, not by
ruling them with fear and force. They were
known as the
Istari or Wizards, and
included Gandalf the Grey (Olórin or Mithrandir,
later Gandalf...
-
novels The
Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is a wizard, one of the
Istari order, and the
leader of the
Company of the Ring.
Tolkien took the name...
-
Bicyclus istaris, the
velvet bush brown, is a
butterfly in the
family Nymphalidae. It is
found in Guinea,
Sierra Leone, Liberia,
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo...
-
mortal forms to help or
hinder the
peoples of Middle-earth, such as the
Istari (Wizards), Melian, Balrogs, and the Dark Lord Sauron. The
wizards of Middle-earth...
-
Elvish ships could still reach it). In the
Third Age, the
Valar send the
Istari (or wizards) to Middle-earth to aid in the
battle against Sauron. The names...
-
Citadel of
Minas Tirith during the War of the Ring. Radagast: one of the Five
Istari or
Wizards who has an
affinity with nature.
Samwise Gamgee:
Loyal companion...
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Versions of such tales,
including the
origins of
Gandalf and the
other Istari (Wizards), the
death of
Isildur and the loss of the One Ring in the Gladden...
