- 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...
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- 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...
- 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...
- the
character as vain and ambitious.
Daniel Weyman as Gandalf: One of the
Istari (Wizards) who
falls from the sky in a
flaming meteor and
befriends Nori...
- "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...
-
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...
- He is an
original character.
Patrick O'Connor as
Gandalf the Grey, an
Istari wizard. As with
Webster and Mortensen,
coverage has
noted O'Connor's resemblance...
- his
direction to an
American accent. Ian
McKellen as
Gandalf the Grey: An
Istari wizard and
mentor to Frodo. Sean
Connery was
approached for the role, but...
-
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...
