Lord of the Ring question

[JukeBoxHero]

Is there anymore names mention that are in the great Council besides the following 3 wizards.
1.Gandalf the Grey
2.Saruman the White
3.Radagast the Brown

[xfMike]

Well, there are five wizards that came over to Middle Earth, the three you mentioned, plus two other, lesser, Blue Wizards.

Alatar and Pallando. They are mentioned in The Silmarillion but not too much is known about them though. Though appearantly went east with Saruman to help fight off Sauron, but it is believed they have failed... as nothing is heard of them.

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/geek :P

[JukeBoxHero]

Thanks, I've heard of other Lord of the Rings related books, but I could never really find them. Do those 2 wizards have extra add ons like Gandalf "the Grey"

[gh2masterwellalmost]

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Thank god we don't have to do the books in school. I tried, after the fantastic films, i REALLY tried to get into them, but its just rubbish

I'll just go back to 1984...

[xfMike]

To be honest with you, I don't really know.

Alatar and Pallando were both Blue Wizards (such as Gandalf being the Grey wizard (and eventually the White Wizard)). However, both Alatar and Pallando were also named:

Morinehtar and Romestamo. Darkness-slayer and East-helper. I'm not sure what names match up with what.

however, I looked into this and found a pretty good link that helps explain the two Blue Wizards as well as Radagast.

http://www.barrowdowns.com/faq_otherwizards.php

If you are interested in more information, be sure to read the resources this link cites:

Unfinished Tales (The Istari chapter)
History of Middle-earth, Volume XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth
The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings (for the accounts of Radagast)

[xfMike]

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Thank god we don't have to do the books in school. I tried, after the fantastic films, i REALLY tried to get into them, but its just rubbish

I'll just go back to 1984...


I respect your opinion and view, however it just kind of suprises me to hear people say things like this regarding LoTR. Now, the movies are very well done and are on my all time favorites... however, compared to the books that are completely terrible. Night and day difference in the quality of the story. The movies leave a lot of things out that make LoTR what it is. A great epic novel. (Note: I am biased, as I own about ~10 books relating to Middle Earth (The Hobbit, LoTR, Silmarillion, etc...) :P

However, 1984 is pretty good as well, that book is also one of my favorites. :)

[JukeBoxHero]

Thanks man, I'll take a look at that tomorrow, thanks for the link.