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anduin angel 44 · 01-04-2003, 11:33 PM

Can wizards be blue??? I thought I read something about that. If they can what does it mean? Examples~Gandalf the white.... someone the blue

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Legolas · 01-05-2003, 02:08 AM

Alatar and Pallando were the Blue Wizards.

It just means they wore sea-blue robes. There is a whole chapter in Unfinished Tales about the five wizards. You can read more there - I encourage you to.

From Unfinished Tales:

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The first to come was one of noble men and bearing, with raven hair, and a fair voice, and he was clad in white; great skill he had in works of hand, and he was regarded by well-nigh all, even by the Eldar, as the head of the Order. Others there were also: two clad in sea-blue, and one in earthen brown; and the last came one who seemed the least, less tall than the others, and in looks more aged, grey-haired and grey-clad, and leaning on a staff.

White - Saruman
Grey - Gandalf
Brown - Radagast
Blue - Alatar and Pallando

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LePetitChoux · 01-05-2003, 12:27 PM

Wow, Saruman had black hair...I never knew that...

Manwe Sulimo · 01-05-2003, 02:07 PM

At least before he "aged slowly" for 2,000 years... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Mandos · 01-05-2003, 02:21 PM

Is there ever anything that tells what became of the Ithryn Luin ? In Unfinished Tales, it says that they passed into the East and were never heard from again. It hints that they either forgot their cause, died, or joined Sauron.

Faye Took · 01-05-2003, 05:07 PM

Isn't after a wizard turns white that they next step is black? I remember hearing that somewhere.

Afrodal Fenyar · 01-05-2003, 05:18 PM

The Ithryn Luin are guessed to have founded "magic cults", perhaps in service of Sauron, perhaps not, but anyways, those cults overlasted the fall of Sauron. Nothing else is mentioned, except that Tolkien "fears" they fell and became Sauron's servants.

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anduin angel 44 Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: somewhere outside of the lord of the rings world Posts: 17	Wizards that are blue Can wizards be blue??? I thought I read something about that. If they can what does it mean? Examples~Gandalf the white.... someone the blue (spelling edited) [ January 07, 2003: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ] __________________ i looked at you 1000 times but this time when i looked at you there was something new how could i be so blind

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LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	Wow, Saruman had black hair...I never knew that... __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

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Manwe Sulimo Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Taurelilómëa-tumbalemorna Tumbaletaurëa Lómëanor Posts: 553	At least before he "aged slowly" for 2,000 years... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "Monkeys learn sign language so they can tell the dolphins they love them."

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Mandos Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Panama City, Florida Posts: 131	Is there ever anything that tells what became of the Ithryn Luin ? In Unfinished Tales, it says that they passed into the East and were never heard from again. It hints that they either forgot their cause, died, or joined Sauron. __________________ He came unto the timeless halls where shining fall the countless years and endless reigns the Elder King in Ilmarin on Mountain sheer

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Faye Took Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 343	Isn't after a wizard turns white that they next step is black? I remember hearing that somewhere. __________________ Dream-of the ones who came before. They are calling from across a distant shore. My Blog

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Afrodal Fenyar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 94	The Ithryn Luin are guessed to have founded "magic cults", perhaps in service of Sauron, perhaps not, but anyways, those cults overlasted the fall of Sauron. Nothing else is mentioned, except that Tolkien "fears" they fell and became Sauron's servants. __________________ "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!" ~Eomer