User:Gandalf Maiar/Maiar and the five wizards

2008-07-07T21:03:51Z

Gandalf Maiar: All you need to know of the Maiar!!!

'''Here is an account of the Maiar this research was found from various websites'''

In Valinor, Gandalf's name was Olorin. Wisest of the Maiar, his home was in Irmo's Lorien. He also often went to the house of Nienna and from her learned pity and patience. He loved the elves and walked unseen among them or in the same form. Thus they did not know that he was the source of fair visions and wise promptings that he put into their hearts.
Later, he was the friend of all the Children of Iluvatar, pitying their sorrows. If they listened to him, they lost their despair and the dark imaginations that come of it.
He was chosen to be one of the Istari sent to Arda as representatives of the Valar to counter Melkor's influence through Sauron. Instead of acting directly, they were to train the Children of Iluvatar to think and fight evil for themselves - to grow up. In order to do this, much power and many memories had to be removed from the Istari. Also, they took on the forms of old men as suited counselors and investigators, rather than active heroes.
In one story, Gandalf gave the Elessar jewel from Yavanna to Galadriel to give to Aragorn, as a token that the Children of Iluvatar had not been forgotten by the Valar, and would be given aid.
Gandalf watched for the doings of Sauron who would and did come again. He found the One Ring as it tried to make its way back to Sauron, but had been intercepted by hobbits with the aid of the Valar. He aided the forming of the Fellowship to have the One Ring destroyed rather than used, and was a prime mover seeing to that end as requested by the Valar of him and because he believed in the mission.
He did have to fight the balrog of Moria, as should not have happened to a Counselor. He defeated the balrog but his form of Gandalf the Grey died, returning to Valinor. The Valar returned him as Gandalf the White, with greater power for the escalated battle they knew would come, and he the only Istar left.
The Maiar consists of;
Aiwendil A Maia of Yavanna's people, and a friend to birds, he was one of those who passed across the Great Sea in the Third Age to become Wizards, and is better known by the name he received in Middle-earth: Radagast the Brown.
Alatar One of the Maiar of Oromë, he was among the original three Wizards selected to pass east across the Great Sea to Middle-earth. Once there, he passed into the east with Curumo and Pallando, and never returned to the western lands.
Arien A spirit of fire, and one of the Maiar of Vána. When the Sun was newly made, Arien was chosen to be its guide, and she took on the form of a brilliant flame before travelling into the skies of Arda.
Curumo One of Aulë's Maiar, who was noted for his inventiveness and ingenuity. He was the foremost of those chosen the return to Middle-earth as Wizards, and there he became better known by the name Saruman.
Eönwë One of the most powerful of the Maiar, the standard-bearer and herald of Manwë himself. It was Eönwë who led the host of the Valar into Middle-earth to fight the War of Wrath.
Gothmog A Maia subverted by Melkor, who became one of the Dark Lord's greatest servants. He was known as the Lord of Balrogs and High-captain of Angband. He met his end in Morgoth's invasion of Gondolin, where he was slain by the Elf-lord Ecthelion.
Ilmarë The handmaid of Varda, and thus one of the most important of the Maiar. Ilmarë was said to be one of the best known of the Maiar in later ages, though she appears in no tale, and little is known of her beyond her name.
Melian Originally from the people of both Vána and Estë, Melian was the only Maia to wed a Child of Ilúvatar. Travelling to Middle-earth, she met Elu Thingol in the wood of Nan Elmoth, and they wed to become King and Queen of Doriath. They had a daughter, Lúthien, through whom the line of the Maiar entered the peoples of Middle-earth. Melian remained in Doriath until the time of Thingol's death, and then returned to Valinor.
Olórin Regarded as the wisest of all the Maiar, Olórin was selected as one of those to travel east to Middle-earth in the Third Age. There, he took on the guise of a Wizard, and as Gandalf he helped to oversee and direct the resistance against Sauron.
Ossë The tempestuous Maia of the coastal seas, Ossë was a vassal of Ulmo and spouse to Uinen. For a time, he turned to Melkor's side against the Valar, but he was pardoned and returned to his former master. It was Ossë who persuaded the Falathrim to remain in Middle-earth, and who taught the Teleri of Tol Eressëa the art of ship-building so that they could travel to the shores of Eldamar.
Pallando A friend of Alatar among the Maiar of Oromë, Pallando was chosen as one of the five to be sent across the Great Sea to aid Middle-earth, where they became known as Istari or Wizards. With his friend Alatar, Pallando travelled into the eastern lands. Together they became known as the Blue Wizards, but little is known of their travels in the East.
Salmar A follower of Ulmo, who made the Ulumúri, the horns of white shell borne by his master. The music of the Ulumúri could create a yearning for the sea, and was never forgotten by those who heard it.
Sauron Among the most powerful of the Maiar, Sauron was originally one of Aulë's people, but he was corrupted and became one of Melkor's greatest servants. After Melkor was banished from the World at the end of the First Age, Sauron took on the mantle of the Dark Lord, and threatened the Free Peoples of Middle-earth for many centuries until his final defeat at the end of the Third Age.
Tilion A member of Oromë's hunt, who carried a bow of silver. He loved the silver rays of Telperion, and when the White Tree was destroyed he asked for the honour of steering its last flower into the sky. So Tilion became the steersman of the Moon, guiding it across the sky to bring silver light to Middle-earth.
Uinen Called the Lady of the Seas, Uinen is the spouse of Ossë, and a follower of Ulmo. Her hair was said to spread through all the seas of the World, and she could gentle Ossë and thus bring calm seas. For this, she was an important Maia to sea-farers, and she was particularly revered by the Venturers of Númenor, who called themselves Uinendili, the 'devotees of Uinen.

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'''some of these facts i have known for a long time i read the books of lord of the ringsand reserch the languages of elves and Mordor; Quena and the Black speech. i am a fanatic of geek of Tolkien's work'''

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