https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Wizards&feed=atom&action=historyWizards - Revision history2024-03-29T08:23:37ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Wizards&diff=381990&oldid=prevQuickbeamTheGreen: /* History */ changed Cirdan to Círdan2023-10-31T01:32:25Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> changed Cirdan to Círdan</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Cirdan </del>witnessed the arrival of the Order in Middle-earth around the year c. {{TA|1000}} (though the Blue Wizards may have arrived much earlier). Their "mission" was to advise and persuade Men and Elves to resist [[Sauron]]. Each wizard was assigned a colour for his clothes. The wizard in white was Saruman, regarded by all as leader of the order, with white being indicative of the chief. The two in sea-blue robes that travelled to the East and South were Alatar and Pallando. Together, the two of them were known as the [[Blue Wizards]]. The one in brown was Radagast and the one in grey was Gandalf, seemingly the oldest and the least of the Order.<ref name=Istari/> It is not known if the colour had any special meaning concerning their rank, abilities or nature.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Círdan </ins>witnessed the arrival of the Order in Middle-earth around the year c. {{TA|1000}} (though the Blue Wizards may have arrived much earlier). Their "mission" was to advise and persuade Men and Elves to resist [[Sauron]]. Each wizard was assigned a colour for his clothes. The wizard in white was Saruman, regarded by all as leader of the order, with white being indicative of the chief. The two in sea-blue robes that travelled to the East and South were Alatar and Pallando. Together, the two of them were known as the [[Blue Wizards]]. The one in brown was Radagast and the one in grey was Gandalf, seemingly the oldest and the least of the Order.<ref name=Istari/> It is not known if the colour had any special meaning concerning their rank, abilities or nature.</div></td></tr>
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</table>QuickbeamTheGreenhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Wizards&diff=362084&oldid=prevAkhorahil: Undo revision 362057 by Dour1234 (talk) It is clearly said at the beginning of the page not to edit before stating the intention on the talk page2022-11-19T20:44:53Z<p>Undo revision 362057 by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dour1234" title="Special:Contributions/Dour1234">Dour1234</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Dour1234" title="User talk:Dour1234">talk</a>) It is clearly said at the beginning of the page not to edit before stating the intention on the talk page</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among [[Men]] it was initially assumed that the wizards were also men who by long and secret study had acquired great knowledge of lore and arts. However, as the Third Age passed it was marked that the wizards did not die and so Men began to believe that they were of Elven-kind. However, None except [[Elrond]], [[Círdan]], and [[Galadriel]] knew that, in actuality, the wizards, were [[Maiar]], vassals of the [[Valar]]. These <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">five Maiar </del>were sent by the Valar to help and assist the peoples of Middle-earth against Sauron as he gathered his forces during the [[Third Age]].<ref name=Istari/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among [[Men]] it was initially assumed that the wizards were also men who by long and secret study had acquired great knowledge of lore and arts. However, as the Third Age passed it was marked that the wizards did not die and so Men began to believe that they were of Elven-kind. However, None except [[Elrond]], [[Círdan]], and [[Galadriel]] knew that, in actuality, the wizards, were [[Maiar]], vassals of the [[Valar]]. These were sent by the Valar to help and assist the peoples of Middle-earth against Sauron as he gathered his forces during the [[Third Age]].<ref name=Istari/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Quenya]] name ''Istari'' (singular ''Istar'') means "ones who know"<ref>{{PE|17}}, entry Q '''Istari''', p. 119</ref> or "those who know".<ref>{{PM|XINotes}}<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, note 30</del>, p. 360</ref><ref name=L156/> [[Helge Fauskanger]] suggests that it is a combination of the verb ''[[ista-]]'' ("to know") and the [[Wikipedia:Agentive ending|agentive ending]] ''[[-ro|-r(o)]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=Helge Fauskanger|articleurl=https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/affix~1.htm|articlename=Quenya Affixes|website=Ardalambion|accessed=19 November 2022}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Other names==</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Sindarin]] name ''Ithryn'' (singular ''Ithron'') means "wizards".<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2467954793.html|articlename=S. ''Ithron'' n.|website=Eldamo|accessed=19 November 2022}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Sindarin]] name <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>''Ithryn<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>'' (singular ''Ithron'') means "wizards".<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://www.eldamo.org/content/words/word-2467954793.html|articlename=S. ''Ithron'' n.|website=Eldamo|accessed=19 November 2022}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "wizard" is ''curug'' (and "witch" is ''curus''). An alternative word is ''thothweg'', also translated as "wizard".<ref>{{PE|11}}, pp. 27, 73</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In [[Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "wizard" is ''curug'' (and "witch" is ''curus''). An alternative word is ''thothweg'', also translated as "wizard".<ref>{{PE|11}}, pp. 27, 73</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Dour1234https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Wizards&diff=362051&oldid=prevAkhorahil: Undo revision 362050 by Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου (talk) It is clearly written at the top of the page that you should discuss your intent (on the talk page) before editing, because I am busy editing the page2022-11-19T16:03:48Z<p>Undo revision 362050 by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Special:Contributions/Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου">Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" title="User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου">talk</a>) It is clearly written at the top of the page that you should discuss your intent (on the talk page) before editing, because I am busy editing the page</p>
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</table>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Wizards&diff=362049&oldid=prevAkhorahil: /* Etymology */ Rewrote the etymology section to be more in line with the Tolkien Gateway style and corrected the references2022-11-19T15:38:04Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Etymology: </span> Rewrote the etymology section to be more in line with the Tolkien Gateway style and corrected the references</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tolkien</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s Istari were not wizards </del>in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">common </del>sense of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the word</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but </del>rather <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">more like 'wise men' </del>or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even 'messengers.' </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, a lifelong philologist and devoted Catholic, deliberately used the word wizard, as it connoted </del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wisdom</del>' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and conveniently conveyed to the reader the </del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other worldly</del>' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">powers of the characters</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">These sentiments were best worded by Tolkien himself in the first paragraph of the essay ''The </del>Istari<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' in the [[Unfinished Tales]]:</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The name ''Wizards</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">', which means "wise" (</ins>in the sense of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Wise Men"<ref>{{PM|Third}}, manuscript T4</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entry c. 1000</ref>) </ins>rather <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">than "sorcerer" </ins>or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"magician"<ref>{{L|131|24}}</ref><ref name=L156>{{L|156}}</ref> is a translation of the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Quenya</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Istari</ins>''.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{UT|</ins>Istari<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><blockquote>Wizard ''is a translation of </del>Quenya ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">istar</del>'' (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sindarin </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ithron</del>'')<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: one of the members of an </del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">order</del>" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(as they call it)</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">claiming to possess, and exhibiting</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">eminent knowledge of the history and nature of the World</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The translation (though suitable in its relation to </del>"<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wise</del>" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and other ancient words of knowing</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">similar to </del>that of ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">istar</del>'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in Quenya</del>) <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is not perhaps happy, since </del>''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Heren</del>'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Istarion or "Order of Wizards" was quite distinct from "wizards" and "magicians" of later legend; they belonged solely to the Third Age and then departed, and none save maybe Elrond, Círdan and Galadriel discovered of what kind they were or whence they came</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del></<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">blockquote</del>></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The [[</ins>Quenya<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] name </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Istari</ins>'' (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">singular </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Istar</ins>'') <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">means </ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ones who know</ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{PE|17}}</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entry Q '''Istari'''</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">p</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">119</ref> or </ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">those who know</ins>"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.<ref>{{PM|XINotes}}, note 30</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">p. 360</ref><ref name=L156/> [[Helge Fauskanger]] suggests </ins>that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it is a combination </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the verb </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[ista-]]</ins>'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">("to know"</ins>) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and the [[Wikipedia:Agentive ending|agentive ending]] </ins>''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[-ro|-r(o)]]</ins>''.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{webcite|author=Helge Fauskanger|articleurl=https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/affix~1.htm|articlename=Quenya Affixes|website=Ardalambion|accessed=19 November 2022}}</ins></<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ref</ins>></div></td></tr>
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</table>Akhorahilhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Wizards&diff=360656&oldid=prevAkhorahil: Undo revision 360653 by LordoftheEarth (talk) The note at the top of the page clearly said that this page should not be edited without asking on the talk page first; apart from that it is not said in The Nature of Middle-earth that the last two Maiar Guardians were the same as later wizards (i.e. Avatar and Pallando)2022-10-29T10:03:56Z<p>Undo revision 360653 by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/LordoftheEarth" title="Special:Contributions/LordoftheEarth">LordoftheEarth</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:LordoftheEarth" title="User talk:LordoftheEarth">talk</a>) The note at the top of the page clearly said that this page should not be edited without asking on the talk page first; apart from that it is not said in The Nature of Middle-earth that the last two Maiar Guardians were the same as later wizards (i.e. Avatar and Pallando)</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cirdan witnessed the arrival of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Istari </del>in Middle-earth around the year c. {{TA|1000}} (though the Blue Wizards may have arrived much earlier). Their "mission" was to advise and persuade Men and Elves to resist <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the returned Dark Lord</del>. Each wizard was assigned a colour for his clothes. The wizard in white was Saruman, regarded by all as leader of the order, with white being indicative of the chief. The two in sea-blue robes that travelled to the East and South were Alatar and Pallando. Together, the two of them were known as the [[Blue Wizards]]. The one in brown was Radagast and the one in grey was Gandalf, seemingly the oldest and the least of the Order.<ref name=Istari/> It is not known if the colour had any special meaning concerning their rank, abilities or nature.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cirdan witnessed the arrival of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Order </ins>in Middle-earth around the year c. {{TA|1000}} (though the Blue Wizards may have arrived much earlier). Their "mission" was to advise and persuade Men and Elves to resist <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Sauron]]</ins>. Each wizard was assigned a colour for his clothes. The wizard in white was Saruman, regarded by all as leader of the order, with white being indicative of the chief. The two in sea-blue robes that travelled to the East and South were Alatar and Pallando. Together, the two of them were known as the [[Blue Wizards]]. The one in brown was Radagast and the one in grey was Gandalf, seemingly the oldest and the least of the Order.<ref name=Istari/> It is not known if the colour had any special meaning concerning their rank, abilities or nature.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were clothed in the bodies of old men, restricting their powers so that they would only assist the peoples of Middle-earth and not seek domination like <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Dark Lord </del>had <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- for Sauron himself </del>was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the great subversive </del>Maia. They were charged by the Valar to assist the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">denizens </del>of Middle-earth through persuasion and encouragement, not force or fear. By inhabiting the bodies of Men they also became susceptible to all of the weaknesses of a physical body: they felt hunger, pain, greed, sorrow, joy, and all other emotions and pains of Men.<ref name=Istari/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were clothed in the bodies of old men, restricting their powers so that they would only assist the peoples of Middle-earth and not seek domination like <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron </ins>had<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, who </ins>was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also a </ins>Maia. They were charged by the Valar to assist the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">people </ins>of Middle-earth through persuasion and encouragement, not force or fear. By inhabiting the bodies of Men they also became susceptible to all of the weaknesses of a physical body: they felt hunger, pain, greed, sorrow, joy, and all other emotions and pains of Men.<ref name=Istari/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were immortal, and they aged only very slowly.<ref name=Istari/> However, their bodies could be killed:<ref name=Istari/> Gandalf was mortally wounded in his duel with the [[Durin's Bane|Balrog of Moria]], and only through the intervention of [[Ilúvatar]] himself was he restored to his body.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were immortal, and they aged only very slowly.<ref name=Istari/> However, their bodies could be killed:<ref name=Istari/> Gandalf was mortally wounded in his duel with the [[Durin's Bane|Balrog of Moria]], and only through the intervention of [[Ilúvatar]] himself was he restored to his body.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Very few of Middle-earth's inhabitants knew who the Wizards really were; the Istari did not share this information. Most believed they were Elves or wise Men (''Gandalf'' represents this interpretation, meaning ''Wand-elf'', because the Men who gave him the nickname believed he was an Elf). They attracted few questions due to their gentle nature and dislike of direct interference with other people's affairs. In spite of their specific and unambiguous goal, the Wizards were nevertheless capable of mortal feelings, thus Gandalf felt great affection for the [[Hobbits]]. On the other hand, they could feel negative mortal emotions like greed, jealousy, and lust for power. Saruman himself fell victim to these emotions, and it is hinted in an essay in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' that the Blue Wizards (see below) may have also fallen prey to these temptations during their journeys in the East.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Very few of Middle-earth's inhabitants knew who the Wizards really were; the Istari did not share this information. Most believed they were Elves or wise Men (''Gandalf'' represents this interpretation, meaning ''Wand-elf'', because the Men who gave him the nickname believed he was an Elf). They attracted few questions due to their gentle nature and dislike of direct interference with other people's affairs. In spite of their specific and unambiguous goal, the Wizards were nevertheless capable of mortal feelings, thus Gandalf felt great affection for the [[Hobbits]]. On the other hand, they could feel negative mortal emotions like greed, jealousy, and lust for power. Saruman himself fell victim to these emotions, and it is hinted in an essay in ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' that the Blue Wizards (see below) may have also fallen prey to these temptations during their journeys in the East.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saruman was originally gifted with the greatest power of the five Istari and was named the head of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>White Council<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, a group of the Wise in opposition to Sauron. In {{TA|2759}}, he was invited by the rulers of Gondor and Rohan to settle in [[Isengard]] and the impenetrable tower of [[Orthanc]].<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The White Wizard </del>was learned in the lore of the [[Rings of Power]], gradually becoming corrupted by the desire <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to share in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dark Lord</del>'s <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">power, one way or another. Eager to stand by Sauron as his quasi-equal lieutenant or claim the [[One Ring]] first, Saruman was bent into his vassal </del>through the ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'' of Orthanc and assisted <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his new master </del>in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>War of the Ring<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>until he was defeated by the [[Ents]] and Gandalf, who broke his staff and cast him out of the White Council. Saruman's death came at the hands of his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mistreated </del>servant [[Gríma|Wormtongue]] in [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>Shire]], after the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">downfall </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron</del>. His spirit was then dispersed by a wind from the West, becoming similar to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that of his Black Master </del>in his destruction.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saruman was originally gifted with the greatest power of the five Istari and was named the head of the White Council, a group of the Wise in opposition to Sauron. In {{TA|2759}}, he was invited by the rulers of Gondor and Rohan to settle in [[Isengard]] and the impenetrable tower of [[Orthanc]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Saruman </ins>was learned in the lore of the [[Rings of Power]], gradually becoming corrupted by the desire <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rings and by Sauron</ins>'s <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">direct influence on him </ins>through the ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'' of Orthanc<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Eventually he became ensnared in Sauron's power, </ins>and assisted <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">him </ins>in the War of the Ring until he was defeated by the [[Ents]] and Gandalf, who broke his staff and cast him out of the White Council. Saruman's death came at the hands of his servant [[Gríma|Wormtongue]] in [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>Shire]], after the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">destruction </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[the One Ring]]</ins>. His spirit was then dispersed by a wind from the West, becoming similar to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron </ins>in his destruction.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">With </del>Saruman <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">falling into mimicry </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron as his two-faced minion </del>and after <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his </del>defeat of the Balrog of Moria, Gandalf was reborn and given the title of Gandalf the White. Gandalf, who had originally been nominated for leadership of the White Council by the Elf-Lady [[Galadriel]], assumed leadership both of the White Council and the Order of the Istari. He then cast Saruman from the order and led the West to victory over Sauron, advising the [[Ring-bearers|Ringbearer]] [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and the new king of [[Gondor]] [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]]. After the defeat of Sauron and Saruman, Gandalf traveled west across the Sea with the Ringbearers, revealing that he himself was the bearer of [[Narya]], one of the Elven Rings.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When </ins>Saruman <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fell to the temptation </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Ring, </ins>and after <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>defeat of the Balrog of Moria, Gandalf was reborn and given the title of Gandalf the White. Gandalf, who had originally been nominated for leadership of the White Council by the Elf-Lady [[Galadriel]], assumed leadership both of the White Council and the Order of the Istari. He then cast Saruman from the order and led the West to victory over Sauron, advising the [[Ring-bearers|Ringbearer]] [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and the new king of [[Gondor]] [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]]. After the defeat of Sauron and Saruman, Gandalf traveled west across the Sea with the Ringbearers, revealing that he himself was the bearer of [[Narya]], one of the Elven Rings <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Power</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Radagast stayed true to his mission for a while, even <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acting </del>as a messenger to Gandalf from Saruman, convincing Gandalf <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to ride to [[Isengard]] </del>to meet with Saruman. He also instructed the birds in his service to assist <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the White Wizard </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Grey Pilgrim</del>. Radagast dwelt at [[Rhosgobel]] near the borders of [[Mirkwood]]. Eventually, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Brown Wizard </del>is said to have become enamoured of the beasts and birds and to have ultimately failed to complete his mission. Later writings are less critical of Radagast, arguing that he did not fail at his mission as much as simply choose a tactic - working with the animal world - that ultimately proved less directly effective than working with Men and Elves.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Radagast stayed true to his mission for a while, even <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">serving </ins>as a messenger to Gandalf from Saruman, convincing Gandalf to meet with Saruman. He also instructed the birds in his service to assist <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Saruman </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gandalf</ins>. Radagast dwelt at [[Rhosgobel]] near the borders of [[Mirkwood]]. Eventually, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Radagast </ins>is said to have become enamoured of the beasts and birds and to have ultimately failed to complete his mission. Later writings are less critical of Radagast, arguing that he did not fail at his mission as much as simply choose a tactic - working with the animal world - that ultimately proved less directly effective than working with Men and Elves.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Blue Wizards]] went into the East and South and do not come into the tales of north-western Middle-earth. It is sometimes thought that the Blue Wizards also failed in their mission and fell to the temptations that had corrupted Saruman; it is said that their fall gave rise to magical cults in the East and South.<ref>{{UT|13a}}, note 3 referring to a letter by J.R.R. Tolkien from 1958</ref> However, other writings again suggest otherwise, even that the Blue Wizards possibly succeeded in their mission, and that the victories of the West would have been impossible without their influence in the East and South.<ref name=Five/></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[Blue Wizards]] went into the East and South and do not come into the tales of north-western Middle-earth. It is sometimes thought that the Blue Wizards also failed in their mission and fell to the temptations that had corrupted Saruman; it is said that their fall gave rise to magical cults in the East and South.<ref>{{UT|13a}}, note 3 referring to a letter by J.R.R. Tolkien from 1958</ref> However, other writings again suggest otherwise, even that the Blue Wizards possibly succeeded in their mission, and that the victories of the West would have been impossible without their influence in the East and South.<ref name=Five/></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Order of Wizards came to an end with the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">final defeat </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Dark Lord</del>. Saruman died in Middle-earth after [[Gríma|Gríma Wormtongue]] had cut his throat. It is probable that the spirit of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the corrupted Wizard </del>was not allowed to return to the West, because the grey mist that rose from his body and that lingered as a pale shrouded figure dissolved into nothing when a cold wind came from the [[Aman|West]].<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}, p. 1020</ref> Gandalf, who remained true to the mission of the Order, departed from Middle-earth in {{TA|3021|n}}.<ref>{{RK|Havens}}, p. 1030</ref> The fate of the other three wizards who landed in the North is unknown.<ref name=Istari/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Order of Wizards came to an end with the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">passing </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron</ins>. Saruman died in Middle-earth after [[Gríma|Gríma Wormtongue]] had cut his throat. It is probable that the spirit of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Saruman </ins>was not allowed to return to the West, because the grey mist that rose from his body and that lingered as a pale shrouded figure dissolved into nothing when a cold wind came from the [[Aman|West]].<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}, p. 1020</ref> Gandalf, who remained true to the mission of the Order, departed from Middle-earth in {{TA|3021|n}}.<ref>{{RK|Havens}}, p. 1030</ref> The fate of the other three wizards who landed in the North is unknown.<ref name=Istari/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among [[Men]] it was initially assumed that the wizards were also men who by long and secret study had acquired great knowledge of lore and arts. However, as the Third Age passed it was marked that the wizards did not die and so Men began to believe that they were of Elven-kind. However, None except [[Elrond]], [[Círdan]], and [[Galadriel]] knew that, in actuality, the wizards, were [[Maiar]], vassals of the [[Valar]]. These were sent by the Valar to help and assist the peoples of Middle-earth against Sauron as he gathered his forces during the [[Third Age]].<ref name=Istari/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Among [[Men]] it was initially assumed that the wizards were also men who by long and secret study had acquired great knowledge of lore and arts. However, as the Third Age passed it was marked that the wizards did not die and so Men began to believe that they were of Elven-kind. However, None except [[Elrond]], [[Círdan]], and [[Galadriel]] knew that, in actuality, the wizards, were [[Maiar]], vassals of the [[Valar]]. These were sent by the Valar to help and assist the peoples of Middle-earth against <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Sauron<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] the [[Dark Lord|Enemy]] </ins>as he gathered his forces during the [[Third Age]].<ref name=Istari/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cirdan witnessed the arrival of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Order </del>in Middle-earth around the year c. {{TA|1000}} (though the Blue Wizards may have arrived much earlier). Their "mission" was to advise and persuade Men and Elves to resist <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Sauron]]</del>. Each wizard was assigned a colour for his clothes. The wizard in white was Saruman, regarded by all as leader of the order, with white being indicative of the chief. The two in sea-blue robes that travelled to the East and South were Alatar and Pallando. Together, the two of them were known as the [[Blue Wizards]]. The one in brown was Radagast and the one in grey was Gandalf, seemingly the oldest and the least of the Order.<ref name=Istari/> It is not known if the colour had any special meaning concerning their rank, abilities or nature.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cirdan witnessed the arrival of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Istari </ins>in Middle-earth around the year c. {{TA|1000}} (though the Blue Wizards may have arrived much earlier). Their "mission" was to advise and persuade Men and Elves to resist <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the returned Dark Lord</ins>. Each wizard was assigned a colour for his clothes. The wizard in white was Saruman, regarded by all as leader of the order, with white being indicative of the chief. The two in sea-blue robes that travelled to the East and South were Alatar and Pallando. Together, the two of them were known as the [[Blue Wizards]]. The one in brown was Radagast and the one in grey was Gandalf, seemingly the oldest and the least of the Order.<ref name=Istari/> It is not known if the colour had any special meaning concerning their rank, abilities or nature.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were clothed in the bodies of old men, restricting their powers so that they would only assist the peoples of Middle-earth and not seek domination like Sauron <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had, who </del>was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also a </del>Maia. They were charged by the Valar to assist the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">people </del>of Middle-earth through persuasion and encouragement, not force or fear. By inhabiting the bodies of Men they also became susceptible to all of the weaknesses of a physical body: they felt hunger, pain, greed, sorrow, joy, and all other emotions and pains of Men.<ref name=Istari/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were clothed in the bodies of old men, restricting their powers so that they would only assist the peoples of Middle-earth and not seek domination like <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Dark Lord had - for </ins>Sauron <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">himself </ins>was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the great subversive </ins>Maia. They were charged by the Valar to assist the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">denizens </ins>of Middle-earth through persuasion and encouragement, not force or fear. By inhabiting the bodies of Men they also became susceptible to all of the weaknesses of a physical body: they felt hunger, pain, greed, sorrow, joy, and all other emotions and pains of Men.<ref name=Istari/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were immortal, and they aged only very slowly.<ref name=Istari/> However, their bodies could be killed:<ref name=Istari/> Gandalf was mortally wounded in his duel with the [[Durin's Bane|Balrog of Moria]], and only through the intervention of [[Ilúvatar]] himself was he restored to his body.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They were immortal, and they aged only very slowly.<ref name=Istari/> However, their bodies could be killed:<ref name=Istari/> Gandalf was mortally wounded in his duel with the [[Durin's Bane|Balrog of Moria]], and only through the intervention of [[Ilúvatar]] himself was he restored to his body.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saruman was originally gifted with the greatest power of the five Istari and was named the head of the White Council, a group of the Wise in opposition to Sauron. In {{TA|2759}}, he was invited by the rulers of Gondor and Rohan to settle in [[Isengard]] and the impenetrable tower of [[Orthanc]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Saruman </del>was learned in the lore of the [[Rings of Power]], gradually becoming corrupted by the desire <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rings and </del>by Sauron<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s direct influence on him </del>through the ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'' of Orthanc<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Eventually he became ensnared in Sauron's power, </del>and assisted <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">him </del>in the War of the Ring until he was defeated by the [[Ents]] and Gandalf, who broke his staff and cast him out of the White Council. Saruman's death came at the hands of his servant [[Gríma|Wormtongue]] in [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>Shire]], after the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">destruction </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[the One Ring]]</del>. His spirit was then dispersed by a wind from the West, becoming similar to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron </del>in his destruction.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Saruman was originally gifted with the greatest power of the five Istari and was named the head of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>White Council<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, a group of the Wise in opposition to Sauron. In {{TA|2759}}, he was invited by the rulers of Gondor and Rohan to settle in [[Isengard]] and the impenetrable tower of [[Orthanc]].<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The White Wizard </ins>was learned in the lore of the [[Rings of Power]], gradually becoming corrupted by the desire <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to share in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dark Lord's power, one way or another. Eager to stand </ins>by Sauron <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as his quasi-equal lieutenant or claim the [[One Ring]] first, Saruman was bent into his vassal </ins>through the ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'' of Orthanc and assisted <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his new master </ins>in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>War of the Ring<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>until he was defeated by the [[Ents]] and Gandalf, who broke his staff and cast him out of the White Council. Saruman's death came at the hands of his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mistreated </ins>servant [[Gríma|Wormtongue]] in [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Shire]], after the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">downfall </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron</ins>. His spirit was then dispersed by a wind from the West, becoming similar to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that of his Black Master </ins>in his destruction.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When </del>Saruman <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fell to the temptation </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Ring, </del>and after <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>defeat of the Balrog of Moria, Gandalf was reborn and given the title of Gandalf the White. Gandalf, who had originally been nominated for leadership of the White Council by the Elf-Lady [[Galadriel]], assumed leadership both of the White Council and the Order of the Istari. He then cast Saruman from the order and led the West to victory over Sauron, advising the [[Ring-bearers|Ringbearer]] [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and the new king of [[Gondor]] [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]]. After the defeat of Sauron and Saruman, Gandalf traveled west across the Sea with the Ringbearers, revealing that he himself was the bearer of [[Narya]], one of the Elven Rings <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Power</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">With </ins>Saruman <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">falling into mimicry </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sauron as his two-faced minion </ins>and after <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his </ins>defeat of the Balrog of Moria, Gandalf was reborn and given the title of Gandalf the White. Gandalf, who had originally been nominated for leadership of the White Council by the Elf-Lady [[Galadriel]], assumed leadership both of the White Council and the Order of the Istari. He then cast Saruman from the order and led the West to victory over Sauron, advising the [[Ring-bearers|Ringbearer]] [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and the new king of [[Gondor]] [[Aragorn|Aragorn Elessar]]. After the defeat of Sauron and Saruman, Gandalf traveled west across the Sea with the Ringbearers, revealing that he himself was the bearer of [[Narya]], one of the Elven Rings.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Radagast stayed true to his mission for a while, even <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">serving </del>as a messenger to Gandalf from Saruman, convincing Gandalf to meet with Saruman. He also instructed the birds in his service to assist <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Saruman </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gandalf</del>. Radagast dwelt at [[Rhosgobel]] near the borders of [[Mirkwood]]. Eventually, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Radagast </del>is said to have become enamoured of the beasts and birds and to have ultimately failed to complete his mission. Later writings are less critical of Radagast, arguing that he did not fail at his mission as much as simply choose a tactic - working with the animal world - that ultimately proved less directly effective than working with Men and Elves.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Radagast stayed true to his mission for a while, even <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acting </ins>as a messenger to Gandalf from Saruman, convincing Gandalf <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to ride to [[Isengard]] </ins>to meet with Saruman. He also instructed the birds in his service to assist <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the White Wizard </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Grey Pilgrim</ins>. Radagast dwelt at [[Rhosgobel]] near the borders of [[Mirkwood]]. Eventually, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Brown Wizard </ins>is said to have become enamoured of the beasts and birds and to have ultimately failed to complete his mission. Later writings are less critical of Radagast, arguing that he did not fail at his mission as much as simply choose a tactic - working with the animal world - that ultimately proved less directly effective than working with Men and Elves.</div></td></tr>
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