Order of Wizards
The Order Of Wizards
The Order of Wizards (Quenya: Heren Istarion), or simply Wizards (Q.: Istari), were a group of Maiar sent to Middle-earth by the Valar in the early Third Age around TA 1050 when the "Necromancer" became active in Dol Guldur. They were embodied as elderly Men and entrusted to aid the Free Peoples against the threat of Sauron's conquest by lending them their wisdom and counsel. They were originally known as Five Guardians and were members of the Guardians around Cuiviénen.
The Wizards
Gandalf the Grey
Gandalf is a character from the novels The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, he also appears in the Silmarillion and the Legendarium, by J.R.R. Tolkien. He is one of the main characters, apart from being one of the five Istari (Magi), who were sent to fight Sauron, being the last of them to arrive.
Saruman the White
He is the leader of the Istari, wizards in human form sent to Middle-earth by the Valar with the intention of defeating Sauron, the main antagonist. He later ends up wishing its power for himself and attempts to help the Dark Lord conquer Middle-earth.
Radagast the Brown
Radagast (Adûnaic: "Tender Of Beasts") the Brown was one of five Wizards sent to Middle-earth to contest the will of Sauron. Originally a Maia of Yavanna, Radagast mainly concerned himself with the well-being of the plant and animal worlds, and thus did not participate heavily in the War of the Ring.
The Blue Wizards
The existence of five Wizards is only mentioned briefly in The Lord of the Rings. In the final part of The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, it is told that aside from Saruman, Gandalf, and Radagast, there were "others of the Istari who went into the east of Middle-earth, and do not come into these tales." Tolkien also writes in Unfinished Tales that the two Wizards were sent to the East whose names were "Alatar" and "Pallando". Alatar was a Maia of the Vala Oromë who chose him to go to Middle-earth. Alatar asked his friend Pallando to join him on his mission.