What race is Gandalf?
What race is Gandalf?
Maia
Gandalf / Ethnicity
The Maiar are a fictional class of beings from J. R. R. Tolkien’s high fantasy legendarium. Supernatural and angelic, they are “lesser Ainur” who entered the cosmos of Eä in the beginning of time. The name Maiar is in the Quenya tongue from the Elvish root maya- “excellent, admirable”.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
What race is Aragorn?
How does a grey wizard become white?
Following Gandalf’s battle with the Balrog, which sees both ancient beings plummet into the depths of the Mines of Moria, he was reborn as Gandalf the White.
What was Sauron original name?
Sauron’s original name was Mairon, but this was altered after he was suborned by Melkor. But he continued to call himself Mairon the Admirable, or Tar-mairon ‘King Excellent’, until after the downfall of Númenor. (P. 183, italics as in the source.)
