** Curunír, the white wizard, was more commonly known as Saruman. He later claimed the title Saruman of the Many Colours, after he was seduced by the evil power of Sauron. ** Olórin, the grey wizard, was more commonly known as Gandalf the Grey. However, after dying at the hands of a balrog, Gandalf was reborn as Gandalf the White. ** Aiwendil, the brown wizard, was more commonly known as Radagast. Radagast was a lover of nature and so did not play any major part in the War of the Ring except for announcing to the Great Eagles that Gandalf was at the Orthanc with Saruman. ** Alatar and Pallando, the Blue Wizards. (Note: Later in his life, Tolkien wrote a note, suggesting that the names of the Blue Wizards were Morinehtar and Rómestámo. It is not clear whether these names were intended to replace the names Alatar and Pallando, or whether Morinehtar and Rómestámo were alternate names for the Blue Wizards, possibly those given to them by the peoples of Middle-Earth.) According to the videogame Middle-Earth: Shadows of Mordor, the two blue wizards are presumably dead. In the game, an artifact can be found which displays the remnants of at least 1 of the staves from 1 of the wizards.(Correction, if investigated the staff gives more information that it was left behind by the bigger of the two when they departed) Saruman (human form) was killed by Gríma following the Battle of Bywater, and Gandalf returned to the Undying Lands in TA 3021. However, the fates of the three other Istari are relatively unknown. Alatar and Pallando disappeared in the east, while Radagast stayed in Middle-earth at least until TA 3018.
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