Curumo then was appointed overall leader of the group.
The others who were chosen were Alatar and Pallando (the Blue Wizards). He also was charged to take Aiwendil (later called "Radagast") to please Yavanna, which Curumo did not wish to do, and this led to contempt for the latter Wizard. It was from this point that Curumo began to be jealous of Olórin, due to Varda's decision to send Olórin not as the third Istari, but as the second. Ĭurumo was one of those who volunteered, whereas the last one, Olórin, (later known as "Gandalf") was commanded by Manwë to go too. These should be "mighty, peers of Sauron, yet forgo might, and clothe themselves in flesh," as they were intended to help Men and Elves unite against Sauron, but the Wizards were forbidden from matching the Dark Lord in power and fear. It was decided to send five emissaries to Middle-earth. Though the Dark Lord was overthrown, he had not been effectively vanquished and his Shadow began to fall upon Middle-earth a second time. In Valinor, the land of the Valar, a council was called by Manwë, king of the Valar, shortly after Sauron's defeat by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. As Tarindor, Saruman was among the Five Guardians chosen to protect the newly-awakened Elves from the evils of Melkor and Sauron. Saruman was originally one of the powerful Maiar of Aulë the Smith named Curumo (later in Sindarin, Curunír). He is one of the few characters in The Lord of the Rings who is morally "grey" - being neither a fully-committed minion of the One Enemy nor an agent of good.ĭepiction of Saruman as the Maia Curumo, before leaving Valinor However, the oppressed Hobbits rally against him and the overthrown Wizard is backstabbed by the mistreated Wormtongue his houseless spirit is denied the West and is left in an impotent state akin to that of his Black Master. As Sauron's two-faced vassal, Saruman pledged Isengard's nominal fealty to Mordor and assailed the kingdom of Rohan in the War of the Ring, in which he was defeated.Īfter Sauron's downfall, Saruman journeyed to the Shire, dragging Gríma along, and imposed a terror regime with him as the petty thug-lord. However, in time, the Wizard came to wish to share in the Dark Lord's power as the quasi-equal lieutenant by his side, or by claiming the One Ring first. He was the order's chief and the head of the White Council that opposed the Enemy. Saruman, also known as Saruman the White, was first of the Istari (Wizards), emissaries of the Valar who were sent to Middle-earth in the Third Age to help in countering the returned Sauron. Gandalf, Elrond, and Galadriel, perhaps, now that his wickedness has been laid bare, but very few others." - Aragorn II Elessar, The Two Towers, " Flotsam and Jetsam"
There are not many in Middle-earth that I should say were safe, if they were left alone to talk with him, even now when he has suffered a defeat. The wise he could persuade, and the smaller folk he could daunt. His knowledge was deep, his thought was subtle, and his hands marvelously skilled and he had a power over the minds of others. Jackson (video games) " Once he was as great as his fame made him.
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