What would happen if Gandalf died?

What happened to Gandalf when he died? When Gandalf died, his divine being left his set physical form, and about 20 days later, he was returned to life. “Darkness took me;” he says to Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli in The Two Towers, “and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.

How long was Gandalf dead?

Gandalf the White. Gandalf’s body lay on the peak for nineteen days, until he was resurrected by Eru and sent back to Middle-earth alive to complete his task.

How does Gandalf go from GREY to white?

Gandalf was carried to Caras Galadhon in Lothlórien, where he was healed, given a new staff, and clothed in white, and thus became Gandalf the White.

Who is Gandalf’s boss?

Saruman
Early in the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring, the wizard Gandalf describes Saruman as “the chief of my order” and head of the White Council that forced Sauron from Mirkwood at the end of Tolkien’s earlier book The Hobbit.

What happened to Gandalf after he returned to Dol Guldur?

Gandalf escaped Dol Guldur and returned to the White Council. After relating his discoveries, he urged the council to attack Sauron while the One Ring was still lost and while Sauron’s power was not yet beginning to be restored . But Saruman said that it was better to watch and wait; that the One Ring had long ago rolled from Anduin to the Sea.

What is it about Gandalf the White that makes him special?

It is an epiphany. Gandalf the White was and wasn’t the same person as before, he is the same Maia spirit, but without the doubts and instabilities that clouded his mind in the past when he was Gandalf the Grey. His limitations as one of the Istari have been lifted (maybe not completely) and he is now a greater version of Gandalf the Grey.

What was Gandalf’s original name in Valinor?

In Valinor he was known as Olórin. Gandalf was instrumental in bringing about the demise of Sauron in T.A. 3019, chiefly by encouraging others and dispensing his wisdom at pivotal times. Gandalf was originally robed in grey, and second to Saruman in the Order of wizards.

When did Gandalf tell Frodo about the Rings of power?

After Gandalf’s fears were confirmed, he returned to the Shire in 12 April T.A. 3018 and told to Frodo about the Rings of Power, and proved to him that Bilbo’s was the ancient One Ring which the Dark Power of Mordor is looking, and Frodo should leave as soon as possible.