What was the point of the Blue Wizards?

The two Wizards were able to hinder Sauron’s operations in the East and South, aiding the defeat of Sauron in the War of the Elves and Sauron and War of the Last Alliance. During the early Third Age and until the end of the Watchful Peace, they were tasked with finding where Sauron dwelt.

Why Can Tom Bombadil take the ring?

Tom Bombadil therefore is not affected by the Ring because he does not care for such things. He is, or contains within himself, the substance of creation. The ring has no effect on him because the ring has nothing to offer him; time is already immortal, and neither good nor evil.

When did the Blue Wizards arrive in Middle-earth?

The time that the Blue Wizards arrived in Middle-earth is uncertain. In Unfinished Tales, Tolkien wrote that the five Istari came to Middle-earth together in TA 1000. However, in The Peoples of Middle-earth, they are said to have arrived in the Second Age, around the year SA 1600, the time of the forging of the One Ring.

What are the Blue Wizards in The Lord of the Rings?

The Blue Wizards are never mentioned in The Lord of the Rings films, and are only referenced indirectly by Saruman, who mentions “the rods of the five wizards” in the extended edition of the third film. In the game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, a Weathered Azurite Figurine can be found in the north-western part of the Sea of Núrnen.

What were the names of the two wizards in Middle-earth?

Tolkien also writes in Unfinished Tales that the two Wizards were sent to the East. Their names in Valinor 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.

What was Sauron’s task in the first age of Sauron?

” Their task was to circumvent Sauron: to bring help to the few tribes of Men that had rebelled from Melkor -worship, to stir up rebellion… and after his first fall to search out his hiding and to cause dissension and disarray among the dark East…