Why did Gandalf not remember the Blue Wizards?

Internally, Gandalf probably knew only their original Maia names and was unfamiliar with any names he was willing to give out. He mentioned at one point “to the East I go not” and the Blue Wizards operated exclusively in the East. So he likely never really met them since they left for the East early on.

What happened to the 2 Blue Wizards in Lord of the Rings?

It is said they travelled into the East with Curunír (Saruman) but they did not return into the West. Their fate was unknown, but some held that they fell into evil and became servants of Sauron.

What happened to the Blue Wizards in The Hobbit?

They went to the East, to act as missionaries to lands controlled by Sauron and help inspire resistance and revolt. JRRT’s initial feeling was that they failed in this mission, and they ended up being the source of various magic cults that outlasted them.

What happened to the other wizards of Middle-earth?

At the end of the Third Age, the Wizards passed from sight because with the fall of Sauron their work was done. Gandalf passed over the Sea with the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings. Radagast remained in Middle-earth, tending to the wilderness.

Who is Gandalf the Wizard?

Along with Saruman the White and Radagast the Brown, Gandalf is one of the five Wizards — known as the Istari — that the Valar sent to Middle-earth to help the free people against the rising threat of Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Who were the Blue Wizards in The Lord of the Rings?

They were called the Istari, or Wizards. If you’ve seen the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, you already know three of them: Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast. There were two other wizards, commonly called the blue wizards, who went to the eastern parts of Middle-earth…

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.

Why did Cirdan give his ring to Gandalf?

As the guardian of that location, Cirdan got to meet all the Istari as they arrived in Middle-earth, and he gave his ring to Gandalf for three reasons. One, he liked Gandalf better than any of the other Istari. Two, he foresaw that Gandalf would face “great labours and perils.” Three, he wasn’t doing much with it anyway.