He takes them south through the Misty Mountains, but is killed fighting a Balrog, an evil spirit-being, in the underground realm of Moria. The Council of Elrond creates the Fellowship of the Ring, with Gandalf as its leader, to defeat Sauron by destroying the Ring. Gandalf further explains that, after years of investigation, he is sure that Bilbo's ring is the One Ring that Sauron needs to dominate the whole of Middle-earth. The expulsion succeeds, but in The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf reveals that Sauron's retreat was only a feint, as he soon reappeared in Mordor. In the course of the quest, Bilbo finds a magical ring. In The Hobbit, Gandalf assists the 13 dwarves and the hobbit Bilbo Baggins with their quest to retake the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the dragon, but leaves them to urge the White Council to expel Sauron from his fortress of Dol Guldur. As one of the Maiar, he is an immortal spirit from Valinor, but his physical body can be killed. As such, he delights in fireworks to entertain the hobbits of the Shire, while in great need he uses fire as a weapon. He is associated with fire his ring of power is Narya, the Ring of Fire.
Gandalf is focused on the mission to counter the Dark Lord Sauron by destroying the One Ring. He sets out as Gandalf the Grey, possessing great knowledge and travelling continually.
Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Norse "Catalogue of Dwarves" ( Dvergatal) in the Völuspá.Īs a wizard and the bearer of one of the Three Rings, Gandalf has great power, but works mostly by encouraging and persuading. He is a wizard, one of the Istari order, and the leader of the Fellowship of the Ring. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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