maiar

If I'm not mistaken, even long after the War of the Ring, there are still three Istari (Maiar) left... Did Tolkien have any plans - they are very powerful, and I suppose the most powerful beings who remain in Middle-Earth, aren't they? Did he give any clues in his letters? If Sauron was a Maiar...

Greetings, apologies in advance if I ramble, too many thoughts at once, and I'm not the best at explaining them, and thank you for any replies and help in this :) As the title suggests, I'm interested in what Tolkien considers power or magic in this universe, particularly in regard to the...

VALA KILLERS Melkor Turin Turambar MAIA KILLERS Durin's Bane DRAGON KILLERS Turin Turambar Earendil Fram Bard BALROG KILLERS Ecthelion Glorfindel Gandalf Who do you think had the greatest success among these characters? I say Turin. Because unlike the others on the list, his name is...

I'm after more background on the children of the moon dwarves also I can't find any where the racial stats and full list of abilities for the half maiar children of the moon dwarves does any body please have this info if not can anybody please make me up the racial stats and full powers of the...

I know the Valar send a select group of Maiar to sail to middle earth to aid the free people's in the overthrow of Sauron. However, surely there are more powerful beings than the wizards at the disposal of the Valar that could have defeated the lord of the rings much faster, much easier and with...

Which of Melkor's allies were rebellious Maiar that took physical form and which were "engineered" by Melkor/Morgoth as he hung out in Utumno and then Angband? Ungoliant seems to have been a spiritual being of some sort that took physical form, without any "creative help" from Melkor. The...

First off, I know Tolkien's powers and gifts of different beings are like Dragonball Z power levels. They seem to mostly be spiritual, and have a lot of nuance to their specifics. Secondly, Feanor obviously doesn't rank with any of the Valar. There does seem to be some quite wide divergence...

I can't find a thread on this, so here it is. We know Melkor actually had the power to corrupt and twist other Maiar (witness Balrogs). But what about Sauron? Did he actually corrupt Saruman for example? Or was Saruman simply a result of his own choices? Sauron's primary powers seem to lie in...

My bet is Istari, sent to teach men through wisdom rather than exercise power. Irmo (Lorien) would be his Valar. Any other views?

Which Maia are you? https://www.quotev.com/quiz/8858312/Which-Maia-are-you This is what I got: Ilmarë You are most like Ilmarë. She is the handmaiden of Varda and chief of the Maiar along with her brother Eönwë. Like her, you are a calm and compassionate soul. You are very wise and have an...

https://uquiz.com/quiz/CSPuPI/as-a-maia-which-vala-do-you-serve I got Nienna, Lady of Mercy. :) You are a follower of the Lady of Mercy. You are highly empathetic, and you cannot see someone hurting without feeling their pain as your own. Many find you easy to talk to, and though you might not...

We know that power levels among the Maiar was a pretty wide, sliding scale (Sauron is clearly more powerful than, say, Boldog (if Boldog existed as an Orc-shaped Maia)). How would you go about ranking them all? Melian and Sauron seem to be towards the higher end. I'd always assumed that the 5...

So I don't have a particularly extensive knowledge of the LOTR universe, I know most basic things and have read the Hobbit, LOTR and am now reading the Silmarillion. While watching a YouTube video encapsulating the death of Gandalf the Grey and his being sent back to middle earth as Gandalf the...

The question is not of her power in the first age vs the created power of a maiar, but of her power vs general maiar in the third age. I have argued that the Maiar are overrated in their power and I also argue the strength of the Noldor [individually not collective] increased from the first...

So I have been thinking and wondering. How many Maiar lived in middle- earth for each age. The third age at the time of the WOTR appears to have the five Istari, the balrog, and Sauron for a total of 7. Am I missing any? So how does that compare to the earlier ages. I am not looking for valar...

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why would Maiar become Balrogs, and why would Melkor want them to? Surely as "unclad" Maiar, they would have access to further powers than those of flame, so why would it be beneficial for them to be trapped in one form?

Just completed reading 'The Song of Middle-Earth' David Harvey, the author brings up two points which struck me, and as you can see I'm bragging about it here. On creating the dragons did Morgoth invite the spirits of the Maiar to inhabit these, for they ended up being stronger than Balrogs and...

After the lengthy discussion a while back as to whether Smaug or a Balrog would be victorious the discussion entered into the intrinsic natures of Dragons and Balrogs. Morgoth's Ring has a substantial amount of information as to whether Dragons had fëa or not. I became increasingly perplexed...

Don't know if this has been discussed before, if it has, just combine it there, if no, well, we just noticed the great influence the Valars had to the Maiars under them: Nienna - Olorin (Gandalf) Oromë - Pallando ; Alatar Aulë - Curume (Saruman) Yavanah - Radagast Nienna taught pity and...

Beren and Luthien did not have a child until the were sent back AS MORTALS to Tol Galen in southeast Beleriand. Was Dior mortal or immortal? The book acts like he is immortal, but there is never any solid proof.