white council

Galadriel first summoned the White Council, and her original plan was for Gandalf the Grey to be the leader. And she think that things might have been otherwise if so had been. But were there really any chance for the Council to succeed? The dominion of Men was drawing near, but still there were...

Name one thing the White Council has done right! I can't think of anything! Anyway...the real topic of this post is one question, pertaining to the following quote: That's from Appendix B... anyway, if the council was really so wise, wouldn't they have wanted some proof from Saruman? I...

As some of you might know, there is a Debate-tournament going on on TTF. Each and every debate have had its own topic to discuss. Because of the debates being organized around teams from the various debating guilds, the topics have not been available for everyone to discuss. Until now. I...

It would seem from the apparent make-up of The White Council that is was not fully representative of all the people of Middle-Earth, in particular it excluded those of the Races of Men and Dwarves. Certainly we know Mithrandir and Curunír both sat on the Council, and although in appearance...

What where they?! i mean its not as if: Gandalf, Galadriel, Celeborn, Elrond, Saruman and Círdan (possibly Radagast) all actually sieged Dol-Guldur themselves, surely they had an army or somthing, where was it and surely it was elite and would prove amazingly useful in the last battle of the...

Saruman was head of the White Council. In the Silmarillion, in "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age", it's said that Galadriel wanted Gandalf to be head of the Council. Gandalf didn't want it anyway, but who wanted Saruman to be top gun (besides Saruman, that is)? Did he get it by default...