Where's 🧙Radagast? Anyone?

[Maeglin]

Also posted late, but in reference to just about everything and about how someone had said he may have been elsewhere getting help from all of his animal friends and everything, this more or less proves it, and also proves that he sent the eagle to save Gandalf from the Pinnacle of Orthanc, from The Council of Elrond

"At first I feared, as Saruman no doubt intended, that Radagast had also fallen. Yet I had caught no hint of of anything wrong in his voice or in his eye at our meeting. If I had, I should never have gone to Isengard, or I should have gone more warily. So Saruman guessed, and he had concealed his mind and decieved his messenger. It would have been useless in any case to try and win over the honest Radagast to treachery. He sought me in good faith, and so persuaded me.
"That was the undoing of Saruman's plot. For Radagast knew no reason why he should not do as I asked; and he rode away towards Mirkwood where he had many friends of old. And the Eagles of the Mountains went far and wide, and they saw many things: the gathering of wolves and the mustering of Orcs; and the Nine Riders going hither and thither in the lands; and they heard news of the escape of Gollum. And they sent a messenger to bring these tidings to me.
"So it was that when summer waned, there came a night of moon, nd Gwaihir the Windlord, swiftest of the Great Eagles, came unlooked-for to Orhanc; and he found me standing on the pinnacle. Then I spoke to him and be bore me away, before Saruman was aware. I was far from Isengard, ere the wolves and orcs issued from the gate to pursue me.

This may also explain why Radagast was not at home at Rhosgobel when Elladan and Elrohir went to look for him, for Rhosgobel is close to Mirkwood and Dol Guldur, in the Southern part of Mirkwood, but I would imagine that Radagast would go farther north to ask help from the Beornings and to be sure that none of the evil creatures around Dol Guldur heard what he was doing. So Radagast did play a part in the War of the Ring, sending animal spies and helpers out to aid the free peoples.

 

[Lifeling]

Whatever happened to Radgast?

Right..? I mean I just remember him being mentioned once and then never again... Another thing... how many wizards were there? in the movies there are 2... in the books, 3. (I havent read simarillion or lost tales, or forgotten tales.) so my knowledge is limited...
enlighten me!

 

[Celebthôl]

ha yes, i love these threads, there were 5 wizards (or Istarí) they were named:

1) Saruman
2) Gandalf
3) Radagast
4) Alatar
5) Pollando

Radagast was never mentioned again properly, and it is not known what exactly happened to him...

for more information on the wizards consult here:

http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/

Thôl

 

[WishIWasArwen]

Radagast the Brown

Who is he and why is he not in the movies?

 

[Snaga]

Ack! Bad font choice Wish! I can hardly read your posts

OK ... Radagast is one of the Istari, the order of Wizards that also includes Saruman and Gandalf. They are immortal beings, lesser spirits known as Maiar, clothed in human form.

He isnt in the movie because his part in the book was very small and they couldnt film it all.

 

[WishIWasArwen]

Sorry. Fixed. Just thought it fitted in with the theme, heh . Radagast...the BROWN... .

 

[Flammifer]

He is a wizard, one of the Istari, who were a group of 5 wizards, two of whom were Gandalf and Saruman, along with two others, the Blue Wizards, who went into the Far East, and started their own resistance against Sauron.

These wizards were sent from the Blessed Realm by the Lord of Arda, the Vala Manwe, to aid the Free Peoples of Middle-earth in the fight against Sauron. They were forbidden to take lordship over any people, they were only to help in guidance and counselling and a bit of magic here and there.

Saruman broke this rule, because he allied himself with Sauron and started attacking the people he was meant to be helping.

Anyway, Radagast was one of these wizards. He is a very minor character. He is extremely under-developed in all the books, and we know little of him. He was an expert of birds and beasts, and skilled in changes of guise and hue.

He found Gandalf and sent him to Saruman, who imprisoned him. Radgast didn't get corrupted like Saruman, though. He only did what Saruman asked because Saruman was the chief of the wizards.

Radagast live in Rhosgobel, near the eaves of Mirkwod forest for a while. We know little else of him.

Hope this helps!

 

[WishIWasArwen]

The Istari are also Maiar, yes?

 

[Flammifer]

Partly, yes.

The Istari were Maiar, but there were Maiar that were not sent to Middle-earth. They live in the Blessed Realm (aka Valinor, Aman)

 

[Lantarion]

Radagast's name is said to be Adûnaic (the language of Númenor), meaning 'Tamer of Beasts'. His original Quenya name, however, was Aiwendil, 'Lover of Birds' (I'm guessing aiwë, 'bird'; and -(n)dil, 'lover of-').

 

[redline2200]

Yet another thread about the mysterious Radagast.....

I'm sure this has been pondered by many people before me; that is why I am asking this question to all you the people of more knowledge than me.

What happened to Radagast at the end of the Third Age (or rather, the beginning of the 4th)?
We know he did not depart on the ship that led Gandalf, Bilbo, etc. to Valinor, so did he stay in ME or leave later in an untold story? Or what about the possibility of his death? (Personally, I doubt this possibility, because I think Tolkien would have mentioned this).

Any ideas from all of my fellow Radagast the Brown hypothesizers?

 

[BlackCaptain]

From everything I've remembered or read he's just stayed in Rhovannon (sp?) until the ship left for the Grey Havens. I doubt that he'd have had the chance to go to the West any other time... Tolkien kind of just leaves the end of Rhadagast blank.

Allthough there may be some people who could give u a deffinate answer.

 

[Gandalf The Grey]

I think you mean Rhosgobel, at the edge of Mirkwood, Black Captain?

Nice to see you back.

* bows greetings *

 

[HLGStrider]

Well, I've said this before and I'll say it again even if it has no backing. . .I've never seen it directly disproven so I'll stick with it.

Anyway. . .

I think he became treeish, like an Ent would, and just sort of blended into the forest around him. He's out there now, sleeping under a tree, his beard a good twenty feet long, totally covered in moss, dust, and spiderwebs, sleeping in Mirkwood. His snores make the sound of the wind in the branches, and every so often he mumbles something about getting up and doing what he was sent there to do. Then he moans, yawns, shuts his eyes again, and sleeps on.

What we see of Radaghast is all very limited. He doesn't take much interest in the procedings. I think he'd take less and less interest until one day he just stops basically thinking.

 

[BlackCaptain]

Originally posted by Gandalf The Grey
I think you mean Rhosgobel, at the edge of Mirkwood, Black Captain?

Haha naw... Rhovinan... I think that's what it's called... Wilderland in your tongue . It just reffers to the whole region that Mirkwood lies in... the general North East section on the maps

Perhaps we should call him Rumple-stilt-skin then Elgee?

 

[Gandalf The Grey]

Ah! In that case, you mean Rhovanion, my friend.

 

[BlackCaptain]

Indeed I do. I never could spell it right

 

[Flammifer]

Hehe.

And interesting theory, Elgee! Very nice indeed. I can't disprove it!

But can you disprove my theory that Radagast is now the corrupt Mayor of Nellyville, has developed a deep southern accent, and goes for curvaceous young redheads?

(Wow that's one of the most random things I've ever written)

But really, I don't think we're ever going to know the real fate of Radagast. It seems that he failed in his mission, so, maybe he wasn't allowed to go back to Valinor - he was exiled because he didn't do the task appointed to him. He really was a very lazy article.

 

[Gandalf The Grey]

On another note, here's a post to answer our fearless thread-leader redline2200 with a bit more whimsy, ... following in the creative footsteps of Elgee.

* Ten feet above the ground, someone strongly resembling an out-of-place brown leaf in midwinter clung one-handed with resigned stubborness to the protruding branch of a hemlock tree. Several wary crebain, keeping an eye on their home, circled inquisitive caws around the tree as Radagast wielded a cedar staff like a broomstick. This being Mirkwood, there was no shortage of cobwebs to be cleared! *

* Stepping out with careful footing upon one creaking branch while maintaining a left-handed grip upon another, the wizard answered his feathered friends. * "To be sure, Swiftwing, I missed The Last Ship as it sailed West. And though I know not whether my choices have left me stranded in Middle Earth, I see much work still to be done here. So long as monstrous spiders threaten Mirkwood, Mirkwood needs me. Fear not! Your family's nesting tree will soon be rid of these foul-knotted ropy webs!"

* A blast of the cedar staff turned the spider web into a clear liquid. Soon, all that was formerly webbing had formed into large tear-shaped drops that fell harmless as dew to the ground below. *

* As Swiftwing uttered a cry of thanks, his mate Brighteyes spotted forms moving underneath who just now found themselves wetly spattered by drops of destroyed web. "Visitors!" croaked Brighteyes, "Goblin! 'Ware!"

* Radagast clutched tighter at his support branch, closing his eyes and wincing at the mention of a goblin. Unbalanced by surprise, he toppled from his perch. Doom smiled on the brown wizard, for on the way down he caught himself on a lower branch. Though the staff dropped from his clenched fist and the wind was knocked out of him, the only further damage suffered by Radagast when he at last hit the ground was bumps, bruises, and a torn cloak. *

* Radagast picked himself up, brushed away a few sappy twigs and coniferous needles from muddied clothing, and greeted the group. * "Hallo ... who comes to Mirkwood?"

 

[Flammifer]

Hahaha

Very creative, Gandy!

They're great.........and perhaps just slightly more likely than my scenario!