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Selmo · 09-25-2002, 02:28 AM

In The Hobbit, Gandalf was little more than a children's fairy-tale type of wizard: knowledgable, very wise, with a few magic tricks, but human.

Tolkien didn't decide to make him a powerful Maia figure until he started to write Lord of the Rings.

09-25-2002, 02:28 AM	#5
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	In The Hobbit, Gandalf was little more than a children's fairy-tale type of wizard: knowledgable, very wise, with a few magic tricks, but human. Tolkien didn't decide to make him a powerful Maia figure until he started to write Lord of the Rings.