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**lindil** · 04-08-2001, 05:27 AM

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Re: Gandalf Theme Poll Question

Excellent question chief!

Here is my take on it.
While the ring of fire was no trinket, it was an artifact of High-Elven stature.
The staff of the isari however seemed to contain an incarnating of the wizards powers as Maia, Think back on the reference of Gandalf 'collecting all five' as if then he would have all of the respective wizards power. And once saruman's is broken we never see him work w/ power. Only his voice is left as Gandalf warns.

So for whatever reason - it was so.
Their staffs were of an artifact of the Maia [if not infact created by the Valar] and so in essence superior to anything created solely by the elves in my opinion.
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Wether another race [or even wizard] could do anything with one of them is another question [w/out answer I would say], as they may have been solely 'keyed' to their owners.

I will check on Ebay though to see if Radagast's or any of the blue's has shown up.
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Lindil is oft found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns and working on a new Elven/Christian discussion board<a href="http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta" >Osanwe-Kenta</a> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>

04-08-2001, 05:27 AM	#10
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 587</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Gandalf Theme Poll Question Excellent question chief! Here is my take on it. While the ring of fire was no trinket, it was an artifact of High-Elven stature. The staff of the isari however seemed to contain an incarnating of the wizards powers as Maia, Think back on the reference of Gandalf 'collecting all five' as if then he would have all of the respective wizards power. And once saruman's is broken we never see him work w/ power. Only his voice is left as Gandalf warns. So for whatever reason - it was so. Their staffs were of an artifact of the Maia [if not infact created by the Valar] and so in essence superior to anything created solely by the elves in my opinion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wether another race [or even wizard] could do anything with one of them is another question [w/out answer I would say], as they may have been solely 'keyed' to their owners. I will check on Ebay though to see if Radagast's or any of the blue's has shown up. <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> Lindil is oft found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns and working on a new Elven/Christian discussion board<a href="http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta" >Osanwe-Kenta</a> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.