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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hickli
In defense of Radagast: elsewhere (can't find it at the moment) Tolkien glosses the White Council as 'the Istari and the chief Eldar,' which presumably would include Radagast, as well as the Ithryn Luin if they were still around. And in The Hobbit Gandalf went to a 'gathering of the White Wizards,' which implies a number larger than two.
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Of course, this I thought at the start as well. It is at the Appendix B in LotR around the year 1000 Third Age "The Wise (Istari and foremost Eldar)...". But unfortunately, I later found out that in "OF THE RINGS OF POWER AND THE THIRD AGE" it is said more precise who they were, and it does not mention ol' Raddy at all (cf. above). Which is really a shame.
And also, in the Hobbit, the term "wizards" probably include the elves as well. After all, Galadriel is referred even in LotR that way. From the point of view of "common people", the elves were all wizards.