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01-22-2002, 08:50 AM

Re: Wizard's Staffs

I agree with Voronwe that it is unlikely that any of the wizards would need to rely on a staff for any of their actual power. Here's why:

When Gandalf seeks the advice of Saruman about matters concerning the One Ring in the Lord of the Rings. I would imagine, although the book doesn't specify, that Gandalf took his staff to Isengard. So Gandalf gets captured by Saruman soon after his arrival and Saruman would have done one of two things with Gandalf's staff:

1. (The HIGHLY unlikely version) He would let Gandalf keep his staff. If he did this then we could assume that the staff was of little power.

2. He would have taken the staff (far more likely). So Gandalf is eventually rescued by Gwaihir the Windlord and returns to his duties without his staff.

If he did this, and Gandalf relyed on his staff for his power then his power would have reduced significantly. However, it did not reduce significantly. So we can assume that Gandalf and other wizards don't rely on staffs for their power. They PROBABLY need staffs to channel their power, as stated already by Voronwe.

Sorry about the poor grammer.

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01-22-2002, 08:50 AM	#22
Andurion Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Wizard's Staffs I agree with Voronwe that it is unlikely that any of the wizards would need to rely on a staff for any of their actual power. Here's why: When Gandalf seeks the advice of Saruman about matters concerning the One Ring in the Lord of the Rings. I would imagine, although the book doesn't specify, that Gandalf took his staff to Isengard. So Gandalf gets captured by Saruman soon after his arrival and Saruman would have done one of two things with Gandalf's staff: 1. (The HIGHLY unlikely version) He would let Gandalf keep his staff. If he did this then we could assume that the staff was of little power. 2. He would have taken the staff (far more likely). So Gandalf is eventually rescued by Gwaihir the Windlord and returns to his duties without his staff. If he did this, and Gandalf relyed on his staff for his power then his power would have reduced significantly. However, it did not reduce significantly. So we can assume that Gandalf and other wizards don't rely on staffs for their power. They PROBABLY need staffs to channel their power, as stated already by Voronwe. Sorry about the poor grammer. [ January 22, 2002: Message edited by: Andurion ] [ January 22, 2002: Message edited by: Andurion ]