Character

Alatar

One of the two Blue Wizards who journeyed into the East and of whose fates little is known.

Supplementary writingsFrom posthumously published works, notes, drafts or appendices.

Race & kind: Wizards & the Istari
Allegiance: The East
Gender: Male

Overview

Alatar is named in Unfinished Tales as one of the Blue Wizards (Ithryn Luin). Tolkien revisited their story more than once: in some accounts they failed, in others they helped resist Sauron in the East.

Wizards MaiarThe East

Sources

Unfinished Tales · 1980
Expanded and alternative accounts of the First, Second and Third Ages.

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Character

Pallando

One of the two Blue Wizards, companion of Alatar in the East.