Gandalf's Entire Backstory Explained
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Whether he is Gandalf the Grey or Gandalf the White, the master wizard’s presence in The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies has always been a good sign that the tide of battle is about to turn.
In The Two Towers, he brought the riders of Rohirrim to the rescue of King Theoden and his desperate Rohan army at Helm’s Deep, and he bravely fought the Witch-King in Return of The King.
But do we know anything about Gandalf's backstory or did he just appear out of nowhere? Here’s an explanation of Gandalf’s entire backstory.
#Books #LordOfTheRings #Movies
Beginnings in the West | 0:00
A "Maiar" | 1:24
The Order of the Wizards | 2:25
How Tolkien's wizards work | 3:18
Messengers to Middle-earth | 4:13
The Five Wizards | 5:18
The Unfaithful | 6:18
Wielding a ring | 7:18
Lonely wanderings | 8:06
Many names | 8:58
Helping Hobbits | 9:55
The White Council | 10:29
A chance meeting | 11:33
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Who's the best wizard in Lord of the Rings?
@LambeauLeeeper
4 жыл бұрын
Radigast. He smokes weed all day and crashes with nature.
@melkormorgoth9022
4 жыл бұрын
Wow so I trolled the troll but all my replies to said troll have been erased while the trolls have not...what a fking Joke this channel is:(
@jendersonmohammed443
4 жыл бұрын
Gandalf
@gideonackermann3924
4 жыл бұрын
I love how you said. Gandalf retreated into Mordor... isnt it Sauron 😅
@robertstauffer2865
4 жыл бұрын
The 2nd Blue Wizard (the 1st one's a douche)
Illuvatar did NOT move to Middle Earth 🙄
@hotel3667
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 U cared enough to wach this video fool.
@michaelfisher7170
4 жыл бұрын
Lol. my first reaction exactly.
@paullebon323
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 N00b? I had read The Hobbit and LotR before you were born. I bet that you've only seen those mediocre movies.
@free322001
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 Then why are you here?
Now I see how Gandalf befriending Hobbits is important. It shows he's not haughty like other wizards.
@JLLockwood
Жыл бұрын
Yup. Saramon was an eliteist who thought he could fool sauron and despised lower beings. Even Gandalf.
11:30 "At which point Gandalf withdraws to Mordor". You mean Sauron LOL
@11:25 "GANDALF" withdraws to Mordor?! Surely, you meant "Sauron" did that!?
@TomekFior12
4 жыл бұрын
ya I caught that too. I was like what!
@VodaNegru
4 жыл бұрын
@Angry Biscuit Maybe Gandalf WAS Sauron? Just another disguise LOL!
@nunzioification
3 жыл бұрын
@@VodaNegru same species
@VodaNegru
3 жыл бұрын
@@nunzioification True; but at a genetic level, aren't Orcs also actually ... Elves, too?!
@nunzioification
3 жыл бұрын
@@VodaNegru I think so but Gandalf and sauron are both the equivalent of angels helpers, maeri or something, it’s just that some turned evil and some stayed true
I wish we got a movie just about gandalf life story.
@mcnugsbitch7266
4 жыл бұрын
hil03 bro your like everywhere
@viole5911
Жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 yea u too
I winced through Illuvatar "moves to Arda"; gritted my teeth at his being joined there by "other celestial beings like himself, called 'Anyar'"; bit my tongue at the talk of Olorin hanging around a lot in Lorien (with its many lakes?!) while showing JRRT's picture of Rivendell; and gave up watching at Gandalf's communicating through visions. Could not bring myself to watch further. This is tripe of the first order. Read the chuffing books.
@robertstauffer2865
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@lambielikesit
4 жыл бұрын
Gandalf did communicate through visions in Valinor but you're right this was mostly trash
@hotel3667
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 U cared enough to read his comment fool.
@michaelfisher7170
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah its a pretty poor job. I cringed hearing Gandalf came to oppose "Sarin". Damn.
@janzibunz8689
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 dude what is wrong with you? So what if they like proper pronunciation? You're responding to everything. Grow up child. If you don't care just watch the vid and leave.
OMG! I don't wish it discourage folks from making videos like this, but c'mon, learn the pronunciation!!! There are guides in the back of Return of the King and in the Silmarillion. Again, it's great to see efforts like this, but hearing the mispronunciations of Sauron, Ainur, Cirdan, etc., are just plain painful.
@alextaws6657
3 жыл бұрын
... or just google it... plenty tolkien-savvy people out there, with youtube channels and everything...
The Silmarillion says that Olorin "Spent much time among the Elves, and walked among them for many years unseen, or for a time taking form of one of them, and he was known as Mithrandir, but his works were unknown to them" I believe he was the "mysterious Elf lord" who took the only recovered Silmaril to Doriath (or someplace else I don't remember exactly) after Luthien died. I don't believe for a second that the Elves would trust anyone less than a Maia to do this task, seeing as virtually everybody wanted to steal it from them.
He didn't believe in himself to carry out the task intrusted to him. He chose the form of an old man to gain the trust of the people on middle earth. Imagine if he just kept his young form.
@dabberwocky3666
4 жыл бұрын
The Valor had tried to stop Melkor/Morgoth and his Leiutenant Sauron multiple times through acts of force so when they decided to send their mayar to Middle Earth from the westlands they opted to have them take the form of Old wizened men to be more relatable to the people of middle earth. The idea was that because the shows of force had always failed instead the wizards would attempt to make sure that the peoples of middle earth were where they should be when they should be there with the only two rules for them in Middle Earth was they could never use their powers to subjugate the people of middle earth or use the powers to directly conflict Sauron, hence the demoting of the white wizard Sauramon .
@pohjanakka4992
4 жыл бұрын
He would have been distracted by all the women who tried to seduce him?
@Ihchkciyiyhgifuofyr555
Жыл бұрын
@@pohjanakka4992 In Tolkien's world? He was very catholic and created his world to be mostly pure. Ppl didn't really have sex unless the were married & planned to procreate.
Nice that we still make videos about lord of the rings
You've literally butchered every single pronunciation, it's like you didn't even try to learn how to say them😭🤔😅
@mikegagne3263
4 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just the pronunciation.
@tiggergolah
3 жыл бұрын
@Pennycost Stinksalot Your name was also made up by someone. Pronunciations of any name are important.
@tiggergolah
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 Speak for yourself. Boor.
@janzibunz8689
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 it matters to me. I legit was so confused
@tirillion
3 жыл бұрын
this is so sad! whos Gähndalf?
In case you didn't get it, Gandalf had to take Smaug out lest he ally himself with Sauron. Ditto for the Balrog, Durin's Bane. All three of them were servants of the real dark lord, Melkor. Sauron was chief among them (excepting the original Gothmog, who was his equal.) If Sauron had been able to seduce Smaug and Durin's Bane to his service, he would have been unbeatable without direct Valar intervention.
re record this with correct pronunciation.
@dukesilver3491
4 жыл бұрын
And correct information
@baytom95
4 жыл бұрын
Its hurting my head so much bye looper
@andrewwesley1946
4 жыл бұрын
Stunami you sound like the comic book guy from The Simpsons
@obiwankenobi9846
3 жыл бұрын
Tolkeen
@obiwankenobi9846
3 жыл бұрын
Aniur
Gandalf is the saviour of Middle-Earth. He sacrificed himself to save the fellowship from the Balrog. Eru's plan had failed, the only force that could save Middle-Earth had vanquished. Saruman, the head of his order had became Saruman of many colors. Therefore Gandalf was brought back as Gandalf the White.
@LoreOfTheRingsYT
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 Thanks.
@anonymis745
4 жыл бұрын
Gandalf wasn’t sent to save middle earth directly. He was sent with the 4 other wizards to inspire men to rise up against sauron. That’s why they were were called emissaries by Tolkien.
@LoreOfTheRingsYT
4 жыл бұрын
@@anonymis745 I know, but he ended up saving it for the Valar (as was their ultimate plan, through disguise and counselling, uplifting the hearts of men).
All together now... "A Wizard's staff has a knob on the end..."
@davidspencer3726
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 No, it's definitely "knob". I've read most of the Discworld books multiple times.
ugh, so many mispronunciations and inaccuracy .
If I'm not mistaken, Maiar is plural and Maia is singular. So Gandalf is a Maia, not Maiar.
@melkormorgoth9022
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 your momma cares Dbag
Little known Gandalf fact, When he shouted YOU SHALL NOT PASS!, he was really screaming at his kidney stone.
@sachaqueiroz9418
4 жыл бұрын
Also he never said that.
How do u get Anyar from Ainur?
My head hurts.
The movies & the old cartoon is all I know about LOTR.Thx for the video
Eye-noor, not anyur.
A “blue wizards” spin off series or mention in the new LOTR Numenor Series would be fantastic
Gandalf: "You shall not pass! I rap fast like Shadowfax!"
Olórin / Gandalf spent his youth in Valinor, not in Middle Earth. Also your pronunciation of names is outrageous...
@mattbenson8078
3 жыл бұрын
He apparently withdrew to Mordor
Thank you
Gandolf was a great multi Tasker! He had his hand in many different cookie jars at once. That dude was always on the move shaking and baking, while always keeping his eye on the prize.we all know, when it was time to take the bull by the horns Gandolf was the man for the job🏔🌄
@poppinpatty2507
4 жыл бұрын
hil03 I was being sarcastic! I forgot there is no sense of humor in middle earth. As for being a Nube,I read The hobbit in 1980 then did a report on it in 81. I turned it in and got an A on it was so good I turned it in every year until 93 for an A.from 80-8 i was in mg classes, that means mentally gifted.from 89-93 I was in AP classes, that stands for advanced placement Both my parents were English teachers, there was no way I was handing in anything that they wouldn't give an A themselves. Stay serious bud, never let go of your important magical fantasy land🐉 Wubba Lubba Dub Dub
Gandalf is the true hero!!
@gandalfthewhite4431
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 You Shall Not Pass
Its almost like you knew I spent the last 3 days watching the whole Hobbit/LOTR series
@rochellesims1361
4 жыл бұрын
Grapefruit Simmons me too😂
@melkormorgoth9022
4 жыл бұрын
Dont listen to the Bullshit Souron and the 9 were just misunderstood....
@grapefruitsimmons
4 жыл бұрын
@@melkormorgoth9022 make middle earth great again
Wait...Eru moved to Arda??
"Ainur" eye-nurr, say it with me
@andrewwesley1946
4 жыл бұрын
Shut up Joshua elitist. It's a made-up world. Pronounce it any way you want.
@mcnugsbitch7266
4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Wesley man why spread negativity, he’s right it’s pronounced eye-nurr
@obiwankenobi9846
3 жыл бұрын
All those shits saying that it doesnt matter, WOULD YOU WANT YOUR LIFES WORK DISMEMBERED, FINGER BY FINGER?
Watch ted-ed:s video "myth of the sampo" and you will learn a lot of origins of gandalf and generally tolkiens storys and characters 😊.
Can you make Clone Wars review
I want to know where that video of a fight involving Saruman, Gandalf, Galadriel originates from. Approx 4 minutes in.
@BossaNovaize
4 жыл бұрын
@@thearmchairjournalist566 taken from where? A video game, or a movie I haven't seen?
@harley7836
4 жыл бұрын
Lord BossaNova it’s from Return of the King the third movie in the Peter Jackson first lot of movie’s on LOTR.
@BossaNovaize
4 жыл бұрын
@@harley7836 I cannot remember that scene, and I must have watched the movie 5 times or more. Are you sure? I'll watch it again then. I thought it might have originated in the new Shadow Of War games, which I haven't played.
@harley7836
4 жыл бұрын
Lord BossaNova no it’s from the movie. It’s part of the final fight.
@harley7836
4 жыл бұрын
Lord BossaNova sorry right movie fight, wrong trilogy it’s part of the the final fight in the last The hobbit movie, not the final fight of the last LOTR movies it was Saruman’s death that they added to the scene that threw me off. The fight is from the TBOFA but his death is from the final fight in ROTK.
I'm pretty sure they mixed up Sauron with Saruman
@ernststravoblofeld
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 Who pissed in your cornflakes?
My favourite wizard EVER!
@gandalfthewhite4431
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you kind sir
@obiwankenobi9846
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 hes not a wisard
What happens after he meets with bagens!?!
The only looper I have seen through. Not too bad. Narrator didn't give a toss though.
Can't wait for the Matrix to finally release ! I can't stop thinking what's gonna happen next
Gandalf is my favorite Character
Which movie was this?
@timberg6349
3 жыл бұрын
Hobbit & Lord of the Rings
The Istari did not age and die like mortal men. Gandalf the Grey was over 2,00 years old at the start of the Hobbit. Looks like he was ageless.
SOMEONE....like the maker of this video....needs to read THE SILMARILLION !! Gandalf and Radagast and Saruman are three of five wizards, but the only ones mentioned because the other two had no part in the War of the Ring. BALROGS and DRAGONS (as well as ORCS) were created by MORGOTH , the most powerful of the AINUR , and originally known as MELKOR before his corruption and fall. SAURON was but a lieutenant of MORGOTH. Sorry, I quit listening to this video after I realized it had been corrupted too....
Imma explain this mans whole career
now iI know who is the one who fall from the sky the stranger in the Ring of power
“An-yur”?
@stalematesibling
4 жыл бұрын
right? i cringed so hard.
@z3char1ah
4 жыл бұрын
@@stalematesibling ugh me too!
Don’t tease us! Ready for another LOTR!
@adamlukasz9971
4 жыл бұрын
Rochelle Sims Netflix original coming soon!!
@darkrevan2
4 жыл бұрын
@@adamlukasz9971 wasnt it an amazon project?
@adamlukasz9971
4 жыл бұрын
darkrevan2 I’m not sure tbh. I dont even remember where I heard it so you might be right! Luckily I have both💪🏻
Diagrams, please.
There is quite a bit in this that is just wrong. Wrong in the sense that there was only surface research into a few things that lead to incorrect assumptions. Example. The Istari (wizards) were not limited as a side effect of their bodies, but as a direct interference of Iluvatar who decreed that the Maiar who took on human form would not have access to the full power of their natural Maiar form. This is expanded upon when Gandalf comes back as Gandalf the White and is "more powerful". This is also misleading. He didn't get "more powerful". Iluvatar decided to let him have a bit more access to his actual power than he previously had.
I want a Gandalf movie
I stopped watching after a few names were spoken incorrectly.
@MatthewBaran
4 жыл бұрын
Is he doing this shit on purpose?
@robertstauffer2865
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 You care SO MUCH!!! (obviously)
@andrewwesley1946
4 жыл бұрын
Dany then you should probably get psychiatric help if those are the kind of things you get upset about. It's a fantasy world you ignoramus.
@DaniloDanny77
4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewwesley1946 My remark was aimed at the narrator, and its purpose was to make him pronounce the names correctly. You, on the other hand, act as if you know all about me, suggesting me the way I should fix my "issues" and judging me. Well, to me, since you like insulting people just because they have the ability to think, to make a constructive remark, you have anger issues. Fix it. But that's just me. I'm not as smart as you think you are.
Gandalf smokes weed with hobbits for the 2000 years before the hobbit and lord of the rings
Volume too high
um iluvatar does not live on arda he is the overarching god of the entire thing who created everything
The wizards are immortal and do not age and die. Sauron has been around since the first age which would make him over 10,000 years old. Gandalf himself is over 3000 years old
@Stierenkloot
Жыл бұрын
Gandalf existed before he came to middle earth
@julielevinge266
Жыл бұрын
Elrond is getting on a bit too!!😉
7:15 Keer-dan not Seer-dan.
Gandalf the best grandpa ever 😂
What was that one name that's really wierd I remember from the movie two towers I think. When king of Rohan was under Saromons control and he calls him Gandalf Storm Crow or something.
I always bristle when I hear someone refer to The Hobbit as a trilogy. It's a relatively short book, almost like a children's fairy tale. $$$ made Jackson stretch it out with often nonsensical filler, trying to replicate the cash cow that was the Lord of the Rings trilogy (which took some irritating liberties for fans of the original). Nonetheless, I enjoyed the LOTR movie trilogy, and actually was moved a few times (elves dying, in particular one at Helm's Deep, whose name I can't recall atm, is always tragic. These beautiful and immortal creatures being killed is such a horrible loss). And yes, the video has some painful mispronunciations of names, but overall provides a pretty good high level summary of Gandalf's life.
Dude? Really?
it's interesting that gandalf couldn't defeat sauron.
Who is tolkeen? You mean Tolkien? At least get the names right
@jamesreed620
4 жыл бұрын
It is pronounced Toll- Keen
@fordhouse8b
4 жыл бұрын
He may have butchered many names in this video, but the way he pronounced Tolkien is actually the correct way. That is how the author himself pronounced it.
@andrewwesley1946
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for being nasty on the internet Dwayne. Or should I say Duhwaaayne.
Hobbit is not a trilogy! Only movie trilogy.
@spongy_cloud
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 as usually most of the ignorants do. and who is the noob here and why?
@spongy_cloud
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 wow, is this the best you can do? congratulations :-) now, please go and learn how to use the toilet.
At this point, Tolkien also feels like a celestial being!
@Tarmax94
4 жыл бұрын
He IS a celestial being.
Hes a Miar..they are older than the earth
Cirdan. All Elvish use of the letter C is pronounced as a K, not an S. So you pronounce Cirdan as Kirdan, not Sirdan. And yes, Hard Core LOTR fans know this, because they read the appendixes.
@donaldbadowski290
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 , You are not We. We are LOTR fans, who read the appendixes. And you have a nice day.
@donaldbadowski290
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 You don't even have a real name. You don't have the guts to do that much. Bilbo you are not. Now don't bug me, troll. Don't you have something important to do in you moms' basement?
@melkormorgoth9022
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 your Momma cares Dbag
@andrewwesley1946
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Donald. Maybe you can go to an imaginary school and teaching imaginary language to imaginary students so stridently.
So he is an Angel?
@gandalfthewhite4431
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 its Gandalf
@gandalfthewhite4431
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 not gayndalf get it right
KIRDAN not SIRDAN
OMG, how could you butcher this so bad?....
Roast me, but this isn’t the most polished video about Tolkien’s works...
@obiwankenobi9846
3 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 the ones that have a brain not built of earthworms from hell do
So the guy had a phone to download a app but didn't have money to put meat on his burrito?
Had to stop it. The pronunciations are atrocious!
@robertstauffer2865
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 Sure you do. Otherwise you wouldn't have replied. And who's "we"? Are you speaking for the world? lol.
@eminussleepus5790
4 жыл бұрын
@@robertstauffer2865 I think that is Smeagol and Gollum lol
@robertstauffer2865
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 LOLOLOL!!! He.......wait for it..........LOLOLOLOL......he called me a "noob". LOLOLOLOLOL! (whatta loser)
@robertstauffer2865
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 lololololo!
@robertstauffer2865
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 LOL! The fact that you claim the speak for the "LOTR Community" (whatever that is) speaks volumes! What is that? A legion of acne encrusted losers sitting in their mom's basements, eating Hot Pockets and arguing over who Tom Bombadil really was? LOLOLOL!
Why would anyone be remotely interested to begin with
Wow greatest of the deep of dive episodes I have ever seen on KZread
I kinda want chicken tenders right now
@duke8579
4 жыл бұрын
Yea with honey mustard
@iamjay247
4 жыл бұрын
Nahh...you can have a Caesars Salad tho
@LambeauLeeeper
4 жыл бұрын
With Buffalo sauce? Or Ranch?
Would gandalf be a griffindor or a ravenclaw?
@obiwankenobi9846
3 жыл бұрын
He has a complex character compared to those pie-eaters in HP
YOUR A WIZARD HARRY
6 ads in a 12 minute video? Y’all can kiss my ass, lol
Dude you pronounced multiple names wrong and clearly have no clue what your talking about
I'm so glad it's not the British guy
i always thought gandalf was alumni from hogwarts ahahaha *jk
@tiffprendergast
4 жыл бұрын
Pennycost Stinksalot no
In short: Wizard = Wise Gandalf is like an angel that helps men along their war against evil more through spiritual and intelectual aid rather than fighting himself using his powers.
This is just straight up bad, sounds like I’m listening to a man who never read the books or learned how to pronounce any of the language
Honestly if you’re going to do a video like this learn how to properly pronounce the names. J.R.R. Tolkien has guides on how to pronounce them...
@16sonicv
4 жыл бұрын
hil03 don’t really know how I’m a noob troll, been a Tolkien fan since I was 5
@16sonicv
4 жыл бұрын
hil03 ok troll have a nice day
@melkormorgoth9022
4 жыл бұрын
@@hil0318 you dont care because your ignorance wont let you..obviously your parents met once and money was exchanged Dbag..
@ItsMeMattCarter
4 жыл бұрын
@@melkormorgoth9022 Just do what I did and report their account to youtube/google for harassment.
@melkormorgoth9022
4 жыл бұрын
@@ItsMeMattCarter Intresting idea..but their nature will stay the same...a child throwing a tantrum,so Small....
Dude you pronounce like EVERY name wrong
The Lord of the Rigs is so good!!!👍
bolrog? LOL
4th
Sirdan
Unsubscribed just for that volume issue
Ayy
This is wrong from the start
This man made modern mythology is far more intricate story ..can't understand whole thing by once
@mariojimenez691
4 жыл бұрын
Isn't all mythology man-made?
@pohordebbarma4505
4 жыл бұрын
@@mariojimenez691 I said modern too
@mariojimenez691
4 жыл бұрын
@@pohordebbarma4505 weird thing to say. So, you call them "man-made modern mythology" and "man-made old mythology"?
@pohordebbarma4505
4 жыл бұрын
@@mariojimenez691 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Proof: Gandalf is an absolute Clueless Fool. Gandalf, said to be the wisest of all the Maiar, given 1 of the 3 Elven rings of ring of Power called Narya by Círdan the Shipwright, knowing full well that magical "rings" are the most powerful artifacts in all of middle-earth for the last 4000 years, a member of the "council of the wise"; watches Bilbo for 60 years in a row use a "magical ring", then fumbles about for those same 60 years never once suspecting or checking into Bilbo's ring. I mean why would the " wisest" being in all of middle-earth NOT bother looking into a "magical ring" at the first suspicion. Any excuses for Gandalfs stupidity presented are "lame" bc being the Angel of pure Wisdom from the Heavens is what defines Gandalf. A Wise being would never overlook something soo patently obvious. So prove me wrong that Gandalf isn't a Dope smoking befuddled and bespittled simpleton.
Sauron dislike this video.
@melkormorgoth9022
4 жыл бұрын
Its total bs he was good people....
This is terrible
Na jishu tumi ar jishu hou na.
Whoever wrote and narrated this doesn't know jack shit about LOTR lmao
terrible pronunciation