Magos Azuis

De Enciclopédia de Valinor

Os Magos Azuis (ou os Ithryn Luin) são dois personagens notoriamente misteriosos da Terra-média. Eles são citados apenas em O Senhor dos Anéis, onde Saruman diz que existiam cinco Magos. Contudo, outros escritos de Tolkien têm mais a dizer. Em um texto encontrado no Contos Inacabados, Tolkien escrever que os dois Magos foram enviados para o Leste. Seus nomes em Valinor eram Alatar e Pallando, e eles eram Maiar do Vala Oromë.

Em uma carta, Tolkien diz que os dois magos foram enviados para o Leste e que provavelmente falharam em suas missões, talvez tendo iniciado cultos mágicos. Contudo, tudo isto são alterações contidas um texto escrito nos últimos anos da vida de Tolkien (publicados no The Peoples of Middle-earth). An alternate set of names are given — Morinehtar and Rómestámo (or Rome(n)star), Darkness-slayer and East-helper. It is not clear whether these names were intended to be replacements for Alatar and Pallando or whether they were a second set of names (for instance, their names used in Middle-earth). They are said to have arrived not in the Third Age, but in the Second, around the year 1600, the time of the Forging of the One Ring. Their mission though is still to the east, to weaken the forces of Sauron. And it is here said that the Wizards far from failed; rather, they had a pivotal role in the victories of the West at the end of both the Second and the Third Ages. At the same time, Tolkien considered the possibility that Glorfindel arrived back in Middle-earth along with the Blue Wizards.

Like most names in Tolkien's works, the names of the Blue Wizards are significant. The name Romestamo means East-helper, coming from the Quenya word romen, meaning uprising, sunrise, east. Here, Rómestámo incorporates not only his relation to the East of Middle-earth, but also his mission there: to encourage uprising and rebellion against Sauron. Similarly, Pallando may include the Quenyan palan meaning far and wide.

Ainur de J. R. R. Tolkien
Ainulindalë (Música dos Ainur)
Senhores dos Valar:	Manwë | Ulmo | Aulë | Oromë | Námo (Mandos) | Irmo (Lórien) | Tulkas
Senhoras dos Valar (As Valier):	Varda | Yavanna | Nienna | Estë | Vairë | Vána | Nessa
O Inimigo:	Morgoth (a.k.a. Melkor)
Maiar:	Eönwë | Ilmarë | Ossë | Uinen | Salmar | Sauron | Melian | Arien | Tilion | Gothmog Curumo (Saruman) | Olórin (Gandalf) | Aiwendil (Radagast) | Alatar e Pallando | Ruína de Durin