(September 8, 2018 at 12:34 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:(September 8, 2018 at 10:12 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Gandalf as Gandalf/Mithrander is that old. As the Maia Olorin, he is - literally - as old as creation.
Boru
Uh-oh... somebody's busting into Silmarillion shit.
Actually, it's from 'The Two Towers'. When Faramir has Sam and Frodo at Amon Hen, he mentions that Gandalf told the people of Gondor, 'Olorin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten'. But (fair dues), a Maia called 'Olorin' does appear briefly in the Silmarillion. Christopher Tolkien confirms that they are the same person in Lost Tales.
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