Is Gandalf the White Still Gandalf?
Midway through The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf becomes the head of the order of Wizards, and is renamed Gandalf the White. This change in status (and clothing) introduces another name for the wizard: the White Rider. However, characters who speak Elvish still refer to him as Mithrandir.
Is Gandalf the White a different person?
Yes. Gandalf the white is the same person as Gandalf the Grey. It’s simply that after dying to defeat the Balrog, a divine authority sent his soul back to the living world, and granted him further strength and authority.
Why is Gandalf white now?
Gandalf was carried to Caras Galadhon in Lothlórien, where he was healed, given a new staff, and clothed in white, and thus became Gandalf the White.
Why does Gandalf go from GREY to white?
Despite his background, Gandalf the Grey chose to roam Middle-Earth in his battered Grey Robes and kept his true powers hidden. He returned in The Two Towers as Gandalf the White, a similar but seemingly more powerful being. It was that resurrection that Gandalf transformed from Gandalf the Grey to Gandalf the White.
Why can’t Gandalf remember Moria?
Gandalf had passed through from east to west, and there was more than one passage. Gandalf just hadn’t been to that particular part of it, so he was a bit out of his reckoning. He had been through Moria before and was relying on those memories to get him through again.
Are the istari maiar?
The wizards, also called Istari, were Maiar, vassals of the Valar. These were sent by the Valar to help and assist the peoples of Middle-earth against Sauron as he gathered his forces during the Third Age.
Does Gandalf the White remember Aragorn?
When Gandalf returns in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, he doesn’t entirely remember his own name. When Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli venture through Fangorn Forest, however, they discover their wizard friend transformed into Gandalf the White, who resumes his role leading the fight against Sauron.