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The Maiar are a fictional Race from J. R. R. Tolkien 's universe, Middle-earth . The Maiar are those spirits which descended to Arda to help the Valar to shape the World. Singular is '''Maia'''. They were numerous, yet not many were named. Their chiefs are Eönwë , banner-bearer and herald of Manwë , and Ilmarë , the handmaid of Varda . There is no warrior in all of Arda who surpasses Eönwë in armed combat. Each of the Maiar was associated with one or more particular Vala, and were of similar stock, though less powerful. For example, Ossë and Uinen , as spirits of the sea, belonged to Ulmo , while ''Curumo'', who came to be known in Middle-earth as Saruman , belonged to Aulë the Smith. Others included Sauron (originally also of Aulë's people), ''Aiwendil'', who was known in Middle-Earth as '' Radagast '' the Brown and belonged to Yavanna , and ''Olórin'', later (and better) known as Gandalf , who belonged to Manwë and Varda , but his ways took him often to the house of Nienna , and from her he learned pity and patience, which perhaps aided him in his later struggles to unite the Free peoples of Middle-Earth against the power of Sauron. ''Alatar and Pallando'', known as the Blue Wizards , travelled to the east, and never returned to the west. Their fate is unknown. The Balrog s were, like Sauron, Maiar corrupted by Melkor . Their associated Vala is not known. Melian served both Vana and Estë . Gothmog was the Lord of the Balrog s. Arien was a Maia who bore the sun through the heavens, and Tilion , who loved her, was the bearer of the moon. It is likely that Thuringwethil , the vampire who served Sauron, was also a Maia. |
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