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In a letter, Tolkien says that the two wizards went into the East, and likely failed their mission, perhaps having started magical cults. However, all of this changes in a text written in the last year or two of Tolkien's life (published in 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''. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |
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