As one of the Maiar, Gandalf is one of the most powerful characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, but there are some who simply outmatch him.

Ranking any kind of character across fiction requires some mental gymnastics, although few things are as hard to rank as spellcasters. Power systems vary wildly, from grounded spellcasting to ...

Alatar and Pallando are the most mysterious members of the Istari, as their overarching narrative is largely undocumented in the franchise’s core texts. Tolkien established that these two entities ...