White Council

The White Council, or Council of the Wise, was a group of Elves and Wizards of Middle-earth, formed in TA 2463 to contest the growing power of Dol Guldur at the request of Galadriel.

1 During the Second Age
2 During the Third Age
3 In the Internet
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During the Second Age Edit

There was also a Council of the Wise held in the mid-Second Age to discuss the growing power of Sauron in Mordor, this was also known as the White Council. Several members of this council would also become prominent members of the Council in the Third Age.

During the Third Age Edit

The White Council's head was the Wizard Saruman the White, (although Galadriel wished for Gandalf the Grey to be made the leader). Other members of the Council included the Bearers of the Three Rings of the Elves (Gandalf, Galadriel, and Elrond Half-elven), Círdan the Shipwright (who had borne Narya, the Ring of Fire before handing it on to Gandalf), Glorfindel and Radagast the Brown. It is assumed that others of the wise were also members of the White Council.

The White Council first met in TA 2463, at the end of the Watchful Peace. In TA 2851, the White Council met to decide on whether to act on Gandalf's discovery of the identity of the Necromancer but Saruman dissuaded the others. During this meeting there was much tension between Saruman and Gandalf, for Gandalf already suspected Saruman of desiring to have the Ring. Eventually Saruman relented and in TA 2941 during the time Gandalf was also involved with Thorin and Company and the Quest of Erebor, Sauron was driven out of Dol Guldur only to re-appear in Mordor. The Council last met in TA 2953; at this meeting Saruman insists that the One Ring has been swept out into the sea.