Middle Earth/Gandalf

Gandalf the Gray is a character in JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. That name is the best-known guise of the /Maia? of the people of Manwë? and /Varda? whose true name is Olórin. He is said to be one of the wisest of that order.

He came to Middle-earth in the [/Third Age]? as a wizard? who counsels and assists other characters and instigates various adventures, sometimes against their wills. In Elvish, he is known as "Mithrandir."