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When did Gandalf truly begin his mission?
He was not born like a mortal man.
Before the world was made he was a Maia, a spirit of the same order as Sauron.
When the threat of Sauron grew, the Valar sent five of these spirits as wizards.
Gandalf came across the Sea in the year 1000 of the Third Age.
He arrived in the shape of an old man, humble and wise.
Unlike Saruman, he never sought power for himself.
For nearly two thousand years he walked the lands of Middle-earth.
He gathered knowledge, guided kings, and kindled courage in the Free Peoples.
Only after the One Ring was destroyed did he sail West, his task complete.
Gandalf’s long service was the work of ages, not of a single lifetime.