White Council

:For the movement against racial desegregation, see White Citizens' Council.

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

Related Topics:
J. R. R. Tolkien - Elves - Wizards - Middle-earth - TA. - Dol Guldur - Galadriel

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The Council's head was the Wizard Saruman the White.

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Other members of the Council included Gandalf the Grey, Galadriel, Círdan the Shipwright, Elrond Half-Elven, and Radagast the Brown.

Related Topics:
Gandalf the Grey - Círdan the Shipwright - Elrond Half-Elven - Radagast the Brown

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In 2851 TA. the White Council met to decide on whether to act on Gandalf's discovery of the identity of the Necromancer but Saruman disuaded the others.

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Eventually Saruman relented and in 2941 TA. Sauron was driven out of Dol Guldur only to re-appear in Mordor. The Council last met in 2953 TA., at this meeting Sauruman insists that the One Ring has been swept out to sea.

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