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Saruman: White Council
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For many years, Saruman and Gandalf were friends and partners, and were roughly equals in wisdom and power. Unlike Gandalf... Saruman was proud; He saw himself as the most powerful of the Istari, expressing clear contempt for Radagast. He became jealous of Gandalf, eventually convincing himself Gandalf must be scheming against him, to justify his own scheming against Gandalf and the rest of the White Council.
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Most often called Saruman the White, Saruman was the first of the five Wizards to arrive in Middle-earth, at the end of the first millennium of the Third Age. He was said to be the eldest of the order, and Gandalf acknowledged him as the chief of the Istari.
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The name Saruman means "man of skill." This was his name in the language of the Men of the North. In Old English, the word searu means both "art, skill, cleverness, cunning" and "device, trick, snare, ambuscade, plot, treachery." Saruman's color was originally white and he wore white robes.
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In July III 3018, when he was ready to reveal himself, Saruman set a trap for Gandalf, using the Wizard Radagast to lure him to Orthanc. When Gandalf came, Saruman revealed that he had made a Ring of his own, and that he was no longer Saruman the White, but claimed the title Saruman of Many Colours. When Gandalf refused to join him, he was imprisoned on the pinnacle of the Tower of Orthanc - Saruman hoped to gain the secret of the One Ring from him, or at least prevent Gandalf from using it himself.
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In the book, Saruman and his past are explained in greater detail. Saruman the White was leader of the White Council, which met to decide what to do about Sauron. and then to be jealous of his power. Saruman, in spite of his power and brilliant mind, was swayed by temptation.
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Saruman's forces are active ... in the western borders of Rohan. A small warband of Uruk-Hai has been sent to Amon Hen to capture halflings for the White Wizard. This scenario is the two-part Amon Hen scenario.
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