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Wizards: Gandalf the Grey
Radagast the Brown

"The Istari [wizards] bore the forms of Old Men, although they were vigorous and aged very slowly. They possessed great skill of body and mind . . . Each of the Istari had his own color and grade within the Order. Saruman the White was the eldest and Gandalf the Grey second" (Foster 276).

" 'I adore Gandalf the Grey's costume!' says Ngila. 'The material was specially woven for us in Indonesia and, while it may look like a lot of old, gray ragedy stuff, I can tell you that a huge amount of work went into making it look like that.'
The process began with a good washing: 'Several good washings, actually. Next we overdyed it until we got to what was the agreed Gandalf costume color and then we washed it again -- to dull the color down. After that, we put it through another dye bath and washed it yet again. Then we really got started' " (Sibley 88).