Before he was a wizard, Gandalf was essentially a homebody studying in Valinor — a pre-Earth paradise. When the Valar sent Maiar like him to Middle Earth as missionaries against Sauron, Gandalf had to be nudged out the door. The most powerful being in the fellowship started as someone who just wanted to be left alone with his books.
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