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Old 01-15-2003, 04:42 AM   #12
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Legalos,

Sauron the deciever wrote:
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And what order do the colours go from the least powerful?
the real findorfin wrote:
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White - good Saruman (purity)
Grey - Gandalf (white sullied by hard work?)
Blue - Pallando/Alatar (dunno but Manwe's robes are blue, sky =freedom perhaps)
Brown - Radagast (nature)
I should, however, have read the other posts more clearly. It seems to be a popular opinion that the colours were not about ranks... but that by no means makes it universally "obvious".

[ January 15, 2003: Message edited by: doug*platypus ]
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