Radagast the Brown, one of the Istari...
been having some fun designing the maiar, so here’s the ones i’ve done so far
ëonwë | ilmarë | aiwendil | olórin | curumo | alatar and pallando
They were clothed in the bodies of old men, restricting their powers so that they would only assist to the peoples of Middle-earth and not seek domination like Sauron, who was also a Maia. By inhabiting the bodies of Men they were ordered by the Valar to assist the people of Middle-earth through persuasion and encouragement, not force or fear. Being clothed in the bodies of Men they also became susceptible to all the weaknesses of a physical body, they felt hunger, pain, greed, sorrow, joy, and all other emotions and pains of Men.
Aiwendil (Radagast) in Valinor fast sketch
Inktober 7
"Curumo was obliged to take Aiwendil to please Yavanna…"
aka “Curumo, you be good and take little Aiwendil with you. No- don’t look at Aule- I’m not going to ask you again. Take him with you, or you’re not going.”
Anonymous asked you: I NEED MORE OF YOUR BEAUTIFULL AIWENDIL BBY RADAGAST PLEASE DOCTORS ORDERS
okAY there you go
"…Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten." - Gandalf the Grey. Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast in their Maiar forms in Valinor, as Olórin, Curumo and Aiwendil.
Unfinished Tales: The Istari, by SevKyo
Long they journeyed far and wide among Elves and Men, and held converse also with beasts and with birds; and the peoples of Middle-earth gave to them many names, for their true names they did not reveal.
i wasn’t going to post this but then i actually spent time colouring it and well……. (from left to right: aiwendil, curumo, mairon, olòrin, ossë & uinen)
“Show me.”
Aiwendil, Olórin, and Curunir.
‘Radagast is, of course, a worthy wizard, a master of shapes and changes of hue; and he has much lore of herbs and beasts, and birds are especially his friends’.