Lord of Isengard

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Lord of Isengard is the title held by Saruman, the powerful and ultimately treacherous wizard who rules from the tower of Orthanc in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Lord of the Ring of Isengard 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional title
noble title in fiction
appearsInGenre high fantasy
appearsInMedium novel
associatedWithCharacterTrait powerful
treacherous
associatedWithEvent War of the Ring NERFINISHED
associatedWithFaction White Council NERFINISHED
associatedWithLocation Isengard NERFINISHED
Orthanc NERFINISHED
associatedWithRace Istari NERFINISHED
connectedArtifact Orthanc-stone (palantír) NERFINISHED
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED
governs the stronghold of Isengard NERFINISHED
heldBy Saruman NERFINISHED
holderCreates Uruk-hai of Isengard NERFINISHED
holderDownfallCause lust for power
holderDownfallEvent destruction of Isengard by the Ents
holderLaterTitleColorAssociation Many-coloured (Saruman of Many Colours) NERFINISHED
holderOriginalMission to oppose Sauron
holderSpecies Maia (in incarnate form as a wizard) NERFINISHED
holderSubjugates the Dunlendings NERFINISHED
holderTitleColorAssociation White (as in Saruman the White) NERFINISHED
languageOfName Westron NERFINISHED
laterAssociatedWithFaction Sauron NERFINISHED
narrativeRole antagonistic authority figure
symbol of corruption of power
notableActionOfHolder industrialization and militarization of Isengard
opposes Gandalf NERFINISHED
Rohan NERFINISHED
the Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
relatedConcept corrupted wizard
wizard-lord
residesIn the tower of Orthanc NERFINISHED
setInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED
timePeriodInFiction Third Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
titleHolderAlignment initially aligned with the Free Peoples
later aligned with Sauron
usedInFranchise Middle-earth legendarium NERFINISHED
usedInWork The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Return of the King NERFINISHED
The Two Towers NERFINISHED

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Saruman title Lord of Isengard
Saruman title Lord of Isengard
this entity surface form: Lord of the Ring of Isengard