<Tr> <Th> Book (s) </Th> <Td> Unfinished Tales (1980) The Peoples of Middle - earth (1996) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Blue Wizards are fictional characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium . </P> <P> They are two of the five Wizards (or Istari) sent by the Valar to Middle - earth to aid in the struggle against Sauron . They are called the Blue Wizards on account of their sea - blue robes (each of the other Istari had robes of a different color), and their individual names are given in the Unfinished Tales as Alatar and Pallando . They were both sent to the distant east of Middle - earth, and therefore played no role in the events of the west of Middle - earth, as described in The Lord of the Rings . Consequently, little is known about them . </P> <P> It is not clear from which of Tolkien's invented languages the names Alatar and Pallando are derived . A possible translation from Quenya for Alatar is after - comer and could be a reference to his being selected as the second Wizard, after Curunír (Saruman). Alatar could also mean "Noble, great one". Pallando can be translated from Quenya as far one from palan, meaning far or distant . </P>

Who are the two blue wizards in middle earth