"What happens if the task does not suit?" He asks curiously. "I assume that there could be trouble, if one is left with an unsuitable job!"
He nods.
"Aye - the fourteen most powerful we call the Valar, the Great Powers of our world - they often took physical form to interact with us, although Morgoth, the Great Enemy, who was one of their number, became tied to his physical form as he put too much of his power into the world. Some of the lesser spirits, the Maiar, also tended to physical shapes - Eonwe, the Herald of Manwe, the Lord of the Breath of Arda, is probably the most well known, after Melian, who wed the King of the Sindar, Elu Thingol. But others have taken quieter or less noticable forms too, at times. The ones best known to me are Olorin, although when he dwelt in Middle-earth Men and Hobbits called him Gandalf, and so does he most prefer to be known, and the Ocean Maiar - Osse of the Storms, and Uinen of the Deeps."
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He nods.
"Aye - the fourteen most powerful we call the Valar, the Great Powers of our world - they often took physical form to interact with us, although Morgoth, the Great Enemy, who was one of their number, became tied to his physical form as he put too much of his power into the world. Some of the lesser spirits, the Maiar, also tended to physical shapes - Eonwe, the Herald of Manwe, the Lord of the Breath of Arda, is probably the most well known, after Melian, who wed the King of the Sindar, Elu Thingol. But others have taken quieter or less noticable forms too, at times. The ones best known to me are Olorin, although when he dwelt in Middle-earth Men and Hobbits called him Gandalf, and so does he most prefer to be known, and the Ocean Maiar - Osse of the Storms, and Uinen of the Deeps."