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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 48870" data-attributes="member: 363">Y'know, there is something being overlooked here.Gandalf used fire spells a number of times in the books, without the benefit of gunpowder.In the Hobbit, when he and the Dwarves and Bilbo are treed by the warg-riding goblins, Gandalf toses down little balls of fire that sets the bad guys on fire, and threatens to burn Gandalf and Co. out of the trees.At Redhorn Pass, Gandalf starts a fire with his staff.In his battle with the Balrog, he creates what seems to be a wall of fire by breaking his staff.Another thing to note is that Gandalf bore Narya, the Ring of Fire, which likley gave him these fire abilities.</blockquote>