This is a spin-off thread from the Alphas in Fiction thread, that was getting too bogged down in debating Middle Earth typing. This is a thread for discussing the types of J.R.R. Tolkien, and the types for the assorted characters of Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, The Lost Tales, and other works.

To start us off (or return us to the point of origin): What type was Gandalf?