Wizards, witches and at least one talking animal share the same job here: getting a reluctant hero ready for a fight they never asked for.
1GandalfThe wizard who sends Bilbo on his journey in The Hobbit and guides the Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings, played on film by Ian McKellen.1000pts
2Albus DumbledoreThe Hogwarts headmaster who prepares Harry for his fight against Voldemort in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.833pts
3MerlinThe wizard of Arthurian legend who tutors and advises the young Arthur, most famously in T.H. White's The Once and Future King.625pts
4Rubeus HagridThe Hogwarts gamekeeper who tells Harry he is a wizard and becomes his loyal friend in the Harry Potter books.423pts
5AslanThe great lion who creates Narnia and guides the Pevensie children in C.S. Lewis's seven-book Chronicles of Narnia.333pts
6Severus SnapeThe Hogwarts Potions master who secretly protects Harry for years and gives him Occlumency lessons in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.227pts
7Glinda the Good WitchThe Good Witch of the North who sets Dorothy on the yellow brick road and shows her the way home in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, played by Billie Burke.227pts
8Geralt of RiviaThe witcher who trains and protects the young princess Ciri in Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher saga and its Netflix adaptation.227pts
9Uncle IrohThe retired Fire Nation general who guides his nephew Zuko in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008).0pts
Photo credits
- Gandalf — Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Albus Dumbledore — Nicholas Gemini, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rubeus Hagrid — Francyskus, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aslan — Otter, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Severus Snape — pinguino k, CC BY 2.0
- Geralt of Rivia — Romer Jed Medina from Newark, NJ, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Uncle Iroh — Ke7dbx, CC BY 2.0
Comments 1
Both die and come back, Aslan at the Stone Table and Gandalf in Moria, which makes this the closest Narnia and Middle-earth ever get: https://youpick.best/articles/narnia-vs-lord-of-the-rings-ranked
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