Gandalf is a being known as a Maiar, which is similar to an angel, and was having epic adventures for thousands of years before he joined the Fellowship of the Ring. Unsurprisingly, Gandalf has plenty ...
In the Lord of the Rings chronology, The Hobbit occurs roughly 60 years before The Fellowship of the Ring. One dragon single-handedly ruining an entire kingdom is a power that surely would've factored ...