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The corruption of the Blue Wizards is further hinted at in a letter Tolkien wrote, where he suggested that they might have founded cults and magical traditions that would endure beyond Sauron’s defeat. Unlike Saruman, whose lust for power was clear, the Blue Wizards’ deviations appear nuanced, implying that their motivations could have been driven by a tragic loss of faith or a result of their frustration with the lack of divine intervention during the ongoing struggle against evil.