What happens to Saruman after LOTR?

In the aftermath of that battle Frodo confronted Saruman and exiled him from the Shire, but before he could leave, Gríma Wormtongue killed Saruman by slitting his throat with a dagger, on the very doorstep of Bag End.
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Is Saruman's death a deleted scene?

1 Saruman's Death

He's a huge figure in the first two films, but then he pretty much disappears from the narrative. This is because his big death scene in Return of the King was deleted and saved for the extended edition. The scene itself isn't the most magnificent one.
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What happened to Saruman's spirit?

As with all Maiar, Saruman's spirit should have returned to the halls of Mandos (I think) when his physical body was destroyed. However, he falls into a weird position, as he strayed from the path given to him by the Valar.
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Why is Saruman not in The Return of the King?

It's understandable why Saruman's scouring of the Shire wasn't filmed because it would have fatigued audiences who already invested three hours in the main story. Saruman's demise may have not made it to theaters, but the behind-the-scenes story about the scene still added to the legend of Christopher Lee.
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What happened to Saruman after the Battle of the Five Armies?

He became known as Curunír to the Elves and Saruman to Men. For over a thousand years, he and the Blue Wizards sojourned in the East, but he returned alone just as Sauron's power in Dol Guldur began to grow.
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Is Saruman permanently dead?

After losing the battle, Saruman is killed by his own assistant, the downtrodden Wormtongue. The Scouring of the Shire was never likely to make it into the film version of The Lord of the Rings, since it's more or less an epilogue to the main story, and a new ending was therefore required for Christopher Lee's Saruman.
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Can Saruman come back?

But if he had died before the One Ring was destroyed, I think his own ring would still have failed and he would be unable to reincarnate himself ever again. Hence, for Saruman there was probably no real chance of recovering his wits and will enough to reincarnate himself.
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What happened to Saruman after Isengard?

Power destroyed

Following the Ents' destruction of Isengard, Saruman found himself confined to Orthanc and his servants scattered or killed. After the arrival of Théoden, Gandalf, Aragorn, and the remaining members of the Fellowship, Saruman made one final unsuccessful attempt to turn Théoden and Gandalf over to evil.
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What happened to Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings?

Gríma himself is shot with an arrow fired by Legolas, who had hoped to prevent him from killing Saruman (who was in the process of revealing vital information). He dies of his wound.
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What does Saruman say on top of Orthanc?

Saruman stands on the Pinnacle of Orthanc and continues to command Caradhras. Away above him where he stands, a great black wall-cloud towers over Redhorn.] Saruman: "Cuiva nwalca Carnirasse; Nai yarvaxea rasselya; taltuva notto-carinnar!" (Wake up cruel Redhorn! May your bloodstained horn fall upon enemy heads!)
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What happened to Radagast?

Some passed over the Misty Mountains and eventually came to Rhosgobel, but they found that Radagast was not there. His fate after the War of the Ring is not known, however given his task was to oppose Sauron his powers likely would have dwindled if he remained in Middle-earth.
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Did Saruman know Frodo had the Ring?

Gandalf withheld information on its whereabouts. At that point in time the finding of the Ring was known only to Gandalf, Frodo, Bilbo, Gollum and Sauron. None of them either had contact with Saruman or had informed him.
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Why did they cut Saruman's death Reddit?

Both implicate that Saruman is out of the game. Because the scene that leads up to that part is somewhat lengthy and not really necessary. Plus he didn't die then in the book so it was an easy thing for them to cut.
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Why was the Mouth of Sauron cut?

Peter Jackson made it about the Mouth of Sauron trying to taunt the Heroes into thinking Frodo is dead. In the book, its entirely different. He's trying to barter with them, trying to offer them Frodo's life in exchange for their withdrawal.
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Is Saruman good in The Hobbit?

Saruman seems to be evil in the Hobbit. He knows that Sauron is really the Necromancer and tries to deny Gandalf's claims to keep his master safe.
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Why does Saruman call Gandalf Stormcrow?

Theodon thinks that Gandalf only appears when there will be trouble. Since a stormcrow is a harbinger of the "coming storm" or conflict, Theodon names him Gandalf Stormcrow.
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Does Aragorn love Eowyn?

Éowyn falls in love with Aragorn, but though he respects her, he does not return her feelings, as he is betrothed to the elf Arwen. As Aragorn points out, her duty is with her people; she has to shoulder the responsibility of ruling Rohan in Théoden's stead when the war-host of Rohan go to war.
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What does Grima say to Eowyn?

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
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Was Saruman stronger than Gandalf?

Most of the time that Gandalf knows Saurman he is known as Saruman the White. He was originally the chief of the wizards as well as the White Council that was formed to fight against Sauron. He was more powerful than Gandalf at these stages, but his study of dark magic turned him to support Sauron.
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How did Sauron turn Saruman?

3000 The shadow of Mordor lengthens. Saruman dares to use the palantír of Orthanc, but becomes ensnared by Sauron, who has the Ithil Stone. He becomes a traitor to the Council.
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Was Sauron an elf?

Prior to the publication of The Silmarillion, Sauron's origins and true identity were unclear to those without full access to Tolkien's notes. In early editions of The Guide to Middle Earth, Sauron is described as "probably of the Eldar elves".
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Is Galadriel a maiar?

Galadriel possessed a tremendous amount of magical powers, and was said to be the greatest of the Ñoldor after Fëanor. When she still lived in the Undying Lands, she had been a pupil of Yavanna and Aulë, and she later became a friend of Melian the Maia.
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What happens if Gandalf dies?

What happened to Gandalf when he died? When Gandalf died, his divine being left his set physical form, and about 20 days later, he was returned to life. “Darkness took me;” he says to Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli in The Two Towers, “and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.
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Is Saruman a maiar?

Saruman, who was a Maia, had lost his shape with his "death". As a discorporate spirit, he turned westward, but a wind came from the West and pushed him away. Apparently his spirit was left naked, powerless, and wandering in Middle-earth, not unlike Sauron after the One Ring was destroyed.
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