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Concerning the wizards, The Silmarilion states:

it was said among the Elves that they were messengers sent by the Lords of the West to contest the power of Sauron

We know from The Return of the King that Gandalf went with the ring-bearers into the West:

‘Yes, I am coming,’ said Frodo. ‘The Ring-bearers should go together.’

‘Where are you going, Master?’ cried Sam, though at last he understood what was happening.

‘To the Havens, Sam,’ said Frodo.

But Radagast and the other two were still in Middle-earth, as far as I know, from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarilion. Is there something else mentioned elsewhere in the legendarium about what happened with the remaining Istari now that their purpose in Middle-earth was fulfilled?

EDIT: A proposed answer for two of them, but it still leaves out the question of Radagast's fate.

Additional edit: Radagast's fate also has an answer.

Michael Foster
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    They exploded, probably. – Valorum Jul 05 '23 at 16:55
  • @A.Steer, almost. It seems contradictory, in that the accepted answer has the two in the east either making cults afterward or successfully helped defeat Sauron, and then ???. And it doesn't answer about Radagast. – Michael Foster Jul 05 '23 at 16:59
  • An answer about radergast is here https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/67711/153074 – A.Steer Jul 05 '23 at 17:04
  • Yes, thank you, between the two of them, I think that is as close to an answer as I will get. I did search this site before posting, but it seems your searches were better than mine. :) – Michael Foster Jul 05 '23 at 17:26
  • I decided to reopen this, based on the question being a combination of the questions which provide an answer, and reviewing other questions marked as duplicates. This question has answers in other questions, but isn't a duplicate of another question in itself that I have seen. – Michael Foster Jul 07 '23 at 11:58
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    @MichaelFoster If there is more than one question this is duplicate of we can link all of them. – DavidW Jul 07 '23 at 15:46
  • I added both linked questions with edits to my original question. – Michael Foster Jul 07 '23 at 15:54
  • The question can be closed as a duplicate of more than one other question. – chepner Jul 07 '23 at 19:56
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    I lack the reputation; perhaps someone else can add https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/67711/153074 as a second duplicate? – chepner Jul 07 '23 at 19:57
  • OK, yes, I guess I misspoke (miswrote?). I undeleted the message, but yes, it ought to be closed. And @chepner, I already have that link in my edited question. – Michael Foster Jul 07 '23 at 20:00
  • Yes, I just included in my comment to be precise about which question to add. – chepner Jul 07 '23 at 20:06

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