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Hobbits & Halflings
6 figures
Bilbo Baggins
Hobbits & Halflings · The Shire
A respectable Shire hobbit who is swept into the quest of Erebor and becomes the first hobbit to bear the One Ring.
Frodo Baggins
Hobbits & Halflings · The Fellowship
The hobbit of the Shire who carried the One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom and destroyed it.
Samwise Gamgee
Hobbits & Halflings · The Fellowship
Frodo’s loyal gardener and companion, who carried him — and, briefly, the Ring — to the end of the quest.
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Hobbits & Halflings · The Fellowship
A clever Brandybuck who rode to war with Rohan and helped slay the Witch-king at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Peregrin Took
Hobbits & Halflings · The Fellowship
The youngest hobbit of the Fellowship, who became a knight and guard of Gondor and saved Faramir from Denethor’s pyre.
Gollum
Hobbits & Halflings · Unaffiliated
A Stoor-hobbit ruined by the One Ring, who guides Frodo and Sam toward Mordor and finally destroys the Ring by accident.
Men of Middle-earth
12 figures
Aragorn
Men of Middle-earth · Gondor & Arnor
The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
Boromir
Men of Middle-earth · Gondor
The proud eldest son of Denethor who joins the Fellowship, tries to take the Ring, and redeems himself dying to defend Merry and Pippin.
Faramir
Men of Middle-earth · Gondor
Denethor’s younger son, a wise and gentle captain who resists the Ring’s temptation and befriends Frodo.
Éowyn
Men of Middle-earth · Rohan
Théoden’s niece, who defied the prohibition on women going to war and slew the Witch-king at the Pelennor.
Éomer
Men of Middle-earth · Rohan
Théoden’s nephew, a marshal of Rohan who becomes king after the war.
Théoden
Men of Middle-earth · Rohan
King of Rohan, aged prematurely by Gríma’s counsel, later restored and killed at the Pelennor Fields.
Denethor II
Men of Middle-earth · Gondor
The proud Steward of Gondor, worn down by the palantír and despair, who perishes in madness.
Arathorn II
Men of Middle-earth · Arnor
Chieftain of the Dúnedain and father of Aragorn, killed by Orcs while Aragorn was an infant.
Gilraen
Men of Middle-earth · Arnor
Mother of Aragorn, who took him to Rivendell for safety and later died in grief.
Isildur
Men of Middle-earth · Gondor & Arnor
King of Gondor and Arnor who cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand, then kept it and was slain by Orcs.
Elendil
Men of Middle-earth · Gondor & Arnor
Survivor of Númenor and first High King of the Dúnedain in Middle-earth, who founded Gondor and Arnor.
Gríma Wormtongue
Men of Middle-earth · Isengard
Théoden’s treacherous counsellor, secretly in Saruman’s service.
Elves of Middle-earth
10 figures
Galadriel
Elves of Middle-earth · Lothlórien
An Elven-queen of the Noldor, wielder of Nenya, and one of the wisest and most powerful figures remaining in Middle-earth.
Elrond
Elves of Middle-earth · Rivendell
Lord of Rivendell, keeper of the Elven-ring Vilya, loremaster and healer, and foster-father of Aragorn.
Arwen Undómiel
Elves of Middle-earth · Rivendell
Daughter of Elrond who chose mortality to wed Aragorn, uniting the lines of Lúthien and Beren.
Legolas Greenleaf
Elves of Middle-earth · Mirkwood
Son of Thranduil and the Elven archer of the Fellowship, whose friendship with Gimli breaks an old estrangement.
Thranduil
Elves of Middle-earth · Mirkwood
King of the Woodland Realm and father of Legolas, who imprisoned Thorin’s company and later fought at Five Armies.
Celeborn
Elves of Middle-earth · Lothlórien
Lord of Lothlórien, husband of Galadriel, and a Sindarin prince of Doriath.
Haldir
Elves of Middle-earth · Lothlórien
An Elf of Lothlórien who guides the Fellowship and later dies defending Helm’s Deep in the film adaptation.
Glorfindel
Elves of Middle-earth · Rivendell
A mighty Elf-lord of Rivendell and, in the First Age, a hero who fell fighting a Balrog.
Tauriel
Elves of Middle-earth · Mirkwood
A captain of the Woodland Realm’s guard created for Peter Jackson’s film trilogy.
Arondir
Elves of Middle-earth · The Southlands
A Silvan Elf created for the television series The Rings of Power.
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk
16 figures
Thorin Oakenshield
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Erebor
The proud leader of the Company in The Hobbit, who reclaimed Erebor from Smaug and fell at the Battle of Five Armies.
Balin
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A wise and kindly Dwarf of Thorin’s company who later led a doomed attempt to recolonise Moria.
Gimli
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
The Dwarf of the Fellowship, whose friendship with Legolas becomes a symbol of reconciliation between their peoples.
Thráin II
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
Father of Thorin Oakenshield, captured and tormented by Sauron, from whom Sauron took a Dwarf-ring.
Thrór
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
Grandfather of Thorin and King under the Mountain before Smaug, later slain by the Orc Azog.
Dáin Ironfoot
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Erebor
Dwarven lord who came to the aid of Thorin at the Battle of Five Armies and became King under the Mountain.
Durin
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
The eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves and founder of the line of Durin’s Folk.
Glóin
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A Dwarf of Thorin’s company and father of Gimli, later a member of the Council of Elrond.
Bombur
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A jovial, very heavy Dwarf of Thorin’s company, noted for comic mishaps.
Dwalin
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A fierce Dwarf warrior and the first of Thorin’s companions to arrive at Bag End.
Kíli
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A young Dwarf of Thorin’s company, skilled with a bow, who fell defending Thorin at the Battle of Five Armies.
Fíli
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
Kíli’s elder brother and heir to Thorin, who died with him at the Battle of Five Armies.
Nori
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A Dwarf of Thorin’s company known for his resourcefulness and distinctive appearance.
Dori
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A strong and dependable Dwarf of Thorin’s company, often seen carrying Bilbo.
Óin
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A Dwarf of Thorin’s company remembered for his skill at fire-making and, in later lore, healing.
Bifur
Dwarves of Durin’s Folk · Durin's Folk
A Dwarf of Thorin’s company who, in the films, speaks only in an unfamiliar tongue after a head-wound.
Wizards & the Istari
5 figures
Gandalf
Wizards & the Istari · The Fellowship
A Wizard of the Istari, keeper of the Elven-ring Narya, and the chief architect of the resistance to Sauron.
Saruman
Wizards & the Istari · Isengard
The chief of the Wizards, whose study of Sauron’s power corrupted him into a would-be rival lord.
Radagast
Wizards & the Istari · Isengard
A Wizard devoted to beasts and birds, who served as a watcher of the wilds rather than a power in councils.
Alatar
Wizards & the Istari · The East
One of the two Blue Wizards who journeyed into the East and of whose fates little is known.
Pallando
Wizards & the Istari · The East
One of the two Blue Wizards, companion of Alatar in the East.
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai
8 figures
Azog
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai · Mordor
The Orc who slew Thrór and was killed by Dáin at the Battle of Azanulbizar; greatly expanded in the films.
Bolg
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai · Mordor
Son of Azog, who led the Orc host at the Battle of Five Armies.
Lurtz
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai · Isengard
An Uruk-hai captain created for Peter Jackson’s films, who kills Boromir.
Uglúk
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai · Isengard
Leader of Saruman's Uruk-hai band that captured Merry and Pippin.
Grishnákh
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai · Mordor
A cunning Orc captain from Mordor who joined the pursuit of the hobbits.
Mauhúr
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai · Isengard
An Uruk-hai captain of the band Saruman sent to accompany his scouts.
Gorbag
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai · Mordor
Captain of the Uruks of Minas Morgul who quarrelled with Shagrat over Frodo’s belongings.
Shagrat
Orcs, Goblins & Uruk-hai · Mordor
Captain of the Tower of Cirith Ungol, left holding Frodo after Shelob’s attack.
Dragons & Great Beasts
5 figures
Smaug
Dragons & Great Beasts · Erebor
The great dragon who took the Lonely Mountain, hoarded its treasure, and was slain by Bard the Bowman.
Glaurung
Dragons & Great Beasts · Angband
The first of the great dragons and the “Father of Dragons”, who fought in the Wars of Beleriand.
Ancalagon the Black
Dragons & Great Beasts · Angband
The greatest of Morgoth’s winged dragons, destroyed by Eärendil in the War of Wrath.
Scatha
Dragons & Great Beasts · The Grey Mountains
A long-worm dragon of the Grey Mountains slain by Fram of the Éothéod.
Chrysophylax Dives
Dragons & Great Beasts · The Grey Mountains
The dragon of Tolkien’s comic tale “Farmer Giles of Ham”.
Dark Lords & Necromancers
3 figures
Morgoth
Dark Lords & Necromancers · Angband
The first Dark Lord, a fallen Vala whose discord marred Arda and whose wars shaped the First Age.
Sauron
Dark Lords & Necromancers · Mordor
A Maia and former lieutenant of Morgoth, forger of the One Ring and the central antagonist of The Lord of the Rings.
The Witch-king of Angmar
Dark Lords & Necromancers · Angmar & Minas Morgul
The chief of the Nazgûl, a Ringwraith and Sauron’s most feared captain, slain by Éowyn and Merry.