Men of Middle-earth
The Secondborn Children of Ilúvatar: the Edain, the sea-kings of Númenor, the horse-lords of Rohan and the Dúnedain of Gondor and Arnor. Men are mortal, and every choice they make is therefore urgent. Their kingdoms — Gondor, Rohan, Arnor — are the political shapes that dominate the Third Age, and their longings are what the Enemy learns to exploit.
Figures
Members
Mortal, brief-lived, and responsible for every kingdom in the West.
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.