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51 results for “Númenor”

Characters · 51

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Elendil

Survivor of Númenor and first High King of the Dúnedain in Middle-earth, who founded Gondor and Arnor.

Bilbo Baggins
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Bilbo Baggins

A respectable Shire hobbit who is swept into the quest of Erebor and becomes the first hobbit to bear the One Ring.

Frodo Baggins
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Frodo Baggins

The hobbit of the Shire who carried the One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom and destroyed it.

Samwise Gamgee
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Samwise Gamgee

Frodo’s loyal gardener and companion, who carried him — and, briefly, the Ring — to the end of the quest.

Meriadoc Brandybuck
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Meriadoc Brandybuck

A clever Brandybuck who rode to war with Rohan and helped slay the Witch-king at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

Peregrin Took
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Peregrin Took

The youngest hobbit of the Fellowship, who became a knight and guard of Gondor and saved Faramir from Denethor’s pyre.

Thorin Oakenshield
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Thorin Oakenshield

The proud leader of the Company in The Hobbit, who reclaimed Erebor from Smaug and fell at the Battle of Five Armies.

Balin
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Balin

A wise and kindly Dwarf of Thorin’s company who later led a doomed attempt to recolonise Moria.

Gimli
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Gimli

The Dwarf of the Fellowship, whose friendship with Legolas becomes a symbol of reconciliation between their peoples.

Dáin Ironfoot
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Dáin Ironfoot

Dwarven lord who came to the aid of Thorin at the Battle of Five Armies and became King under the Mountain.

Glóin
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Glóin

A Dwarf of Thorin’s company and father of Gimli, later a member of the Council of Elrond.

Bombur
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Bombur

A jovial, very heavy Dwarf of Thorin’s company, noted for comic mishaps.

Dwalin
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Dwalin

A fierce Dwarf warrior and the first of Thorin’s companions to arrive at Bag End.

Kíli
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Kíli

A young Dwarf of Thorin’s company, skilled with a bow, who fell defending Thorin at the Battle of Five Armies.

Fíli
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Fíli

Kíli’s elder brother and heir to Thorin, who died with him at the Battle of Five Armies.

Nori
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Nori

A Dwarf of Thorin’s company known for his resourcefulness and distinctive appearance.

Dori
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Dori

A strong and dependable Dwarf of Thorin’s company, often seen carrying Bilbo.

Óin
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Óin

A Dwarf of Thorin’s company remembered for his skill at fire-making and, in later lore, healing.

Bifur
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Bifur

A Dwarf of Thorin’s company who, in the films, speaks only in an unfamiliar tongue after a head-wound.

Galadriel
Character

Galadriel

An Elven-queen of the Noldor, wielder of Nenya, and one of the wisest and most powerful figures remaining in Middle-earth.

Elrond
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Elrond

Lord of Rivendell, keeper of the Elven-ring Vilya, loremaster and healer, and foster-father of Aragorn.

Arwen Undómiel
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Arwen Undómiel

Daughter of Elrond who chose mortality to wed Aragorn, uniting the lines of Lúthien and Beren.

Legolas Greenleaf
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Legolas Greenleaf

Son of Thranduil and the Elven archer of the Fellowship, whose friendship with Gimli breaks an old estrangement.

Thranduil
Character

Thranduil

King of the Woodland Realm and father of Legolas, who imprisoned Thorin’s company and later fought at Five Armies.

Celeborn
Character

Celeborn

Lord of Lothlórien, husband of Galadriel, and a Sindarin prince of Doriath.

Haldir
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Haldir

An Elf of Lothlórien who guides the Fellowship and later dies defending Helm’s Deep in the film adaptation.

Glorfindel
Character

Glorfindel

A mighty Elf-lord of Rivendell and, in the First Age, a hero who fell fighting a Balrog.

Gandalf
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Gandalf

A Wizard of the Istari, keeper of the Elven-ring Narya, and the chief architect of the resistance to Sauron.

Saruman
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Saruman

The chief of the Wizards, whose study of Sauron’s power corrupted him into a would-be rival lord.

Radagast
Character

Radagast

A Wizard devoted to beasts and birds, who served as a watcher of the wilds rather than a power in councils.

Aragorn
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Aragorn

The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.

Boromir
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Boromir

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
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Faramir

Denethor’s younger son, a wise and gentle captain who resists the Ring’s temptation and befriends Frodo.

Character

Éowyn

Théoden’s niece, who defied the prohibition on women going to war and slew the Witch-king at the Pelennor.

Éomer
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Éomer

Théoden’s nephew, a marshal of Rohan who becomes king after the war.

Théoden
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Théoden

King of Rohan, aged prematurely by Gríma’s counsel, later restored and killed at the Pelennor Fields.

Denethor II
Character

Denethor II

The proud Steward of Gondor, worn down by the palantír and despair, who perishes in madness.

Character

Isildur

King of Gondor and Arnor who cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand, then kept it and was slain by Orcs.

Gríma Wormtongue
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Gríma Wormtongue

Théoden’s treacherous counsellor, secretly in Saruman’s service.

Sauron
Character

Sauron

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
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The Witch-king of Angmar

The chief of the Nazgûl, a Ringwraith and Sauron’s most feared captain, slain by Éowyn and Merry.

Gollum
Character

Gollum

A Stoor-hobbit ruined by the One Ring, who guides Frodo and Sam toward Mordor and finally destroys the Ring by accident.

Azog
Character

Azog

The Orc who slew Thrór and was killed by Dáin at the Battle of Azanulbizar; greatly expanded in the films.

Bolg
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Bolg

Son of Azog, who led the Orc host at the Battle of Five Armies.

Uglúk
Character

Uglúk

Leader of Saruman's Uruk-hai band that captured Merry and Pippin.

Grishnákh
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Grishnákh

A cunning Orc captain from Mordor who joined the pursuit of the hobbits.

Mauhúr
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Mauhúr

An Uruk-hai captain of the band Saruman sent to accompany his scouts.

Gorbag
Character

Gorbag

Captain of the Uruks of Minas Morgul who quarrelled with Shagrat over Frodo’s belongings.

Shagrat
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Shagrat

Captain of the Tower of Cirith Ungol, left holding Frodo after Shelob’s attack.

Smaug
Character

Smaug

The great dragon who took the Lonely Mountain, hoarded its treasure, and was slain by Bard the Bowman.

Chrysophylax Dives
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Chrysophylax Dives

The dragon of Tolkien’s comic tale “Farmer Giles of Ham”.

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