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65 results for “The One Ring”
Characters · 65
CharacterSauron
A Maia and former lieutenant of Morgoth, forger of the One Ring and the central antagonist of The Lord of the Rings.
CharacterThe Witch-king of Angmar
The chief of the Nazgûl, a Ringwraith and Sauron’s most feared captain, slain by Éowyn and Merry.
CharacterSmaug
The great dragon who took the Lonely Mountain, hoarded its treasure, and was slain by Bard the Bowman.
CharacterGollum
A Stoor-hobbit ruined by the One Ring, who guides Frodo and Sam toward Mordor and finally destroys the Ring by accident.
CharacterMorgoth
The first Dark Lord, a fallen Vala whose discord marred Arda and whose wars shaped the First Age.
CharacterGandalf
A Wizard of the Istari, keeper of the Elven-ring Narya, and the chief architect of the resistance to Sauron.
CharacterBilbo Baggins
A respectable Shire hobbit who is swept into the quest of Erebor and becomes the first hobbit to bear the One Ring.
CharacterAragorn
The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
CharacterAncalagon the Black
The greatest of Morgoth’s winged dragons, destroyed by Eärendil in the War of Wrath.
CharacterSamwise Gamgee
Frodo’s loyal gardener and companion, who carried him — and, briefly, the Ring — to the end of the quest.
CharacterGaladriel
An Elven-queen of the Noldor, wielder of Nenya, and one of the wisest and most powerful figures remaining in Middle-earth.
CharacterBoromir
The proud eldest son of Denethor who joins the Fellowship, tries to take the Ring, and redeems himself dying to defend Merry and Pippin.
CharacterThorin Oakenshield
The proud leader of the Company in The Hobbit, who reclaimed Erebor from Smaug and fell at the Battle of Five Armies.
CharacterSaruman
The chief of the Wizards, whose study of Sauron’s power corrupted him into a would-be rival lord.
CharacterRadagast
A Wizard devoted to beasts and birds, who served as a watcher of the wilds rather than a power in councils.
Éowyn
Théoden’s niece, who defied the prohibition on women going to war and slew the Witch-king at the Pelennor.
Elendil
Survivor of Númenor and first High King of the Dúnedain in Middle-earth, who founded Gondor and Arnor.
CharacterAzog
The Orc who slew Thrór and was killed by Dáin at the Battle of Azanulbizar; greatly expanded in the films.
CharacterFrodo Baggins
The hobbit of the Shire who carried the One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom and destroyed it.
Isildur
King of Gondor and Arnor who cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand, then kept it and was slain by Orcs.
CharacterThráin II
Father of Thorin Oakenshield, captured and tormented by Sauron, from whom Sauron took a Dwarf-ring.
CharacterElrond
Lord of Rivendell, keeper of the Elven-ring Vilya, loremaster and healer, and foster-father of Aragorn.
CharacterThranduil
King of the Woodland Realm and father of Legolas, who imprisoned Thorin’s company and later fought at Five Armies.
CharacterArondir
A Silvan Elf created for the television series The Rings of Power.
CharacterAlatar
One of the two Blue Wizards who journeyed into the East and of whose fates little is known.
CharacterPallando
One of the two Blue Wizards, companion of Alatar in the East.
CharacterFaramir
Denethor’s younger son, a wise and gentle captain who resists the Ring’s temptation and befriends Frodo.
CharacterMeriadoc Brandybuck
A clever Brandybuck who rode to war with Rohan and helped slay the Witch-king at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
CharacterPeregrin Took
The youngest hobbit of the Fellowship, who became a knight and guard of Gondor and saved Faramir from Denethor’s pyre.
CharacterGimli
The Dwarf of the Fellowship, whose friendship with Legolas becomes a symbol of reconciliation between their peoples.
CharacterThrór
Grandfather of Thorin and King under the Mountain before Smaug, later slain by the Orc Azog.
CharacterDáin Ironfoot
Dwarven lord who came to the aid of Thorin at the Battle of Five Armies and became King under the Mountain.
CharacterDurin
The eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves and founder of the line of Durin’s Folk.
CharacterGlóin
A Dwarf of Thorin’s company and father of Gimli, later a member of the Council of Elrond.
CharacterDwalin
A fierce Dwarf warrior and the first of Thorin’s companions to arrive at Bag End.
CharacterKíli
A young Dwarf of Thorin’s company, skilled with a bow, who fell defending Thorin at the Battle of Five Armies.
CharacterFíli
Kíli’s elder brother and heir to Thorin, who died with him at the Battle of Five Armies.
CharacterBifur
A Dwarf of Thorin’s company who, in the films, speaks only in an unfamiliar tongue after a head-wound.
CharacterArwen Undómiel
Daughter of Elrond who chose mortality to wed Aragorn, uniting the lines of Lúthien and Beren.
CharacterLegolas Greenleaf
Son of Thranduil and the Elven archer of the Fellowship, whose friendship with Gimli breaks an old estrangement.
CharacterHaldir
An Elf of Lothlórien who guides the Fellowship and later dies defending Helm’s Deep in the film adaptation.
CharacterGlorfindel
A mighty Elf-lord of Rivendell and, in the First Age, a hero who fell fighting a Balrog.
CharacterTauriel
A captain of the Woodland Realm’s guard created for Peter Jackson’s film trilogy.
CharacterÉomer
Théoden’s nephew, a marshal of Rohan who becomes king after the war.
CharacterThéoden
King of Rohan, aged prematurely by Gríma’s counsel, later restored and killed at the Pelennor Fields.
CharacterDenethor II
The proud Steward of Gondor, worn down by the palantír and despair, who perishes in madness.
Arathorn II
Chieftain of the Dúnedain and father of Aragorn, killed by Orcs while Aragorn was an infant.
Gilraen
Mother of Aragorn, who took him to Rivendell for safety and later died in grief.
CharacterBolg
Son of Azog, who led the Orc host at the Battle of Five Armies.
CharacterGrishnákh
A cunning Orc captain from Mordor who joined the pursuit of the hobbits.
CharacterMauhúr
An Uruk-hai captain of the band Saruman sent to accompany his scouts.
CharacterGorbag
Captain of the Uruks of Minas Morgul who quarrelled with Shagrat over Frodo’s belongings.
CharacterShagrat
Captain of the Tower of Cirith Ungol, left holding Frodo after Shelob’s attack.
CharacterGlaurung
The first of the great dragons and the “Father of Dragons”, who fought in the Wars of Beleriand.
CharacterScatha
A long-worm dragon of the Grey Mountains slain by Fram of the Éothéod.
CharacterChrysophylax Dives
The dragon of Tolkien’s comic tale “Farmer Giles of Ham”.
CharacterBalin
A wise and kindly Dwarf of Thorin’s company who later led a doomed attempt to recolonise Moria.
CharacterBombur
A jovial, very heavy Dwarf of Thorin’s company, noted for comic mishaps.
CharacterNori
A Dwarf of Thorin’s company known for his resourcefulness and distinctive appearance.
CharacterDori
A strong and dependable Dwarf of Thorin’s company, often seen carrying Bilbo.
CharacterÓin
A Dwarf of Thorin’s company remembered for his skill at fire-making and, in later lore, healing.
CharacterCeleborn
Lord of Lothlórien, husband of Galadriel, and a Sindarin prince of Doriath.
CharacterGríma Wormtongue
Théoden’s treacherous counsellor, secretly in Saruman’s service.
CharacterLurtz
An Uruk-hai captain created for Peter Jackson’s films, who kills Boromir.
CharacterUglúk
Leader of Saruman's Uruk-hai band that captured Merry and Pippin.
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