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The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works, edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay, who later became a noted fantasy writer. The Silmarillion, along with J. R. R. Tolkien's other works, forms a...

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Frodo Baggins

Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is a principal protagonist of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He is also mentioned in The Silmarillion. He was a hobbit of the Shire who inherited Sauron's Ring from Bilbo...

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Gandalf

Gandalf is a fictional character with major roles in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In these stories, Gandalf appears as a wizard, member and later the head (after Saruman's betrayal and fall) of the order known as...

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Sauron

Sauron (pronounced /ˈsaʊərɒn/, Quenya:, literal meaning: "Abhorred" ) is the titular character and the principal antagonist of the fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. In the same work, he is revealed to be the same character as ...

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Saruman

Saruman is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy story The Lord of the Rings. He casts himself as a rival of Sauron, the main antagonist of the tale, but is later revealed to have been serving him. Much of the action in the second...

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Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist of The Hobbit and also makes a few appearances in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings. The story of The Hobbit featuring Bilbo is also retold from a different...

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The Shire

Elrond

Elrond Half-elven is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He is introduced in The Hobbit, and plays a supporting role in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Elrond was Lord of Rivendell, one of the mighty...

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Morgoth

Morgoth Bauglir (originally Melkor) is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium. He is the main antagonist of The Silmarillion, figures in The Children of Húrin, and is mentioned briefly in The Lord of the Rings. Melkor...

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Radagast

Radagast the Brown is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He is one of the Istari or Wizards who were sent by the angelic Valar to aid the Elves and Men of Middle-earth in their struggle against the Dark Lord Sauron...

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Galadriel

Galadriel is a fictional character created by J. R. R. Tolkien, appearing in his Middle-earth legendarium. She appears in The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. She was a royal Elf of both the Noldor and the Teleri, being a...

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Glorfindel

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Glorfindel appears twice as a name of an Elf who appears in the tales of Middle-earth. The first appears in various material relating to the First Age of Middle-earth, including The Silmarillion. The second...

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Manwë

Manwë Súlimo is an Ainu in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. Manwë is first described in The Silmarillion. He is the King of the Valar, husband of Varda Elentári, brother of the Dark Lord Melkor, and King of Arda. He lived atop Mount Taniquetil, the...

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Elendil

Elendil is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He appears in The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. Known as Elendil the Tall (Tolkien put his height at "more than man high by nearly half a ranga", almost...

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Anárion

Anárion is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. His name is derived from Anar, which means "Sun" in Tolkien's invented language Quenya. He was the son of Elendil and the brother of Isildur, and with them established the Realms...

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Thingol

Elu Thingol is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He appears in The Silmarillion and The Lays of Beleriand and Children of Húrin as well as in numerous stories in the many volumes of The History of Middle-earth. He...

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Melian

Melian the Maia is a fictional character in the fantasy-world Middle-earth of the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. She appears in The Silmarillion, the epic poem The Lay of Leithian, The Children of Húrin, the Annals of Aman and the Grey Annals. A...

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Orodreth

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Orodreth was an Elf of the First Age, the son of Angrod and nephew of Finrod Felagund, and a ruler of Nargothrond. His name in Quenya was Artaresto. Orodreth was born in Valinor to Angrod and Eldalôtë, a Noldorin...

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Círdan

Círdan (pronounced [ˈkiːrdan]) ('ship-maker' in Sindarin) the Shipwright is a fictional character created by J. R. R. Tolkien. He was a Telerin Elf, a great mariner and shipwright, and lord of the Falas during much of the First Age. He was the...

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Túrin Turambar

Túrin Turambar (pronounced [ˈtuːrɪn tuˈrambar]) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. First introduced in The Silmarillion, he is the primary protagonist and a tragic hero (or anti-hero) of the novel The Children of Húrin....

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Maglor

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Maglor is a fictional character, the second son of Fëanor and Nerdanel. He was the greatest poet and bard of the Noldor and was said to have inherited more of his mother's gentler temperament. Maglor is a Sindarin...

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Beleg

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Beleg is a major character who appears in numerous books, tales and poems about the First Age of Middle-earth such as The Silmarillion, The Lays of Beleriand and the Children of Húrin. "I am the hunter Beleg - of...

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Húrin

In the Middle-earth legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien, Húrin was a hero of Men during the First Age, said to be the greatest warrior of both the Edain and all the other Men in Middle-earth. Húrin Thalion (pronounced [ˈhuːrin ˈθaliɔn], Sindarin for The...

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Finduilas

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Finduilas was an Elf of the First Age, the daughter of Orodreth, ruler of Nargothrond. Finduilas lived in Nargothrond with her father Orodreth under the rule of Finrod Felagund. She was betrothed to Gwindor, who...

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Nienor

Nienor, also known as Níniel (pronounced [ˈni.ɛnɔr ˈniːnɪ.ɛlʲ]), is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, appearing in the Narn i Chîn Húrin told in full in The Children of Húrin and briefly in The Silmarillion....

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Mîm

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Mîm is the last of the Petty-dwarves. Mîm lives with his two sons at Amon Rûdh in middle Beleriand, where he keeps a secret treasury. During Túrin's time with the Outlaws, Mîm and his sons...

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Lalaith

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Urwen, better known by her nickname Lalaith ("Laughter"), was the second child of Húrin Thalion and Morwen Edhelwen and the sister of Túrin Turambar. She was born is spring of the Year of the Sun 466...

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Morwen

Morwen is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. She is featured in The Silmarillion, The Children of Húrin and The Wanderings of Húrin. She was the daughter of Baragund of the House of Bëor and cousin of Rían. She...

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Aerin

Aerin is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. She was a woman of the Folk of Hador and related to Húrin Thalion. Her father was one Indor, not otherwise mentioned. She lived not far from Húrin's house in the south...

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Brandir

Brandir is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He was a Chieftain of the Folk of Haleth in the First Age. Brandir was the son of Handir of Brethil and was descended from the Houses of Haleth and Hador through his...

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Dorlas

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Dorlas was a Men of the Folk of Haleth in the First Age. He was the father of Avranc. Dorlas was a close friend of Hardang of the Haladin, a pretender for the Chieftainship of Brethil. Consequently he...

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Eru Ilúvatar

Eru Ilúvatar is the name of the supreme being in the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien. However, he delegated most actions within Eä to the Ainur, including the shaping of Arda (the Earth) itself. Eru appears in Tolkien's Silmarillion but is not...

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