!![[center: [-'''Setting-wide:''' [[Characters/TolkiensLegendariumPeoples Peoples and Races]], [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsSauron Sauron]]-]]] [[center:[-''Characters/TheSilmarillion'': [[Characters/TheSilmarillionEruAndTheAinur Eru and the Ainur]], [[Characters/TheSilmarillionEnemies Enemies]], [[Characters/TheSilmarillionFirstGenerationElvenRoyalty First-Generation Elven Royalty]], [[Characters/TheSilmarillionHouseOfFeanor the House of Fëanor]], [[Characters/TheSilmarillionHouseOfFingolfin the House of Fingolfin]]-]]] [[center:[-''Characters/TheHobbit''-]]] [[center:[-'''''The Lord of the Rings''''': [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowship The Fellowship of the Ring]], [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsFreeMen Free Men]], [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsTheElves the Elves]], [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsTheForcesOfSauron the Forces of Sauron]], [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]]]

This list covers the most important among the massive cast in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' by Creator/JRRTolkien.

This page is for the '''book ONLY'''. For the characters as they were portrayed in the Creator/PeterJackson [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings film trilogy]], see [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilm here]].

For the characters that are portrayed in Amazon's ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', see [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower here]]. They are set in a different continuity from the films.

See also the character sheets for ''Characters/TheSilmarillion'' and ''Characters/TheHobbit'' (or [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilm the latter's film versions]]), which are set in the same universe (and, indeed, feature some of the same characters).
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* [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowship The Fellowship of the Ring]] [[note]]Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir.[[/note]]
* [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsFreeMen Free Men]] [[note]]Theodén, Éomer, Éowyn, Gríma, Faramir, Denethor, Imharil, Beregond, Ghân-Buri-Ghân, and Halbarad.[[/note]]
* [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsTheElves The Elves]] [[note]]Elrond, Galadriel, Arwen, Celeborn, Glorfindel, and Gildor.[[/note]]
* [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsTheForcesOfSauron The Forces of Sauron]] (And independent monsters) [[note]]The One Ring, Saruman, The Witch-King of Angmar, Khâmul, Uglúk, Grishnakh, Gorbag, Shagrat, The Mouth of Sauron, Shelob, Durin's Bane, and the Watcher in the Water.[[/note]]
** [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsSauron The Dark Lord Sauron]]
* [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRingsOtherCharacters Other Characters]] [[note]]Bilbo, Gollum, Farmer Maggot, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Lotho Sackville-Baggins, Rosie Cotton, Radagast, the Blue Wizards, Treebeard, Quickbeam, Tom Bombadil, Goldberry and Gwaihir. [[/note]]
* [[Characters/TolkiensLegendariumPeoples Tropes associated with entire races or cultures]]
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