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The Lord of the Rings
Part I. The Hobbit
A Guide to Tolkien's Novel
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People from A to F
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Aragorn: also known as a Ranger, Strider (to humans),
the Dúnadan (to Elves), a man of the West (or Westernesse), a Númenorean, son of
Arathorn, Isildur's heir, Elrond's foster-son 'Estel', Elessar ('Elfstone'), Ranger of Eriador, Wingfoot
(to Éomer)
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Arathorn II: son of Arador, father of Aragorn, slain
while his child was only two; his wife Gilraen took the baby to Imladris (Rivendell), where Elrond received
him as foster-son, named him Estel ('Hope') and kept his ancestry secret
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Arwen Undómiel: Elf-Lady of the
bloodline of Lúthien Tinúviel through her father Elrond and of the bloodline of Galadriel
through her mother Celebrían.
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Beren: Lúthien's lover, see Lúthien
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Bilbo (Baggins): Frodo's uncle, found the One Ring in the
Misty Mountains
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Bill Farney: suspicious unpleasant Bree inhabitant
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Boromir: son of Denethor II, the Lord of Gondor,
High Warden of the White Tower, Captain-General of Gondor's soldiers, member of the Fellowship
"a tall man with a fair and noble face, dark-haired and grey-eyed, proud and stern of glance [...]
his locks were shorn about his shoulders. On a baldric, he wore a great horn tipped with silver."
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Butterbur Barliman: innkeeper of the Prancing Poney in Bree.
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Celeborn: Elf-King of Lothlórien, Galadriel's husband
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Celebrían: Galadriel and Celeborn's daughter,
wife of Elrond, Arwen's mother; waylaid, she received a poisoned wound, forcing her to depart over Sea
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Celebrimbor: Elf who perceived Sauron's malice, he hid the Three Elf-rings
from him before being killed in 1697 (Second Age).
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Círdan: an Eldar, was part of the Last Alliance. Owner of the Ring of
Fire, one of the three Elf-Ring of Power, which he gave to Gandalf.
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Curunír: 'the man of skill', see Saruman
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Déagol: found the Ring in the Anduin river, see Sméagol-Gollum
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Eärendil: forefather of the Númenoreans,
married Elwing (a descendant of Lúthien and Beren), for more read his song.
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Elendil (the Tall): Númenorean, father of Isildur.
He formed the Last Alliance of Elves and Men with the Elf-King Gil-Galad. They defeated Sauron in the
battle of Dagorlad (Year 3434) and overthrowned him in the final conflit on the slopes of Mount Doom,
but both perished (Year 3441 of the Second Age).
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Elrond: Elf-Lord of Rivendell, father of Arwen,
descendant of Lúthien Tinúviel, he was the herald of Gil-Galad, who gave him his Great Elf-Ring
when he died.
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Elwing: Arathorn's wife and Aragorn's mother
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Estel: 'Hope', Aragorn's elvish name
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Evenstar: translation of Arwen's name, Undómiel, thus named
as she is the evenstar of her people
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