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| Anarion | Gondor | Co-founder of Gondor. Brother of Isildur. Killed in the Siege of Mordor | |
| Anborn | Gondor | One of Faramir's troop, in Ithilien | |
| Angbor | Lord of Lamedon | Gondor | Leader, siege of Gondor; rode from Pelargir with Aragorn |
| Aragorn | Strider, Elessar, Estel | Dunedain | Son of Arathorn and Gilraen. Heir of Elendil and Isildur to the thrones of Gondor and Arnor. The Dunedan (Chief of the Dunedain). (Elessar = Elfstone. Estel = Hope) |
| Arathorn | Dunedain | Father of Aragorn and Chief of the Dunedain; wife Gilraen. Killed by Orcs when Aragorn was 2, leaving him in the care of Elrond and Gilraen | |
| Arwen Undomiel (Evenstar) | Rivendell | Daughter of Elrond and Celebrian; grand-daughter of Earendil and Elwing and Celeborn and Galadriel. Plighted in troth to Aragorn Elessar and thus mortality | |
| Bain | Dale | King of Dale, below Erebor. Son of Bard I; father of Brand | |
| Barahir | Gondor | Grandson of Faramir, Steward of Gondor | |
| Bard I | The Bowman | Dale | Captain of the Guard, Esgaroth, then Lord of Dale (The Hobbit). Descendent of Girion; father of Bain |
| Bard II | Dale | Son of Brand. King of Dale after his father was killed fighting orcs | |
| Barliman Butterbur | Bree | Landlord, The Prancing Pony, Bree | |
| Beorn | Carrock | Skin-changer; could turn into a bear. Lived West of Mirkwood at The Carrock (The Hobbit). Father of Grimbeorn | |
| Beregond | Gondor | Soldier, Third Company, Citadel Guard. Son of Baranor. Father of Bergil; brother of Iorlas. Later Captain of the White Company, Ithilien | |
| Bergil | Gondor | Son of Beregond, Minas Tirith | |
| Bill Ferny | Bree | Saruman's spy, Bree and The Shire | |
| Boromir | High-Warden of the White Tower |
Gondor | Son of Denethor; older brother of Faramir. One of the Company of The Ring. Killed at Parth Galen |
| Borondir | Gondor | The only rider sent by Cirion the Steward to reach the Eotheod. Descended from a Captain of the Northmen | |
| Brand | Dale | King of Dale. Son of Bain; father of Bard II. Killed with King Dain (of the northern Dwarves) fighting orcs at Dale | |
| Ceorl | Rohan | A Rider of the Westfold | |
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| Damrod | Dunedain | One of the Dunedain of The South. Soldier of Gondor under Faramir | |
| Denethor | Steward of Gondor | Gondor | Last Steward of king-less Gondor. Wife Finduilas; father of Boromir and Faramir; son of Ecthelion |
| Deorwine | Rohan | Chief of Theoden's Knights. Slain at the siege of Mundburg | |
| Derufin | Gondor | Son of Duinhir of Morthond. Slain with his brother, Duilin, at the siege of Gondor | |
| Dervorin | Lord of Ringlo Vale | Gondor | Leader, siege of Gondor |
| Dirhael | Father of Gilraen. A Ranger, descended from Aranarth | ||
| Duilin | Gondor | Son of Duinhir of Morthond. Slain with his brother, Derufin, at the siege of Gondor | |
| Duinhir | Lord of Blackroot Vale | Gondor | Leader, siege of Gondor. Father of Duilin and Derufin |
| Dunhere | Lord of Harrowdale | Rohan | Nephew of Erkenbrand. Killed in the battle of Mundburg |
| Earendil | The Mariner | Father of Elrond and Elros; wife Elwing | |
| Eldarion | Gondor | Son of Aragorn and Arwen | |
| Elendil | The Tall | Led the Faithful from Numenor back to Middle-earth at the end of the First Age. Founder and first King of Arnor. Father of Isildur and Anarion. Died defeating Sauron with Gil-Galad in The Last Alliance (Second Age) | |
| Elessar | Aragorn | Dunedain | King-in-waiting of Gondor and Arnor. See Aragorn |
| Elfhelm | Rohan | A Marshal of the Mark | |
| Elros | Brother of Elrond; son of Earendil and Elwing. Chose mortality. First King of Numenor. Ancestor of Isildur and Aragorn | ||
| Eomer | Rohan | Son of Eomund; brother of Eowyn; nephew of Theoden. Third Marshal of The Mark, later King of Rohan | |
| Eomund | Rohan | Brother of Theoden; father of Eomer and Eowyn. Third Marshal of The Mark. Killed by orcs near Emyn Muil | |
| Eothain | Rohan | One of the Riders of Rohan, of Eomer's éored | |
| Eowyn | Dernhelm | Rohan | Daughter of Eomund; brother of Eomer; niece of Theoden. The Lady of Rohan. Slayer of the Lord of The Nazgul |
| Erkenbrand | Rohan | Lord of the Westfold, Rohan | |
| Faramir | Prince of Ithilien | Gondor | Younger brother of Boromir; son of Denethor and Finduilas |
| Finduilas | Gondor | Wife of Denethor; mother of Boromir and Faramir. Died when they were young. Daughter of Adrahil; sister of Imrahil of Dol Amroth | |
| Forlong | Lord of Lossarnach | Gondor | Leader, siege of Gondor. Slain |
| Forthwini | Rhovanion | Son of Marhwini. Leader of the Northmen, Vale of Anduin. Ally of Gondor against the Wainriders | |
| Freca | Rohan | Part-Dunlendish head of a settlement on the R Adorn. Killed by Helm. Father of Wulf | |
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| Gamling | Rohan | Defending captain at the Hornburg, Rohan | |
| Garulf | Rohan | One of Eomer's troop, killed fighting orcs; former owner of Hasufel | |
| Ghân-buri-ghân | Gondor | King of the Woses, ancient Men living in the Druadan Forest | |
| Gilraen | Eriador | Wife of Arathorn; mother of Aragorn; daughter of Dirhael. Died before the War of The Ring | |
| Girion | Lord of Dale | Dale | Ancestor of Bard I. Died when Smaug destroyed Dale (The Hobbit) |
| Golasgil | Lord of Anfalas | Gondor | Leader, siege of Gondor |
| Grima | Wormtongue | Rohan | Theoden's adviser and Saruman's spy. Son of Galmod. Killed in Hobbiton |
| Grimbeorn | The Old | Carrock | Lord of the Carrock, west of Mirkwood. Son of Beorn |
| Grimbold | Rohan | A Marshal of the West-Mark. Slain at the battle of Mundburg | |
| Guthlaf | Rohan | Theoden's standard-bearer. Slain with Theoden at Mundburg | |
| Halbarad | Dunedain | Ranger (Dunedan) of the north. Slain before Minas Tirith | |
| Hama | Rohan | Door warden at Meduseld, Edoras. Slain defending Helm's Gate | |
| Helm | Hammerhand | Rohan | 9th King of Rohan, after whom Helm's Deep was named |
| Hirgon | Gondor | Messenger from Gondor to Rohan carrying the Red Arrow summons. Killed on his way back | |
| Hirluin | Lord of Pinnath Gelin | Gondor | The Fair. Slain at the siege of Gondor |
| Hurin | Gondor | Lord Warden of the Keys of Minas Tirith | |
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| Imrahil | Prince Imrahil | Gondor | Prince of Dol Amroth, ranking below the Steward of Gondor. Son of Adrahil; brother of Finduilas |
| Ingold | Gondor | Guard at the Rammas Echor, Minas Tirith | |
| Ioreth | Gondor | Nurse at the Houses of Healing, Minas Tirith | |
| Iorlas | Gondor | Brother of Beregond | |
| Isildur | Gondor | Co-founder of Gondor. Brother of Anarion. Cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand with the hilt of Narsil. Killed by Orcs, Gladden Fields | |
| Lothiriel | Gondor | Daughter of Imrahil of Dol Amroth | |
| Mablung | Dunedain | One of the Dunedain of The South. Soldier of Gondor under Faramir | |
| Marhari | Rhovanion | Leader of the Northmen. Died fighting Wainriders in the Battle of the Plains. Father of Marhwini | |
| Marhwini | Rhovanion | Son of Marhari; father of Forthwini. Led the Northmen into the Vale of Anduin. Ally of Gondor against the Wainriders | |
| Mablung | Dunedain | One of the Dunedain of The South. Soldier of Gondor under Faramir | |
| Morwen | Rohan | Wife of King Thengel; from Lossarnach | |
| Strider | Aragorn | Dunedain | A Ranger. One of the Company of The Ring (see Aragorn) |
| Targon | Gondor | Soldier, Third Company, Citadel Guard (Minas Tirith) | |
| Thengel | Rohan | King of The Mark. Father of Theoden | |
| Theoden | King of The Mark | Rohan | King of The Riddermark. Son of Thengel; uncle of Eomer and Eowyn. Killed by the Lord of The Nazgul, siege of Mundburg |
| Theodred | Rohan | Son of Theoden. Second Marshal of the Mark. Slain at the Battle of the Fords of Isen | |
| Thorongil | Eagle of The Star | A soldier who once served as Captain of King Thengel in Rohan and Steward Ecthelion in Gondor | |
| Widfara | Rohan | Scout with Theoden's army | |
| Wulf | Rohan | Son of Freca, of part Dunlendish blood. Led the invasion of Rohan in TA 2758 and captured Edoras. Killed by Frealaf | |
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