Adrahil : The twenty-first Prince of Dol Amroth,descended in direct line from Galador the first Prince.Adrahil was the son of Angelimar and father of Imrahil who fought in the War of the Ring.
Aerin : A woman of close kin to H�rin Thalion,who Brodda the Easterling took to wife after he claimed Hithlum. She secretly aided H�rin's wife Morwen after the disaster of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Alcarin : Tar-Vanimeld� was the third Queen to hold the Sceptre of N�menor but she cared little for her royal duties and gave them over to her husband Herucalmo.Their son was Alcarin,who was by law his mother's heir and should have become King of N�menor on her death.Instead,Herucalmo seized the Sceptre for himself,clinging to the reins of power under the name Tar-Anducal.After twenty years,Tar-Anducal died in his turn and Alcarin finally came into his inheritance,ruling N�menor under the name of Tar-Alcarin.
Aldamir : In the time of the Kin-strife,the civil war of Gondor,King Eldacar was deposed by Castamir and his eldest son Ornendil was slain.Eldacar later recovered his rightful Kingship but because of Ornendil's early death he was succeeded by his younger son Aldamir.Aldamir's reign was marked by war with the southern lands,including the Haven of Umbar that had been seized by Castamir's supporters.Aldamir was slain in that war and succeeded by his son Vinyarion,who avenged his father's death by conquering the Haradrim,after which he ruled as Hyarmendacil II.
Aldarion : The Heir of Tar-Meneldur of N�menor,a great explorer of Middle-earth,who took the Kingship of N�menor under the name Tar-Aldarion.Better known as Anardil of N�menor.
Aldor : The second son of King Brego of Rohan.His elder brother Baldor had been lost while attempting to pass the Paths of the Dead and so Aldor succeeded his father to become the third King of Rohan.He was just twenty-six years old when he came to the throne and his reign of seventy-five years was the longest in the annals of the Mark.On account of his great age - he reached his one hundred and second year before he died - he is often referred to as Aldor the Old.Aldor was the founder of a golden age in Rohan's history.In his time,the Rohirrim increased greatly in numbers and he succeeded in driving all the Dunlendings from his realm.Aldor had many children of which the three eldest were daughters.It was his fourth child,Fr�a,who succeeded him as King but due to Aldor's long life,Fr�a had to wait until he was himself seventy-five years old before he became Lord of the Mark.
Almarian : Queen to Tar-Meneldur,the fifth King of N�menor and mother to Tar-Aldarion,the sixth King.
Amandil : Lord of And�ni� and father of Elendil.Though an Elf-friend,he was for many years a friend and counsellor to King Ar-Pharaz�n.Dismissed by Sauron,he sailed into the West to seek the pardon of the Valar for the misdeeds of the N�men�reans;his fate is unknown.
Amlaith of Fornost : The eldest son of E�rendur and direct descendant of Isildur;Amlaith was the first King of Arthedain.
Anardil of Gondor : At the dawning of N�menor's pride and power,Meneldur the King's Heir of that island Kingdom had a son whom he named Anardil.That Anardil grew up to rule as the famous sixth King of N�menor, who allied himself with Gil-galad and founded N�menor's first footholds in Middle-earth,though he ruled under the better known name of Tar-Aldarion.Three thousand years later,another Anardil became the sixth King of another realm - Anardil son of E�rendil succeeded his father to become the ruler of Gondor.Anardil's reign over Gondor was uneventful.He is perhaps most notable as the last of Gondor's Kings to dwell exclusively in Osgiliath,since his son Ostoher was to set the precedent of the Kings spending summer in Minas Anor,the citadel later known as Minas Tirith.Anardil ruled Gondor for eighty-seven years and was succeeded by his son,Ostoher.
Anardil of N�menor : While Tar-Elendil ruled as the fourth King of N�menor,his Heir Meneldur had a son of his own.He named that child Anardil,'Devoted to the Sun',perhaps because of the golden hair the boy had inherited from Almarian,his mother.He quickly grew to become a proud but generous youth and became enamoured of sea-going and adventure.As his experience and reputation as a mariner grew,he planted great forests to provide wood for ship-building and from them he received his more famous name,Aldarion,probably meaning 'son of the trees'. Almost all records of his life refer to him has 'Aldarion' rather than 'Anardil' or (after he inherited the Kingship) as 'Tar-Aldarion'.There are a very few exceptions: his 'official' full name as King's Heir seems to have been 'Anardil Aldarion',while his grandfather V�antur called him Anardilya,a familiar form of his birth-name.
An�rion : The second son of Elendil and younger brother of Isildur,who came to Middle-earth with his father from N�menor and was slain in the Siege of Barad-d�r.
Anborn : A Man of Gondor and Ranger of Ithilien,who tracked Gollum in the last days of the War of the Ring. His captain Faramir overruled his desire to kill the creature;if Gollum had died,Sauron would almost certainly have been victorious.
Andr�g : A Man of Dor-l�min,who became an outlaw among the Gaurwaith,the band joined by T�rin Turambar after he fled from Doriath.
Angbor : The Lord of Lamedon at the time of the War of the Ring.Famed for his fearlessness in the face of the Grey Host of the Dead,he aided Aragorn in his march to Minas Tirith.He marshalled a force from the southern lands and rode to garrison the City of Gondor after the departure of Aragorn and the Captains of the West.
Arador : The fourteenth Chieftain of the D�nedain,descended in right line from Aranarth the son of Arvedui. While still a young man by the account of the D�nedain,he was captured by hill-trolls in the fells north of Rivendell and slain.He was succeeded by his son,who led the D�nedain as Arathorn II and was in turn succeeded by his own son,Aragorn.
Ar-Ad�nakh�r : The twentieth ruler of N�menor.He turned away from the Valar and the Elves and was the first King to take a name in Ad�naic.
Araglas : Sixth Chieftain of the D�nedain,son of Aragorn I and direct ancestor of Aragorn II Elessar.
Aragorn II Elessar (see Character Biographies).
Aragost : The eighth Chieftain of the D�nedain,son of Arahad I and direct ancestor of Aragorn II Elessar.
Arahad I : Seventh of the Chieftains to rule the D�nedain after the loss of Arthedain,Arahad was the son of Araglas of the line of Isildur.Early in his reign,the Watchful Peace came to an end as Sauron returned to Dol Guldur and soon afterwards the White Council was formed.Some years later,Orcs that had been secretly establishing themselves in the Misty Mountains suddenly revealed themselves and the roads eastward into Eriador became all but impassable.Arahad's reign lasted sixty-eight years;he was succeeded by his son,Aragost.
Arahad II : The tenth Chieftain of the D�nedain,son of Aravorn and direct ancestor of Aragorn II Elessar.
Arahael : Arahael was the first of Isildur's Heirs to be born after the destruction of the North-kingdom.His father Aranarth therefore gave him over to Elrond,to be fostered in Rivendell and this became the custom of the Chieftains of the North.Some decades before Arahael assumed the leadership of his people,Gandalf had gone to Dol Guldur and driven its master into the east.The Witch-king,who had ravaged the realm of Arahael's grandfather Arvedui two generations before,was far to the south in Minas Morgul.So,Arahael led the D�nedain during the time known as the Watchful Peace and was untroubled by war.Arahael served as Chieftain of the D�nedain for seventy one years.He was succeeded by his son Aranuir.
Aranarth : The elder son of King Arvedui of Arthedain,who would have become King himself in turn,if not for the destruction his father's Kingdom by the Witch-king of Angmar.When Aranarth was still a young man by the reckoning of his people,the Witch-king's armies swept into Arthedain and overran it.Fornost was taken but the King and his son escaped.Arvedui fled into the north but Aranarth,like most of his people,escaped westwards across the River Lh�n into Lindon.At Aranarth's urging,C�rdan sent a ship into the north to recover his father but it never returned.It was later learned that the ship had rescued Arvedui but had been lost with him aboard in the icy northern seas.So Aranarth inherited the leadership of the scattered and diminished northern D�nedain but he took the title Chieftain,rather than King,since his father's realm was lost.Aranarth served as Chieftain of the D�nedain for 131 years.He was succeeded by his eldest son,Arahael.
Arantar : The fifth King to rule over the North-kingdom,son of Eldacar,grandson of Valandil and great-grandson of Isildur himself.Though his reign spanned nearly a century,we have no records of events that took place in that time.He was succeeded as King by his son Tarcil.
Aranuir : The third of the Chieftains of the D�nedain,the son of Arahael and great-grandson of Arvedui Last-King.He was the direct ancestor of Aragorn Elessar through thirteen generations.
Araphant : At the time Araphant inherited the kingdom from his father Araval,Arthedain was already in desperate straits.Araphant tried to renew the ancient bond with the South-Kingdom of Gondor,which was at the time suffering losses itself at the hands of the Wainriders.He forged an alliance with King Ondoher of Gondor and sealed it with the wedding of his son Arvedui to Ondoher's daughter F�riel.When Ondoher fell in battle Arvedui attempted to claim the throne of Gondor but the steward Pelendur moved the Gondorians to reject it.Araphant ruled Arthedain for seventy-three years and was succeeded by Arvedui,who would be the last of the northern Kings.
Araphor : The son of Arveleg I came to the throne early of Arthedain.When Araphor was but a mere youth his father was slain and he became King.Araphor ruled Arthedain for one hundred and eighty years and was succeeded by his son,who was named after his heroic grandfather Argeleb and ruled as Argeleb II.
Arassuil : The eleventh Chieftain to lead the Northern D�nedain,the son and heir of Arahad II.His time as Chieftain saw great troubles grow in the Northlands.Orcs from the Misty Mountains boldly invaded the western lands and were fought back by Arassuil's Rangers and the household of Elrond.Arassuil was succeeded as Chieftain by his son Arathorn I.
Aratan : The second son of Isildur,slain with his father and his brothers Elendur and Ciryon in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.
Arathorn I : The son of Chieftain Arassuil,who led the Northern D�nedain in his turn.The greatgreat-grandfather of Aragorn Elessar,he ruled in the North for sixty-four years and died an untimely death.He was succeeded by his son Argonui.
Arathorn II : The son of chieftain Arador of the D�nedain.He married Gilraen and they had a son,Aragorn. Arathorn was slain when Aragorn was two and Gilraen took Aragorn to Rivendell for him to be fostered by Elrond.Arathorn II was the chieftain for just three years.He was succeeded by his only son Aragorn II Elessar who became chieftain of the D�nedain and in time King Elessar of the Reunited Kingdom of the D�nedain.
Araval : Son and heir of Arveleg II,he was born into a time of war and strife.He ruled Arthedain for seventy-eight years and was succeeded by his son Araphant.
Aravir : The son of Aranuir,who led the D�nedain of the North during the closing years of the Watchful Peace.It was Aravir,it seems,who devised the name 'Aragorn';he gave it to his son,who succeeded him as Chieftain Aragorn I.The Aragorn of the The Lord of the Rings was his distant descendant,Aragorn II of the line of Isildur.
Aravorn : The ninth Chieftain to rule the D�nedain since the loss of Arthedain.He led the Rangers for sixty-six years and was succeeded by his son,who became Chieftain Arahad II.Aravorn was a direct ancestor of Aragorn Elessar,through seven generations.
Ar-Belzagar : Tar-Calmacil was a great warrior who succeeded his father Tar-Alcarin to become the eighteenth King of N�menor.In his time,the falling away of the N�men�reans that had begun centuries earlier in the reign of Tar-Atanamir became stronger and he was the first King whose name was translated into the native Ad�naic speech of N�menor:Ar-Belzagar.Both names apparently mean 'King Light-sword',a reference to his warlike youth.
Argeleb II : Tenth King of Arthedain,son of Araphor and direct ancestor of Aragorn Elessar.
Ar-Gimilz�r : The twenty-third King of N�menor,the father of Tar-Palantir and grandfather of Ar-Pharaz�n,the last King.He was an enemy of the Faithful and the Elf-friends and persecuted them during his reign.
Argonui : The thirteenth Chieftain of the D�nedain,who inherited the title when his father Arathorn I was slain by wolves.The end of his rule saw the coming of the Fell Winter to the north.He was succeeded by his son Arador, who was the grandfather of Aragorn Elessar.
Ar-Pharaz�n : Twenty-fifth and last King of N�menor.He assailed Mordor and brought Sauron back to N�menor as a hostage but Sauron seduced him and persuaded him to sail on Valinor itself.As punishment for this act,the island of N�menor sank beneath the waves of the Great Sea.
Ar-Sakalth�r : The son and heir of Ar-Zimrath�n of N�menor.He followed the tradition of his grandfather Ar-Ad�nakh�r and took his King-name in the Ad�naic tongue (the Elvish equivalent is recorded as Tar-Falassion).Ar-Sakalth�r ruled N�menor for sixty-nine years.He was succeeded by his son,who took the Sceptre as King Ar-Gimilz�r.
Artamir : The elder son and heir of King Ondoher of Gondor,who marched with his father to war with the Wainriders.Ondoher's force met with a surprise assault beneath the Black Gate of the Morannon,where the King and his son Artamir were slain.It was later discovered that Artamir's younger brother Faramir had also ridden to war,against the laws and customs of Gondor and had himself been lost in the battle,leaving Gondor without a King.
Arvedui Last-King : Son of Araphant,the fifteenth and last King of Arthedain.When the forces of Angmar overran the last remnant of the North-kingdom,Arvedui fled into the far north but perished in the Bay of Forochel. His eldest son,Aranarth,became the first Chieftain of the D�nedain.
Arvegil : The heir of Argeleb II of Arthedain.During his father's reign,Arvegil saw events that would shape the history of Middle-earth,including the foundation of the Shire.He was eighty-three years old (no great age for one of the D�nedain) when the Great Plague came out of the south and ravaged Eriador but the seat of the Kings at Fornost in the north was little affected.Arvegil ruled Arthedain for seventy-three years and was succeeded by his son,who ruled as Arveleg II.
Arveleg I : Son of Argeleb I and eighth King of Arthedain.Arveleg I ruled Arthedain for fifty-three years and was succeeded by his son,Araphor.
Arveleg II : The son and heir of Arvegil,who ruled Arthedain in a time of war with the northern land of Angmar. He was succeeded by his son Araval.
Arwen Evenstar (see Character Biographies).
Ar-Zimraphel : When the wise King Tar-Palantir died,the Sceptre of N�menor should rightfully have passed to his only child,his daughter M�riel.Instead,his nephew Pharaz�n usurped the throne and forced M�riel to become his Queen,giving her the royal name of Ar-Zimprahel.Years later,King Ar-Pharaz�n left Ar-Zimraphel in N�menor when he sailed on the Blessed Realm with an invading army.When the resulting storm came against the Isle she tried to ascend the Holy Mountain of the Meneltarma but was lost in the Downfall with almost all her people.
Ar-Zimrath�n : The son and heir to Ar-Ad�nakh�r,who became the twenty-first ruler and eighteenth King,of N�menor.His father was the first King to take his name in the Ad�naic tongue and Ar-Zimrath�n established this tradition by doing the same,though the Elvish form of his name,Tar-Hostamir,is also recorded.Ar-Zimrath�n held the Sceptre of N�menor for seventy-one years and was succeeded by his son,who ruled as Ar-Sakalth�r.
Atanalcar : The youngest of the four children of Elros Tar-Minyatur.His elder brother Vardamir N�limon became the second King of N�menor.
Atanatar I : The tenth King of Gondor,son of Turambar and direct descendant of Elendil's second son An�rion.
Atanatar II Alcarin : Sixteenth and greatest of the Kings of Gondor,son of Hyarmendacil I and direct descendant of Elendil's second son An�rion.During his rule,Gondor reached its height and his surname Alcarin ('Glorious') marks this.
Baldor : The prideful son of Brego and grandson of Eorl the Young.He tried the Paths of the Dead,though he had been told that the way was shut to him.His bones were found long years afterward by Aragorn and his company.
Baragund : A descendant of B�or the Old,who was the father of Morwen Eledhwen and thus the grandfather of T�rin Turambar.He escaped the Dagor Bragollach and afterwards dwelt for a time as an outlaw among the highlands of Dorthonion with his uncle Barahir and a few companions,until they were betrayed to Sauron and slain.
Barahir : Barahir's father was Hador,a famously long-lived Man who ruled Gondor as its Steward for no less than one hundred and seventeen years.Barahir ruled as Steward for seventeen years and was succeeded by his son Dior.
Barahir : A descendant of B�or the Old and father of Beren Erchamion.He fought at the Dagor Bragollach,saving the life of Finrod Felagund but was later hounded as an outlaw by the forces of Morgoth and slain in the highlands of Dorthonion.
Baran :The elder son of B�or the Old,who took up the leadership of the House of B�or after his father's departure to service in Nargothrond.
Bard II : The son of Brand and heir to the Lordship of Dale.His father was slain in the Battle of Dale and Bard was forced back to Erebor,where he was besieged with his ally Thorin III for seven days.When news came from the south of the destruction of Sauron,Bard and Thorin emerged from the Lonely Mountain and broke the siege.
Barliman Butterbur : A Man of Bree,the keeper of the Prancing Pony inn where Frodo Baggins met Aragorn for the first time.
Belecthor I : The son of H�rin II,who succeeded his father to become Gondor's fifteenth Ruling Steward.His twenty-seven year rule was free of incident,or at least no annals of his time have come down to us.He was succeeded in turn by his son Orodreth.
Belecthor II : The son of Steward Beregond,who succeeded his father to rule Gondor during the twenty-ninth century of the Third Age.He is noted as the last of the line of Stewards to live past his one hundredth year.None the less,he is most remembered in history because of his death,which also saw the death of the White Tree in the courts of Minas Tirith.Belecthor was succeeded by his son Thorondir,who left the Dead Tree standing in place.
Beleg : The second King of Arthedain,who inherited the throne from his father,Amlaith of Fornost,the founder of that Kingdom.Beleg's reign saw two events that would have a huge impact on Middle-earth's history but whose importance wasn't fully recognized at the time.The first of these was the arrival across the Misty Mountains of a strange race of beings:similar to Men but far shorter and with hairy,bootless feet.The D�nedain called them periannath,'halflings' and they were the first Hobbits to enter the western lands.The second historic event was the descent of a strange shadow on Greenwood the Great.This was wholly mysterious at first but before the end of Beleg's reign,the Wise had discovered that its source was at Dol Guldur in the southern part of the Forest, whose name came to be changed to Mirkwood in these times. It was not discovered until long after Beleg's time that his reign had seen the return of Sauron himself, the first move in a game that would end in the War of the Ring nearly two thousand years in the future.Beleg ruled Arthedain for eighty-one years and was succeeded by his son Mallor.
Belegorn : The fourth Steward to rule Gondor,Belegorn was the heir of Steward Herion and was in turn succeeded by his son H�rin I.He ruled for fifty-six years in the early third millennium of the Third Age,during the time known as the Watchful Peace.
Belegund : Father to R�an and so great-grandfather of E�rendil the Mariner;he lived with the outlaw band of Barahir in Dorthonion and was slain there by the creatures of Morgoth.
B�or : Leader of the first Men to cross the Blue Mountains into Beleriand in the First Age.He became a servant of Finrod Felagund and through his son Baran founded one of the Three Houses of the Edain.
Beorn : The skin-changer who dwelt in the Vales of Anduin near the western eaves of Mirkwood,who could take the form of a Man or a huge black bear.He played a great part in the victory over the Goblins at the Battle of Five Armies.
Bereg : A great-grandson of B�or the Old,who led the unrest of Men at their camps at Estolad.He led a thousand Men of the House of B�or away southwards out of Beleriand.
Beregar : A nobleman of N�menor,descended from the House of B�or,whose house was in the region of N�menor known as the Westlands.His daughter was Erendis,who became Queen to Tar-Aldarion.They had a daughter of their own and so Beregar became the grandfather of the first Ruling Queen of N�menor,Tar-Ancalim�.
Beregond,Soldier of Gondor : A soldier of Minas Tirith in Gondor,who befriended Peregrin Took during his time there and was later appointed to the Guard of Faramir in Emyn Arnen.
Beregond,Steward of Gondor : The twentieth Ruling Steward of Gondor,the son of Steward Beren who installed Saruman in Orthanc.
Beren Erchamion : The great hero of the First Age who,with the aid of L�thien Tin�viel and Finrod Felagund, succeeded in gaining a Silmaril from the Iron Crown of Morgoth.Son of Barahir and Emeldir and great grand father of Elrond.
Beren of Gondor : The nineteenth Ruling Steward of Gondor,the son of Egalmoth,named for Beren Erchamion. Beren was the Steward who granted Saruman the Key of Orthanc.
Bergil : The son of Beregond of Gondor.A boy at the time of the War of the Ring,he accompanied Pippin Took when he first arrived in the city of Minas Tirith.
Ber�thiel : The dark and mournful Queen to Tarannon Falastur,the twelfth King of Gondor.She owned ten marvellous and magical cats,that she set to spy on the doings of the people of Gondor.Her scheming was her undoing,though,since her husband set her adrift on the Great Sea,with only her cats for company.She sailed into the far south and was never heard of again but she and her mysterious cats lived on in legend for millennia.
Bill Ferny : A Man of Bree,a minor agent of Saruman in the north during the War of the Ring.
B�r : A chieftain of Men from the east of Middle-earth,who entered Beleriand late in the First Age.He secretly allied himself with Morgoth and then entered the service of Maedhros and Maglor holding the northeastern passes. He renounced his alliance with the Dark Lord,though,and served the Sons of F�anor faithfully.
Borlach : One of the sons of B�r,who entered the service of Maedhros and Maglor,the eldest Sons of F�anor.He fought in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and was faithful to the Noldor,taking a part in the slaying of Ulfang's sons before he was himself slain.
Borlad : One of the sons of B�r and apparently the eldest,who entered Beleriand late in the First Age.He fought in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and was faithful to the Noldor,taking a part in the slaying of Ulfang's sons before he was himself slain.
Boromir,son of Denethor I : The Boromir who travelled with the Company of the Ring was not the first noble of Gondor to bear that name.More than five hundred years before the War of the Ring,his ancient ancestor,the son of Steward Denethor I,had borne it before him.Like the Boromir of The Lord of the Rings,the ancient Boromir was also a powerful warrior.It was while his father ruled Gondor that the race of the Uruk-hai first appeared and Osgiliath was attacked and invaded.Boromir went to war and drove the enemy back from Ithilien for a while but he sustained poisoned wounds in that war.Boromir's Morgul-wounds wracked him with pain and shortened his life.He lived only seventy-nine years,a fraction of the usual lifespan for one of his line.When he succeeded his father,his Stewardship was to last no more than twelve years but it paved the way for the historic rule of his famous and illustrious son Cirion.Boromir ruled Gondor for twelve years and was succeeded by his son Cirion.
Boromir,son of Denethor II (see Character Biographies).
Borondir : One of six riders sent north from Gondor by Steward Cirion to seek the aid of the Northmen in war. Borondir was the only one to survive the journey and present the Seal of the Stewards to Eorl.
Borthand : One of the sons of B�r and apparently the youngest,who entered Beleriand late in the First Age.He fought in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and was faithful to the Noldor,taking a part in the slaying of Ulfang's sons before he was himself slain.
Brand : Lord of Dale,the grandson of Bard the slayer of Smaug,who fell at the side of D�in Ironfoot in the War of the Ring and who was avenged by his son Bard II.
Brandir : The son of Handir,the last of Lord of the Haladin of Brethil;slain by T�rin Turambar after the death of Glaurung.
Brego : The son of Eorl the Young,who became the second King of Rohan.He freed Rohan from its enemies for many years and completed the Golden Hall of Meduseld.
Bregolas : The elder brother of Barahir,an ancestor of both Tuor and T�rin Turambar.He fought and died in the Dagor Bragollach.
Bregor : The son of Boromir and father of Barahir,who was the second lord of Ladros from the House of B�or.
Brodda : An Easterling and ally of Morgoth during the First Age.After Morgoth's capture of the land of Hithlum, Brodda became its lord.
Brytta L�ofa : The eleventh King of Rohan,second of the second line,who ruled at a time soon after the disasters that had nearly destroyed the land of the Rohirrim.His father Fr�al�f had reestablished the realm,with the aid of Saruman,who was at this time newly installed in Isengard.Brytta followed this tradition of aiding the needy,earning himself the surname of L�ofa,'Beloved',from his people.Brytta ruled Rohan for forty-four years and was succeeded by his son Walda.
Calimehtar,King of Gondor : The thirtieth King of Gondor,son of Narmacil II.Calimehtar is most famous for his defeat of the Wainriders on the plain of Dagorlad.He was succeeded by his son,Ondoher.
Calimehtar,son of Calmacil : A prince of the Royal House of Gondor,the younger son of King Calmacil and brother to the famous R�mendacil II.His direct impact on history was negligible and indeed he is not mentioned in the annals of his own time at all.He had a lasting legacy,though,in the shape of his grandson Castamir,who used the fact of his descent from Calimehtar as a pretext for usurping the throne of Gondor during the bloody times known as the Kin-strife.
Calmacil : The younger brother of the Narmacil I,who succeeded his childless brother as King of Gondor.His reign was short and unremarkable,lasting just ten years during which the actual power of the realm was wielded by his tireless son and regent Minalcar.On Calmacil's death,Minalcar took the throne himself under the famous name of R�mendacil II.
Castamir : A Gondorian noble,the great-grandson of the King Calmacil.When Eldacar became King in Gondor, there was popular unrest because his mother Vidumavi belonged to the Northmen and so he carried only half-Gondorian blood.Castamir took advantage of this unrest to launch a rebellion and he succeeded in deposing Eldacar and sending him into exile.For ten cruel years he ruled Gondor but Eldacar the rightful King built an army in exile and returned to oust Castamir and reclaim his throne.
Celebrindor : Celebrindor the son of Celepharn ruled Arthedain during a time of relative calm.He was the last King to enjoy a peaceful reign and the last not to know the name of Angmar.Soon after his death,evil things began to stir again and the Lord of the Nazg�l came into the north as the Witch-king,to found the realm that would eventually destroy Celebrindor's kingdom.Celebrindor ruled Arthedain for eighty-one years and was succeeded by his son Malvegil.
Celepharn : The son of Mallor and great-grandson of Amlaith of Fornost,the founder of Arthedain.He ruled Arthedain early in the second millennium of the Third Age,at a time when the South-kingdom of Gondor was at the height of its power (the great Atanatar Alcarin became King of Gondor during Celepharn's rule in the north). Celepharn ruled Arthedain for eighty-one years and was succeeded by his son Celebrindor.
Cemendur : Cemendur was descended from a mighty line of lords:his great-grandfather was Elendil himself and he was the grandson of An�rion and son of Meneldil.Nonetheless,of his reign as King of Gondor we know almost nothing.It seems that Gondor had peace during his reign,since no significant historical event is chronicled for that period.Cemendur ruled in Gondor for eighty-six years and was succeeded by his son E�rendil.
Cirion : The twelfth Ruling Steward of Gondor,the son of Steward Boromir.He called on the Northmen for aid in the wars of Gondor and rewarded them with the land of Calenardhon (later called Rohan) when they answered his call.
Ciryandil : E�rnil I was the second of the Ship-kings of Gondor,famous for capturing the southern haven of Umbar.When he was lost at sea,he was succeeded by his son Ciryandil,who continued his father's naval policies. Ciryandil reigned over Gondor for seventy-nine years and died in the defence of Umbar against the Haradrim.He was succeeded by his son Ciryaher,who went on to avenge his father and conquer the southern lands and so ruled in the name of Hyarmendacil I.
Ciryon : The third son of Isildur,slain with his father and his brothers Elendur and Aratan in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.
Damrod : A Ranger of Ithilien,the companion of Mablung and trusted guard of Faramir.
Denethor I : Denethor I was the tenth Steward to rule Gondor,in whose time the realm suffered perhaps the most calamitous upheaval in its history.When Denethor succeeded his childless uncle Dior in III 2435,Gondor had known peace for many generations.Nearly four hundred years earlier,during the Stewardship of Denethor's noble ancestor Mardil,Gandalf had gone to Dol Guldur and forced Sauron to withdraw into the east of Middle-earth. Though it was known that the Nazg�l still infested Minas Morgul,they offered no threat to the South-kingdom and Denethor had every reason to hope that this time of Watchful Peace would continue in his time.He was wrong.III 2460,the twenty-fifth of Denethor's rule,would be last year to see Gondor fully at peace for nearly six centuries.In that year,Sauron gave up his exile and returned to his fortress of Dol Guldur in Mirkwood.Just a few years later,it was seen that the Nazg�l had not been idle in the years of the Peace - they unleashed a force of hideous soldier-orcs on Gondor,of the kind that was then unknown but would become known as the Uruk-hai.They ravaged Ithilien and took Osgiliath but Denethor's heir Boromir fought them back and recovered Gondor's holdings east of the River,though he was dreadfully wounded.These were the first skirmishes in a conflict that would not truly end until the time of the War of the Ring.Denethor I ruled as Steward for forty-two years and was succeeded by his son Boromir.
Denethor II : Born during the Stewardship of his grandfather Turgon,Denethor was a Gondorian noble who would see some of the most turbulent times in his country's long history,culminating in the War of the Ring itself. Just four years after Denethor succeeded to the Stewardship,his wife Finduilas died at a young age for one of her line.For the next thirty years,Denethor ruled as a grim and serious Steward and it later became known that for at least some of this time,he had made use of a palant�r to gain knowledge,through which the malice of Sauron had begun to sap his will.In the end,the death of his elder son Boromir and the imagined loss of his younger son Faramir,sent him mad.He burned himself to death with his palant�r in his hands.
D�or : A direct descendant of Eorl the Young,who inherited the Kingship of Rohan from his father Goldwine. D�or's great-great-grandfather,Aldor the Old,had hunted out the Dunlendings that had harried the eastern borders of Rohan and his successors Fr�a,Fr�awine and Goldwine had enjoyed peaceful reigns because of their ancestor's enterprises.In D�or's time,this peace came to an end.It was later discovered that the Dunlendings had secretly been moving back into the northwestern uplands of Rohan throughout the reigns of D�or's predecessors.By D�or's own time,a powerful Dunlendish force had been established and the King was forced to ride northward from Edoras,ultimately to defeat his enemies.The victory was a bitter one,though,for he discovered that the Dunlendings had also captured the Ring of Isengard,which D�or had no possible means of recapturing.So D�or's reign saw the beginning of a danger from the north that would reach a crisis nearly fifty years later,when the Dunlendings were to come close to destroying Rohan alogether.D�or's turbulent reign lasted nineteen years.He was succeeded as King by his son,Gram.
D�orwine : An important knight of the Rohirrim.He had the rank of chief of the King's knights (that is,the King's Riders,the personal bodyguard of the King of Rohan).He fell with six of his men at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields before the gates of Minas Tirith.
Dior : Dior came late to the Stewardship and ruled for only a brief time.Dior left no heir so after ruling for twenty-three years,he was succeeded by his nephew Denethor I.
D�rhael : One of the D�nedain of the North,a descendant of Aranarth the first Chieftain.His daughter was Gilraen, whose hand was sought by Arathorn,at that time heir to Chieftain Arador.D�rhael at first opposed the marriage but his wife Ivorwen persuaded him to allow it.Just two years later,D�rhael's grandson was born:Aragorn,who would one day rule the Reunited Kingdom of the D�nedain.
Dorlas : A Man of the People of Haleth,who went with T�rin Turambar to slay the dragon Glaurung.Burdened with fear,he turned back from the quest and was slain by Brandir.
D�nhere : The nephew of Erkenbrand of Westfold and a valiant captain of the Rohirrim in his own right.He was lord of the valley of Harrowdale in the White Mountains and there he assembled the remaining strength of Rohan while the Battle of the Hornburg raged to the west.Some days beforehand,he had fought in the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen and afterwards he rode with Th�oden to the Battle of the Pelennor,where he met his end.
E�rendil : The grandson of Meneldil and son of Cemendur,who succeeded his father to become the fifth King to rule the South-kingdom of Gondor.He shared his name with E�rendil the Mariner,the great hero who voyaged to Aman and saved Middle-earth from the darkness of Morgoth nearly four thousand years before King E�rendil's time.E�rendil ruled Gondor for eighty-six years and was succeeded by his son,Anardil.
E�rendur : Tenth and last of the Kings of Arnor,the son of Elendur.After his death,his three sons divided the kingdom.His eldest son and rightful heir,Amlaith of Fornost,became the first King of Arthedain.
E�rendur : The Lord of And�ni� in N�menor,said to be the fifteenth to hold that title,who lived during the time of King Ar-Sakalth�r.He is mentioned in the histories of the Second Age as the brother of Lind�ri�,who was the grandmother of the wise King Tar-Palantir.As Lord of And�ni�,E�rendur was also the ancestor of the Kings of the D�nedain in Middle-earth:Aragorn was his direct descendant through no less than forty-four generations.
E�rnil I : The thirteenth King of Gondor,the nephew of the the childless Tarannon Falastur.The second of the four 'Ship-kings',he captured Umbar for Gondor but was lost in a storm off its coast.
E�rnil II : The thirty-second and last but one of the Kings of Gondor,a descendant of Telumehtar Umbardacil who was granted the crown after the loss of King Ondoher and his sons and E�rnil's own great victory in the Battle of the Camp.
E�rnur : Son of E�rnil II and last King of Gondor.In his youth,he defeated the Witch-king of Angmar at the Battle of Fornost.The Witch-king returned to Minas Morgul and issued a challenge to E�rnur,who answered it and entering Minas Morgul,was lost.After him,the realm of Gondor was ruled by hereditary Stewards,the first of whom was Mardil Voronw�.
Ecthelion I : The seventeenth Ruling Steward of Gondor,who succeeded his father Orodreth to the Stewardship. He is most famous for rebuilding the White Tower that surmounted the city of Minas Tirith,which was afterwards known as the Tower of Ecthelion.He ruled in Gondor for just thirteen years and was succeeded by his son Egalmoth.
Ecthelion II : Ecthelion II was the son of Steward Turgon and was a wise and foresightful Man.He put his efforts into strengthening his realm against the approaching danger of Sauron,who had openly revealed himself in the last years of Turgon's Stewardship.He was aided in this work by Gandalf and by a mysterious stranger named 'Thorongil',who was later known to be none other than Aragorn.Ecthelion was succeeded as Steward by his son Denethor II,who ruled Gondor at the time of the War of the Ring.
Egalmoth : The eighteenth Steward to rule over Gondor,who succeeded his father Ecthelion I.In his time,it seems,Orcs began to trouble Gondor once again and Egalmoth's armies went to war with this new foe.In III 2710 Egalmoth received a plea for aid from D�or of Rohan,who was himself greatly troubled by the Dunlendings but the Orc-wars kept Egalmoth from sending help.He was succeeded as Steward by his son Beren.
Eldacar of Arnor : The grandson of Isildur,who became King of Arnor on the death of his father,Valandil.
Eldacar of Gondor : The son of King Valacar of Gondor and Vidumavi.Vidumavi was the daughter of Vidugavia of the Northmen,the self-styled King of Rhovanion and so Eldacar was of only half-Gondorian descent,a fact that led many to doubt Eldacar's right to rule.After his father's death,he sat on the throne for just five years when civil war broke out in Gondor.Ultimately,he was deposed by his Captain of Ships,Castamir,who took the throne himself.Eldacar escaped into the north,where he spent ten years raising an army before he returned to reclaim his throne.In a great and bloody battle at the Crossings of Erui,Castamir was defeated and the remnant of his forces fled into the south,to Umbar.Eldacar ruled for another forty-three years after this war,known as the Kin-strife.His eldest son Ornendil had died at Castamir's hands and he was succeeded by his second son,Aldamir.
Eldarion : The son of Aragorn II Elessar and Arwen Evenstar;almost nothing is known of his life but that he became King of the Reunited Kingdom after the death of his father in IV 120.
Elendil (see Character Biographies).
Elendur,King of Arnor : The son of Valandur,who succeeded his father to rule over Arnor for one hundred and twenty-five years.He was perhaps named for Isildur's eldest son,who also bore the name Elendur.He was succeeded by his son E�rendur,who would be the last of Arnor's Kings.
Elendur,Son of Isildur : The eldest son and heir of Isildur,slain with his father in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.
Elfhelm : A lord of Rohan and later Marshal of the East-mark;he fought with Grimbold in the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen after the loss of Th�odred.
Elfhild : Queen to King Th�oden of Rohan and mother to his son Th�odred.We know almost nothing of Elfhild's life,except that she died in childbirth,leaving Th�oden a widower and Th�odred motherless.At the time of the War of the Ring,Rohan had been without a queen for forty years.
Elfwine : The son of �omer �adig,King of Rohan,who inherited his father's kingdom in the early Fourth Age.
Elros : The son of E�rendil and brother of Elrond,who chose to be counted amongst the kin of Men and became the first King of N�menor and longest-lived of all Men.
Emeldir : The wife of Barahir and the mother of Beren Erchamion.After the Dagor Bragollach,when Barahir and Beren became outlaws,Emeldir fled from their home in Dorthonion with many of Barahir's household.
�omer �adig (see Character Biographies).
Eorl : The son of L�od of the �oth�od and founder of Rohan.When Gondor was assailed beyond hope,they sent north to Eorl for aid and he came south in force to rout the enemies of the South-kingdom.As reward,Steward Cirion granted him and his people the land of Calenardhon to dwell in.
�othain : In the books �othain was a member of �omer's �ored that overran the orcs who had captured Merry and Pippin at the fringe of Fangorn Forest and later encountered Aragorn and his companions on the wide fields of Rohan.In the movies �othain was the son of Morwen and brother of Freda.He and his sister fled to Helm's Deep but were later reunited with their mother.
�owyn (see Character Biographies).
Eradan : The second Ruling Steward of Gondor,the heir to Mardil,the first Steward to rule in Gondor.Eradan ruled as Steward for thirty-six years and was succeeded by his son Herion.
Erendis : A noble lady of N�menor who became Queen to Tar-Aldarion,sixth King of N�menor.Their daughter became N�menor's first Ruling Queen,Tar-Ancalim�.
Erkenbrand : A Rider of the Rohirrim who commanded the Westfold at the time of the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen.He was granted the title of Marshal of the West-mark by King �omer after the War of the Ring.
Estelmo : The squire to Isildur's eldest son Elendur,who was knocked to the ground and left for dead by Orcs in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.In fact,he recovered from his injuries and was one of only three Men to survive the Disaster in which Isildur and the Ring were lost.
Faramir (see Character Biographies).
Faramir,son of Ondoher : The younger son of King Ondoher of Gondor.When his father and elder brother Artamir rode to war with the Wainriders,he followed them in secret,though as the second in line to the throne he should have remained safe in Minas Anor.He was lost in the battle,as were his father and brother,leaving Gondor without an heir to the Kingship.
Fastred : With Folcred,one of the twin sons of Folcwine of Rohan.Upholding the Oath of Eorl,he rode to the aid of Gondor with his brother and was lost.The brothers were buried together in a mound at the Crossings of Poros known as the Haudh in Gwanur.
Fengel : The fifteenth King of Rohan,whose name means,simply, 'king'.He was the father of Thengel and grandfather of Th�oden but Fengel was himself remembered chiefly for his greed and love of gold.
Findegil : King's Writer of Gondor,who lived in the early Fourth Age.He completed the copy of the Red Book of Westmarch which (within the context of the tales) is the basis for The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
Finduilas : A lady of Gondor,wedded to Denethor II of Minas Tirith and the mother of Boromir and Faramir.
F�riel : The daughter of King Ondoher of Gondor,who was wedded to Arvedui,the last King of Arthedain.It was in part through his marriage to F�riel that Arvedui claimed the throne of Gondor after the loss of Ondoher but his claim was rejected.
Folca : The thirteenth King of Rohan,a great hunter who famously cleared his country of the scourge of the Orcs, in vengeance for the death of his father Walda at their hands.Having cleared Rohan of Orcs,he rode to hunt the monstrous Boar of Everholt but suffered a mortal wound in that hunt.He was succeeded by his son Folcwine.
Folcred : With Fastred,one of the twin sons of Folcwine of Rohan.Upholding the Oath of Eorl,he rode to the aid of Gondor with his brother and both were slain in battle of the Haradrim.
Folcwine : The fourteenth King of Rohan,the son of Folca the hunter and great-grandfather of Th�oden.His eldest sons,the twins Folcred and Fastred,were lost in war with Harad and Folcwine was succeed by his youngest child, Fengel.
Forlong : The Lord of the lands of Lossarnach,the region to the immediate southwest of Minas Tirith,who was famed for his enormous girth (he was referred to as Forlong the Fat).Though he was an old man at the time of the War of the Ring,he rode with two hundred of his men to the aid of the City of Gondor and lost his life in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Forweg : A Man of the People of Hador,who deserted the field of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and fled into the south to live as an outlaw.He was the leader of the Gaurwaith,the outlaw band that T�rin joined after leaving Doriath, though T�rin soon took over Forweg's captaincy of the outlaws.
Fram : The son of Frumgar of the �oth�od,famed for the slaying of Scatha the Worm.
Fr�a : The great-grandson of Eorl,who himself became the fourth of the Kings of Rohan.Fr�a succeeded the long-lived Aldor and was seventy-five years old when he came to the throne.His fourteen-year reign is recorded as one of peace and prosperity.
Fr�al�f Hildeson : The nephew of Helm Hammerhand,who survived the privations of the Long Winter in Helm's Deep after Rohan had been overrun by the Dunlendings.In the spring after the Winter,Helm having been lost, Fr�al�f led a daring raid on captured Edoras and succeeded in reclaiming it,ultimately driving the Dunlendings from Rohan altogether.At Fr�al�f's coronation,the Wizard Saruman appeared and Steward Beren of Gondor,with Fr�al�f's approval,granted him Isengard to dwell in.Fr�al�f was the tenth King of Rohan and the first of the Second Line.He ruled the Rohirrim for thirty-nine years and was succeeded by his son,Brytta L�ofa.
Freda : Daughter of Morwen,sister to �othain.She and her brother fled to Helm's Deep.
Frumgar : A chieftain of the Northmen and ancestor of Eorl the Young,who led his people to the land that would become known as the �oth�od on the upper reaches of the Anduin.
Fuinur : A Man of N�menor who fell under the influence of Sauron during the time the Dark Lord dwelt on that island.He sailed east to Middle-earth,apparently with a companion named Herumor and settled in the southern region known as the Harad.These two became lords in Middle-earth,coming to hold power among the Haradrim.
Galador : The son of Imraz�r the N�men�rean and (at least,according to legend) the Elf-maid Mithrellas,Galador became the first Lord of Dol Amroth.He established himself as lord of Belfalas in southern Gondor,a title that his descendants maintained until at least the early Fourth Age.
Gador : Lord of Dor-l�min,son of Hador L�rindol and father to H�rin and Huor.
G�lm�d : According to Gandalf,G�lm�d was the father of Gr�ma Wormtongue,advisor to King Th�oden of Rohan.Tolkien only ever mentions him once and then only in passing,so almost nothing is known about him.His name seems to derive from the Old English for 'lewd' or 'wanton'.
Gamling : The leader of the watchers of Helm's Dike,an old man,though still a commanding presence at the time of the Battle of the Hornburg.Despite his age,he was still a brave fighter - in that Battle,it was Gamling who first realized that orcs had penetrated the Deep through its culvert and he led the counterattack himself.Gamling seems to have been brought up in the western valleys of Rohan - at least,he understood the tongue of Dunland that was still spoken in those regions.
Gh�n-buri-Gh�n : The headman of the Woses of Dr�adan Forest at the time of the War of the Ring.He aided the Rohirrim in their ride to the Battle of the Pelennor.
Gildor : One of the outlaw band that dwelt with Barahir and Beren at Tarn Aeluin after the Dagor Bragollach.
Gilraen : The wife of Arathorn II and mother of Aragorn II Elessar.When Aragorn was only two years old, Arathorn was slain by orcs and to protect her son Gilraen took him to Rivendell and gave him into the care of Elrond.
Gimilkh�d : The younger son of King Ar-Gimilz�r of N�menor who,like his father,opposed the reforming policies of his elder brother Tar-Palantir.His son was Ar-Pharaz�n,who usurped the throne of N�menor and brought the island to its destruction.
Girion : The Lord of Dale when Smaug descended on Erebor and ravaged the lands about.Girion died in Smaug's assault but his wife and son escaped.He was revenged nearly two hundred years later when his descendant Bard slew Smaug with an arrow.
Gl�redhel : Daughter of Hador L�rindol;she wedded Haldir of the Haladin.
Golasgil : The lord of the Anfalas or Langstrand,a pastoral fief on the far western shores of Gondor.He rode to the defence of Minas Tirith in the War of the Ring with some few of his household and Men of the Anfalas.
Goldwine : Goldwine,the sixth Lord of the Mark,inherited the throne from his father Fr�awine.Of his life and reign almost nothing is known,apart from a general note that Rohan had peace and prosperity during his nineteen years as King.Goldwine was the last of Rohan's Kings to enjoy a peaceful reign for many years.He was succeeded by his son D�or,in whose time the Dunlendings driven out by Goldwine's great-grandfather Aldor began to reappear in the northern marches.They would trouble the Rohirrim for many generations.
Gorlim the Unhappy : A follower of Barahir,who went into hiding with his lord after the Dagor Bragollach. Captured by Sauron,he was tricked into betraying Barahir,who was slain with all of his followers except Beren.
Gram : The son of D�or and father of Helm Hammerhand,who ruled Rohan as the eighth Lord of the Mark.His reign was a time of warfare with the Dunlendings,who had occupied Isengard during his father's time and continued to raid and harrass the Rohirrim.
Gr�ma Wormtongue (see Character Biographies).
Grimbeorn the Old : The son of Beorn,who became a great lord in his own right.Like his father,he could take on the shape of a bear and he dwelt in the same regions of the Vales of Anduin.
Grimbold of Westfold : A Rider of the Rohirrim who fought at both of the Battles of the Fords of Isen.He rode to Minas Tirith and was slain in the Battle of the Pelennor.
Gundor : The second son of Hador L�rindol,slain with his father during the Dagor Bragollach.
Guthl�f : The banner-bearer of King Th�oden of Rohan.He rode to the relief of Minas Tirith with his Lord in the War of the Ring and there fought in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields,where he was slain.
Hador L�rindol : The son of Hathol and descendant of Malach Aradan;he was granted the land of Dor-l�min by High King Fingolfin and ruled it as its Lord until the Dagor Bragollach,in which he was slain at Eithel Sirion.He was the father of Galdor,Gundor and Gl�redhel.
Hador : The seventh Ruling Steward of Gondor,who inherited the Stewardship from his father T�rin I and in due course was succeeded by his son Barahir.Hador ruled Gondor for one hundred and seventeen years.
Halbarad : A Ranger of the Northlands.He rode to the aid of his kinsman Aragorn during the War of the Ring and met his death in the Battle of the Pelennor.
Haldan : The son of Haldar son of Haldad and nephew to Haleth herself,who followed his aunt to Brethil,where she settled her People.Haleth left no heir of her own and so as grandson of Haldad her father,Haldan took up the lordship of the Men of Brethil.
Haldar : The son of Haldad,who would have followed his father as Lord of the Haladin had not both been lost in an Orc-raid.Haldar's sister Haleth took up the rule of her people but she died childless and Haldar's descendants became the lords of the people now known as the People of Haleth.
Haldir : Lord of the Haladin of Brethil;he fostered his nephews H�rin and Huor during their childhood years and was slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Haleth : The daughter of Haldad of the Haladin;after the loss of her father and her twin brother Haldar,she became the leader of her people and she led many of them to dwell in the Forest of Brethil.In her time,the Haladin became known as the People of Haleth.
Haleth : Movie only character,he is the son of H�ma,the doorward of Th�oden and Captain of the King's guard of Rohan.
Hallacar : The son of Hallatan of Hyarastorni,a nobleman of N�menor descended through five generations from King Vardamir N�limon.He wooed and won the hand of the proudly wilful Queen Tar-Ancalim�.Though the circumstances of their marriage are unclear(there are several contradictory accounts)it seems clear that Ancalim� married for political reasons.In particular,she seems to have been motivated to produce an heir to prevent her cousin Soronto from claiming the throne.Tar-Ancalim� and Hallacar did indeed produce an heir,who would one day rule as Tar-An�rion,the eighth King of N�menor.After the birth of their son,Hallacar became estranged from the Queen and they lived apart from one another.
Hallas : The illustrious son and heir of Steward Cirion of Gondor.Hallas ruled Gondor for thirty-eight years and was succeeded by his son,who became Steward H�rin II.
Hallatan : A N�men�rean,the lord of the inland region known as Hyarastorni.A descendant of King Vardamir N�limon,his son Hallacar wed the first Ruling Queen of N�menor,Tar-Ancalim�.
Halmir : The lord of the People of Haleth at the time of the Dagor Bragollach.After that battle and the capture of Minas Tirith,Orcs began to roam unhindered across the lands of Beleriand.Halmir called on the aid of Thingol,who sent many stout Sindarin warriors under the command of Beleg to his aid.Together,Halmir and Beleg destroyed a legion of invading Orcs and gave the southern lands a respite from the defeats in the north.Halmir was succeeded as lord of the Haladin by his son,Haldir.
H�ma : The doorward of Th�oden and captain of the King's guard of Rohan.He fell in the Battle of the Hornburg during the War of the Ring.
Handir : Lord of the Haladin of Brethil,son of Haldir.He was slain by Orcs and succeed by his son Brandir.
Hareth : The daughter of Halmir of the Haladin;she wedded Galdor of the House of Hador and was the mother of H�rin and Huor.
Harry Goatleaf : The first of the Men of Bree encountered by Frodo and his companions on their travels- he was the keeper the western gate in the great hedge that surrounded the township and greeted them gruffly on their arrival at Bree.He was later present in the Prancing Pony and his suspicious actions there were later explained when it was discovered he was under the power of the Nazg�l.Some months after the hobbits' departure,Harry Goatleaf,together with Bill Ferny,joined with a band of brigands from the south,causing trouble that left five of the Bree-landers dead.After that,he left Bree with other ruffians,presumably to join Sharkey's Men in the Shire.
Hathol : The son of Magor and grandson of Malach Aradan,one of the first Men to cross the Blue Mountains from the eastern lands.Little is known of Hathol's life,except that he was the father of the great hero Hador L�rindol,who served Fingolfin and was granted the land of Dor-l�min to dwell in.
Helm Hammerhand : The son of Gram,the ninth King of Rohan and last of the first line,renowned in the histories of Rohan.During his reign,the Rohirrim were at war with the Dunlendings - Helm and both his sons perished in that war.He was succeeded by his nephew Fr�al�f,who founded the second line of Kings.
Herion : The third Steward to rule in Gondor,Herion was the grandson of Mardil Voronw� himself and inherited the title from his father Eradan.He ruled for thirty-two years during the time known as the Watchful Peace and was succeeded by his son Belegorn.
Herucalmo : The consort to Tar-Vanimeld�,the third Ruling Queen of N�menor.The Queen had little interest in the duties of her office and during her reign Herucalmo effectively acted as her regent.On Tar-Vanimeld�'s death, the Sceptre should have passed to her son Alcarin but instead Herucalmo withheld it and claimed the Kingship for himself,taking the name Tar-Anducal.The island of N�menor fell under his doubtful rule for twenty years,until Herucalmo himself died and Alcarin took his rightful place.
Herumor : One of the many N�men�reans who fell under the shadow of Sauron after Ar-Pharaz�n brought the Dark Lord to N�menor.No small number of these people sailed eastward to Middle-earth and Herumor was among them.With another named Fuinur,he settled among the Haradrim and became a lord in the lands of the Harad.From this and his worship of Sauron's darkness,he must have taken taken his name:Herumor means 'lord of the dark'.
Hirgon : An emissary of Gondor,who brought the Red Arrow to Th�oden at Harrowdale,in token of Gondor's desperate need for help from its old allies.Riding back eastward to his Lord,Denethor,Hirgon and his companion encountered Sauron's forces on the Rammas Echor and were cut down as they tried to escape.
Hunthor : A Man of the House of Haleth,the kinsman of Brandir.He went with T�rin to the slaying of Glaurung but was lost in the river as he climbed the Ravines of Teiglin.
Huor : Younger son of Galdor,Lord of Dor-l�min and grandson of Hador L�rindol,Huor was in his turn the father of Tuor and grandfather of E�rendil the Mariner.Huor had the fair hair and blue eyes of his grandfather's house and was accounted one of the tallest of the Edain,second only to his own son Tuor.Huor went on to marry R�an, the daughter of Belegund.He was slain in the last stand of the Men of Dor-l�min,who held the Pass of Sirion against the hosts of orcs and creatures of the Enemy by a poisoned arrow in the eye.
H�rin I : H�rin I was the son of Belegorn and descended in right line from H�rin of Emyn Arnen,the founder of the House of H�rin to which all the Ruling Stewards belonged.H�rin ruled as Steward for forty years and was succeeded by his son,who became T�rin I.
H�rin II : The son of Steward Hallas and grandson of the famous Cirion who granted the green northern lands of Calenardhon to the Rohirrim.H�rin II shared his name with an illustrious line of predecessors,including H�rin I who ruled during the Watchful Peace,H�rin of Emyn Arnen who founded the house of the Stewards and ultimately H�rin Thalion himself,Lord of Dor-l�min in the First Age.H�rin ruled Gondor as its Steward for twenty-three years and was succeeded by his son,Belecthor I.
H�rin of Emyn Arnen : H�rin of Emyn Arnen is the earliest of Gondor's Stewards to have his name recorded in history.He served under King Minardil and though we know little of his life,it is certain that his actions had a tremendous effect on the future history of Middle-earth.He was a Man of noble N�men�rean descent,the founder of the House of H�rin from which Minardil's heirs came by tradition to select their own Stewards.By the time of the loss of Gondor's last King,E�rnur,some four centuries later,the Stewardship had become a powerful hereditary institution,ready to take over in place of the Kings.
H�rin Thalion : Eldest son of Galdor and Lord of Dor-l�min after him.He was captured by Morgoth at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and he and his kin were cursed by the Dark Lord.After the death of his son T�rin,Morgoth released him from bondage.
Hyarmendacil I : A man originally named Ciryaher,the heir to Gondor's throne who saw his father Ciryandil slain at the hands of the Men of Harad.To avenge his father's death,the new King took a great army and conquered the southern lands of the Harad,ruling thereafter under the name Hyarmendacil,'South-victor'.He ruled in Gondor for no less than for one hundred and thirty-four years and was succeeded by his son Atanatar.
Hyarmendacil II : An heir of the Royal House of Gondor,originally named Vinyarion.He became King when his father Aldamir was slain by the Haradrim,an act that he avenged in the eleventh year of his reign,when he achieved a great victory over the Men of Harad.After that time,he took the name Hyarmendacil ('South-victor')and ruled under the name of Hyarmendacil II.He was succeeded as King by his son Minardil.
Imrahil : The Prince of Dol Amroth at the time of the War of the Ring,who fought at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and marched on Mordor with the host of Aragorn II Elessar.
Imraz�r : A nobleman who lived in the region of Belfalas in southeastern Gondor at the end of the second millennium of the Third Age.He was said to have wedded an Elf-maid named Mithrellas,a wandering companion of Nimrodel.Though it isn't known for sure whether this tradition is true,it is certain that his son Galador went on to found Dol Amroth.
Inzilb�th : Though she was taken to wife by Ar-Gimilz�r,Inzilb�th was secretly a member of the Faithful party, whom he strongly opposed.Her son,Tar-Palantir,followed her teachings when he became King of N�menor.
Ioreth : The eldest of the women who served in Minas Tirith's Houses of Healing,whose remembrance of old lore helped restore the health of Faramir.She came originally from Imloth Melui in Lossarnach.
Isildur (see Character Biographies).
Isilmo : The second child of King Tar-S�rion of N�menor,younger brother to Tar-Telperi�n the second Ruling Queen.Tar-Telperi�n outlived her brother but she had no consort and so left no heir.The Sceptre therefore passed to Isilmo's son,who ruled asTar-Minastir.
Ivorwen : The wife of D�rhael of the D�nedain and mother to Gilraen.When Arathorn son of Arador sought Gilraen's hand in marriage,D�rhael opposed him.Ivorwen,though,who was said to have the gift of foresight, persuaded her husband to allow the marriage.This was a small part to play in the history of Middle-earth but it had great consequences - the son of Arathorn and Gilraen was Aragorn,who would one day reunite the ancient Kingdoms of the D�nedain.
Kham�l : Called the Shadow of the East,Kham�l was the second of the nine Ringwraiths,second only to the Lord of the Nazg�l and referred to as Sauron's lieutenant.
Lalaith : Daughter of H�rin and Morwen and sister to T�rin Turambar;she died in childhood of a plague.
Larnach : One of the Woodmen who dwelt in the Forest of Brethil,south of the River Teiglin.These people were harried by the Gaurwaith outlaws from Doriath's western borders and in a raid by these outlaws,Larnach's daughter was rescued by T�rin Turambar,under the alias of Neithan.In his search for T�rin,Beleg Strongbow later came upon the fenced homestead that was Larnach's home and was told the story.
L�od : The ruler of the �oth�od,L�od was the father of Eorl the Young and hence the ancestor of all the Kings of Rohan.
Mablung : A soldier of Faramir and Ranger of the land of Ithilien during the last years of the Third Age, encountered by Frodo and Sam on their journey to Cirith Ungol.
Malach Aradan : The son and heir of Marach of the Third House of the Edain and the ancestor of the House of Hador and its descendants.Malach spent many years with the Elves in Hithlum,where he learned to speak Elvish and was given the name Aradan meaning 'noble man'.
Malbeth the Seer : A wise Man who lived in the last years of the realm of Arthedain.Gifted with foresight,he predicted events of the near and far future.He saw that Arvedui would be Arthedain's last King and predicted Aragorn's passage of the Paths of the Dead,though it lay a thousand years in his own future.
Mallor : The son of Beleg and grandson of Amlaith of Fornost,the founder of Arthedain.He became King of that realm at the age of 134 and ruled during troubled times.It was during Mallor's reign,or perhaps during the last years of his father Beleg,that the Istari - the Wizards - arrived in the north of Middle-earth.They came soon after the shadow had fallen on Greenwood the Great and it was near the end of Mallor's rule that they discovered its source at Dol Guldur.At this time,though,even the Wise did not suspect that it might be Sauron returned.Mallor ruled Arthedain for eighty-one years and was succeeded by his son Celepharn.
Malvegil : Malvegil son of Celebrindor is best known for the fact that the Witch-king founded the realm of Angmar during his reign.The main Hobbit settlement in Bree took place during his reign which lasted seventy-seven years.He was succeeded by his son,Argeleb I.
Manwendil : The third child and second son,of Elros Tar-Minyatur the first King of N�menor.Though we know that he left descendants,details of their lives are unknown.His name Manwendil means 'devoted to Manw�'.
Marach : One of the original leaders of the Edain into Beleriand;father of Malach Aradan and great-great-grandfather of Hador L�rindol.
Mardil Voronw� : Son of Vorondil the Hunter and Steward to Kings E�rnil II and E�rnur of Gondor.After E�rnur's loss in Minas Morgul,Mardil became the first Ruling Steward of Gondor.
Meneldil : The son of An�rion and grandson of Elendil,the first King of Gondor to rule in his own name.He was succeededby his son Cemendur.
Minalcar : Son of Calmacil,grandson of Atanatar and great-grandson of Hyarmendacil I.He succeeded his father and became King of Gondor,ruling under the name R�mendacil II.
Minardil : The son of Hyarmendacil II1 of Gondor,King Minardil had two sons,Telemnar and Minastan.He had reigned for just thirteen years when he was attacked at Pelargir by the Corsairs of Umbar and slain.He was succeeded by Telemnar,who himself died with all his children in the Dark Plague just two years later.Ultimately, the throne was taken by Tarondor,the son of Minardil's second son Minastan. Minardil is perhaps best known as being served by Steward H�rin of Emyn Arnen,the ancestor of the later Ruling Stewards.
Minastan : The second son of King Minardil of Gondor.His elder brother Telemnar had sat on their father's throne for just two years when he died with all his heirs in the Great Plague.Minastan had also died by this time - perhaps he too met his end in the Plague - but he left behind a surviving heir,Tarondor,who became the first King of a new line.
M�riel : The daughter and heir of King Tar-Palantir,who would have become N�menor's fourth Ruling Queen.She was taken to marriage by Ar-Pharaz�n,who thereby usurped the throne.
Morwen : The daughter of Baragund of the House of B�or,she wedded H�rin Thalion and was the mother of T�rin Turambar.
Morwen of Rohan : In the Movies Morwen was mother to �othain and Freda.
Morwen Steelsheen : Also called Morwen of Lossarnach,the queen to King Thengel of Rohan and mother to his heir Th�oden.She was much younger than her husband,who wedded her late in his life and they lived for a time in her homeland of Lossarnach,to the south and west of Minas Tirith.When his father Fengel died,Thengel inherited Kingship of Rohan and travelled with Morwen back to his own land.Morwen bore five children in all,including Thengel's heir Th�oden and Th�odwyn,who would be the mother of �omer and �owyn
Narmacil I : Narmacil I,son of Atanatar II Alcarin,inherited the Kingship of Gondor when the South-kingdom was at the height of its power and wealth.He was not a great King and indeed soon tired of the role.In III 1240, after just fourteen years on the throne,he turned over the rule of Gondor to his nephew Minalcar,who ruled as Regent through the rest of Narmacil's titular Kingship.Narmacil died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother Calmacil.
Narmacil II : King of Gondor,the successor to Telumehtar Umbardacil.He was slain by the Wainriders in the Battle of the Plains.
Nienor N�niel : Daughter of H�rin and Morwen;travelling from Doriath in search of her brother T�rin,she came under the dragon-spell of Glaurung.Fleeing to Brethil,she found T�rin there but because of the spell failed to recognise him and unwittingly wedded him.
N�neth : A lady of the Westlands of N�menor,who lived in the eighth and ninth centuries of the Second Age.Her husband was Beregar and together they had a daughter,Erendis.It was Erendis' troubled courtship and marriage to King Tar-Aldarion that formed the subject of one of very few tales to survive the Downfall of N�menor,Aldarion and Erendis.N�neth's part in that tale is a small one but she is shown as wise and insightful,offering valuable but little heeded,advice to her daughter.
Ondoher : One of the last Kings of Gondor,who worked during his short reign to build closer ties with the northern D�nedain of Arthedain.He died,with both his sons,at the hands of invading Wainriders.The loss of Ondoher and his heirs threw Gondor into a political crisis.
Orodreth : The sixteenth Ruling Steward of Gondor,who inherited the Stewardship from his father Belecthor I. Orodreth shared his name with an illustrious Elf-lord of the First Age,Orodreth the younger brother of Finrod Felagund and late ruler of Nargothrond.Orodreth the Steward has left less of a mark on history and indeed other than his dates we have no records of his rule.He was succeeded by his son,who ruled as Ecthelion I.
Oromendil : A high-born noble of ancient N�menor,the great-grandson of Elros Tar-Minyatur himself and cousin to the fourth N�men�rean King,Tar-Elendil.
Ostoher : The son of Anardil and descendant of An�rion,who ruled Gondor as its seventh King.Early in his reign, he undertook a great construction work,the rebuilding and expansion of the Minas Anor.Reconstructing the citadel was a considerable task (some sources suggest that it took as long as ten years) and it seems to be the source of Ostoher's name (which means 'fortress lord').After the rebuilding,Ostoher took Minas Anor as his summer residence and this tradition was carried on by his successors.Ostoher ruled Gondor for eighty-one years and was succeeded by his son,Tarostar,who became known as R�mendacil I.
Pelendur : The Steward to King Ondoher of Gondor,who was thrust into a position of power when his King, together with both his heirs,was lost in battle with the Wainriders.He had to chose the next King of Gondor and he moved the Council of Gondor to chose E�rnil,who took the Kingship as E�rnil II,When Pelendur died,he was succeeded as Steward by his son Vorondil and his grandson Mardil was to become the first of the Stewards to rule Gondor in his own right.
Pharaz�n : The son of Gimilkh�d and grandson of King Ar-Gimilz�r of N�menor.He took his cousin M�riel to wife against her will and so illegally claimed the island's kingship,which he took in the better-known name of Ar-Pharaz�n.
Ragnor : In the assault of the Dagor Bragollach,the Men of Dorthonion were overrun by Morgoth's forces.Their lord,Barahir,took the survivors of his House into hiding in the northern highlands,above the pine forests of that region but they were harried and hunted by Morgoth's servant Sauron and their numbers dwindled.At last,only thirteen Men remained and Ragnor was one of these: a faithful servant and soldier of the House of B�or.One fateful night as the outlaws slept by the shores of a mountain lake,they were set upon by Orcs and slain to a Man. Beren was absent from the camp and survived but Ragnor and all his companions were lost.
R�an : The daughter of Belegund of the House of B�or,she wedded Huor;she was the mother of Tuor and grandmother of E�rendil the Mariner.
R�mendacil I : The heir of Ostoher,who succeeded his father to become Gondor's eighth King.His name had originally been Tarostar but he changed it to R�mendacil to reflect the heroic events surrounding his succession. R�mendacil ruled Gondor for forty-nine years and was succeeded by his son Turambar.
R�mendacil II : The Man who would one day rule as one of Gondor's greatest Kings was born with the name Minalcar during the reign of Hyarmendacil II and his father was Calmacil,the younger brother of the King's grandson Narmacil.As such,there seemed little likelihood of his succeeding the throne but fate would decide otherwise.When Narmacil became King he appointed Minalcar to rule in his stead as he was not a man suited to the rigours of Kingship.When Narmacil died he did so without leaving an heir,therefore his brother Calmacil became King,who was in turn succeeded by Minalcar.R�mendacil II ruled as Regent for sixty-four years and as King of Gondor for a further sixty-two years.He was succeeded by his son Valacar.
Sador : A bondsman and servant of the H�rin of Dor-l�min and the childhood friend of H�rin's son T�rin.
Silmari�n : The daughter and eldest child,of Tar-Elendil,fourth King of N�menor.She did not succeed her father (though later changes to the laws of N�menor would have made her Ruling Queen).Instead,she founded the line of the Lords of And�ni� from which the Kings of Gondor and Arnor were descended.
Siriondil : The eleventh of Gondor's Kings,who succeeded his father King Atanatar I during the waning years of the Third Age's first millennium.We know almost nothing of his reign,which seems to have been a peaceful one. He was succeeded by his illustrious son Tarannon Falastur,the first of the line of four Ship-kings.
Soronto : A descendant of the royal line of N�menor,the grandson of Tar-Meneldur and nephew of Tar-Aldarion. He lived during in the later years of the first millennium of the Second Age.
Tar-Alcarin : The son and heir of Tar-Vanimeld�,the third Ruling Queen of N�menor.He should have succeeded his mother but instead his father Herucalmo withheld the Sceptre from his son and ruled as Tar-Anducal for twenty years before his own death.Thereupon Tar-Alcarin took up his rightful Kingship and ruled for a further eighty years.He was succeeded by his own son,Tar-Calmacil.
Tar-Aldarion : The son of Tar-Meneldur a great explorer and later King of N�menor.
Tar-Amandil : The grandson of Elros Tar-Minyatur.When the time came for his father Vardamir to take the Sceptre,he refused it and passed the Kingship directly to Tar-Amandil (though legally Vardamir was held to be the second King).Tar-Amandil was in turn succeeded by his son Tar-Elendil.
Tar-An�rion : The son of Tar-Ancalim�,the first of N�menor's Ruling Queens,who ruled the island for more than a century.His two elder children were daughters but both refused the Sceptre and so he was succeeded by his third child and eldest son,Tar-S�rion.
Tar-Ancalim� : The daughter and only child of Tar-Aldarion,the sixth King of N�menor.Aldarion caused the laws of succession to be changed and Ancalim� succeeded him as the first of N�menor's Ruling Queens.
Tar-Ancalimon : Son of Tar-Atanamir,father of Tar-Telemmait� and fourteenth King of N�menor.
Tar-Anducal : The N�men�rean king-name taken by Herucalmo,the consort of the third Ruling Queen Tar-Vanimeld�.
Tar-Ardamin : An uncertain figure in the histories of N�menor.In the royal lists of The Line of Elros (in Unfinished Tales of N�menor and Middle-earth),he is given as the heir and successor of Tar-Calmacil,whose name in Ad�naic was Ar-Abattar�k and who was succeeded in turn by his own son Ar-Ad�nakh�r.He does not appear,however,in the list of N�men�rean Kings and Queens shown in The Lord of the Rings,where the succession is shown as passing directly from Tar-Calmacil to Ar-Ad�nakh�r.
Tar-Atanamir the Great : The thirteenth King of N�menor,surnamed the Great(for his wealth and power,rather than his wisdom).He treated the Men of Middle-earth cruelly and he was the first King to speak openly against the Ban of the Valar.
Tar-Calmacil : The successor to King Tar-Alcarin,who became the eighteenth ruler of N�menor.He was noted as a great military captain,who drove the forces of Sauron back into the east of Middle-earth.He was also as the first King whose name is recorded with an Ad�naic equivalent,Ar-Belzagar,a sign of the ascendancy of the party of the so-called King's Men.There is some confusion over his successor.The Lord of the Rings lists the King following Tar-Calmacil as Ar-Ad�nakh�r but this may be due to an accidental omission,as evidence exists that Tar-Calmacil was in fact succeeded by his son Tar-Ardamin and that Ar-Ad�nakh�r was actually his grandson.
Tarcil : The son and heir of Arantar of Arnor and the great-great-grandson of Isildur himself.The sixth King to rule the North-kingdom,his reign lasted for eighty years in the middle of the first millennium of the Third Age.He was succeeded by his son Tarondor.
Tarciryan : One of the sons of King Siriondil of Gondor.His elder brother was Tarannon,who took the title Falastur and ruled as King of Gondor after his father.Tarannon's Queen Ber�thiel was sent into exile.Tarannon therefore died childless and so it was Tarciryan's son who succeeded Tarannon to the throne.This was E�rnil I, the second of the Ship-kings after Tarannon himself.
Tar-Ciryatan : The twelfth King of N�menor,a great shipbuilder and adventurer,who plundered Middle-earth of its treasures and carried them back to N�menor.
Tar-Elendil : The son of Tar-Amandil and fourth King of N�menor;renowned as a loremaster and scholar.His eldest child was a daughter,Silmari�n,from whom the Lords of And�ni� were descended but he was succeeded as King by his third child and only son,who became King Tar-Meneldur.
Tar-Meneldur : The fifth King of N�menor,the son of Tar-Elendil,in whose time evil began to stir again in Middle-earth.
Tar-Minastir : The eleventh ruler of N�menor,grandson of Tar-S�rion and successor to the childless Ruling Queen,Tar-Telperi�n.He sent a fleet to Middle-earth and drove Sauron's forces out of Eriador.
Tar-Minyatur : 'King and First Lord',the title taken by Elros the son of E�rendil when he became first King of N�menor in the early years of the Second Age.
Tarondor of Arnor : The seventh King to rule over Arnor,the son of King Tarcil.He ruled the North-kingdom in a time of peace,long before the troubles came that would overwhelm and destroy it.He was succeeded as King by his son Valandur.
Tarondor of Gondor : The twenty-seventh King of Gondor,who came to the throne in his youth after his uncle King Telemnar and all his children were lost in the Great Plague.It was Tarondor who moved the King's House from Osgiliath to Minas Anor (later to be named Minas Tirith).He reigned for 162 years and was succeeded by his son who became the famous warrior King,Telumehtar Umbardacil.
Tarostar : A Man of Gondor,born into its Royal House in the time his great-grandfather E�rendil ruled as King.He lived through the reigns of his grandfather Anardil and his father Ostoher before becoming King of Gondor himself.He ruled under the name R�mendacil I.
Tar-Palantir : The twenty-fourth,and last but one,of the Kings of N�menor.In his time,the N�men�reans had turned their backs on the Valar and the Elves and he attempted to bring them back to the old ways.His policy of reform would likely have been continued by his daughter M�riel but her throne was usurped by Ar-Pharaz�n.
Tar-S�rion : Tar-S�rion was the grandson of Tar-Ancalim�,N�menor's first Ruling Queen.His father Tar-An�rion had two daughters who were both older than Tar-S�rion and thus had a claim on the throne.Both of these refused the rule of N�menor,however,and so Tar-S�rion received his father's Kingship.We know little of Tar-S�rion's reign,except that he ruled at a time when the Elves of Eregion had begun the forging of the Rings of Power.He had no sons and when he gave up the Sceptre his daughter Tar-Telperi�n became the second Ruling Queen.
Tar-Telemmait� : The fifteenth King of N�menor,the son of Tar-Ancalimon.He was hungry for wealth (hence his name 'King Silverhand') and mined for mithril to fill his treasuries.
Tar-Telperi�n : The tenth ruler of N�menor was its second Ruling Queen:Tar-Telperi�n.She was the eldest child of King Tar-S�rion and became a proud and wilful Queen.What records we have of her reign state that she refused to wed,and so died without an heir.During her rule in N�menor,momentous events were taking place in Middle-earth;the Rings of Power were forged and Sauron's armies swept through Eriador.It was left to Tar-Telperi�n's successor,Tar-Minastir,to react to these events.Tar-Telperi�n ruled N�menor for one hundred and seventy-five years and was succeeded by her nephew,the son of her younger brother Isilmo,who ruled as Tar-Minastir.
Tar-Vanimeld� : Daughter of Tar-Telemmait�,grand daughter of Tar-Ancalimon and third and last Queen of N�menor.Her husband Herucalmo ruled the Kingdom for her and when she died he,instead of her son,became King.
Telumehtar Umbardacil : King of Gondor during the late second millennium of the Third Age.His reign was most notable for Gondor's reconquest of Umbar and the final defeat of the Corsairs.
Thengel : The sixteenth King of Rohan,son of Fengel and father of Th�oden Ednew.In his time,Saruman first pronounced himself Lord of Isengard.
Th�oden (see Character Biographies).
Th�odred : Only son and heir of King Th�oden of Rohan.He was slain in the First Battle of the Fords of Isen during the War of the Ring.
Th�odwyn : One of the daughters of King Thengel of Rohan,Th�odwyn was the younger sister of Thengel's only son,Th�oden,who succeeded his father as King of Rohan.After the birth of her children �omer and �owyn, Th�odwyn died of a sickness and her orphaned children were taken in by their uncle King Th�oden to grow up in the royal house at Edoras.On Th�oden's death,his own son Th�odred having been slain in battle,the Kingship passed to Th�odwyn's son �omer.
Thorondir : The successor to Belecthor II as Steward of Gondor.When his father died,the White Tree of Minas Tirith also died.Without a seedling to replace it,Thorondir left the Dead Tree standing in hope of the King's return, though that would not happen for nearly 140 years after his death.His rule was short;he was Steward for just ten years.He was succeeded by his son,who ruled as T�rin II.
Tind�miel : The second child and only daughter,of Elros Tar-Minyatur the first King of N�menor.Aside from her name,which means 'daughter of twilight',we know almost nothing of her.Her only mention in records is a single appearance in a genealogical chart showing the early descendants of her father,where she is shown beside her brothers Vardamir,Manwendil and Atanalcar.
Tuor : The son of Huor and cousin to T�rin Turambar,Tuor is renowned as the father of E�rendil the Mariner.In his youth,Tuor journeyed into Nevrast and there spoke with the Vala Ulmo.Ulmo sent him as messenger to Turgon in Gondolin.Dwelling there,he wedded Turgon's daughter Idril,who gave birth to E�rendil.After the Fall of Gondolin,he dwelt with the Exiles at the Mouths of Sirion for a time but feeling old age coming upon him,he built the great ship E�rr�m� and sailed into the West with Idril.
Turambar,King of Gondor : The heir of King R�mendacil I,who succeeded to the throne of Gondor after the violent death of his father at the hands of the Easterlings.Turambar sought vengeance for his father's death and succeeded brilliantly.He not only avenged the loss of R�mendacil but carried his conquests into the lands of the Easterlings themselves,winning much new territory for his Kingdom.Due to his father's untimely loss,Turambar came early to Gondor's throne.His rule lasted longer than a century and was the longer by far than that of any preceding Gondorian monarch since that of his ancestor Meneldil.Turambar ruled Gondor for one hundred and twenty-six years and was succeeded by his son,who became Atanatar I.
Turgon : The son and heir of Steward T�rin II of Gondor,in whose time Sauron declared himself openly in the land of Mordor and begin gathering the strength that would be seen in the War of the Ring.In the last year of his rule,too,Saruman withdrew into Isengard and began to fortify it.So,in the last two years of Turgon's Stewardship, the scene was set for the great war that would be fought more than sixty years later.Turgon ruled Gondor for thirty-nine years and was succeeded by his son,who ruled as Ecthelion II.His grandson was Denethor II,the Ruling Steward at the time of the War of the Ring.
T�rin I : The sixth Ruling Steward of Gondor,who succeeded his father H�rin I to the Stewardship.Like his father,T�rin was named for a great hero of the First Age and this seems to have become a trend in the House of the Stewards after his time.For five generations after T�rin,starting with his son Hador,his descendants were named for Elves or Men of the First Age.T�rin ruled Gondor during the time known as the Watchful Peace,during which Sauron had withdrawn into the east and did not trouble the western lands of Middle-earth.Hence,his time as Steward was rather uneventful in historical terms.T�rin ruled as Steward for thirty-four years and was succeeded by his son Hador.
T�rin II : The twenty-third Ruling Steward of Gondor,the son of Thorondir and great-grandfather of Denethor II.He is most famous for his defeat of an army of the Haradrim at the Crossings of Poros,with the aid of King Folcwine of Rohan.
T�rin Turambar : The most tragic of Tolkien's heroes,T�rin,son of H�rin Thalion and cousin to Tuor,was in his time the most feared of Men by the servants of Morgoth.He did great service to both Doriath and Nargothrond and is famed for slaying Glaurung,Father of Dragons but the curse of Morgoth was on him and evil followed him always.In the Forest of Brethil he came upon his own sister but through the spells of Glaurung they did not know each other and wed.After Nienor discovered the truth,she threw herself to her death and in despair T�rin fell upon his own sword.
Uldor,the Accursed : Youngest son of Ulfang the Black,who betrayed the Sons of F�anor in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.He was slain in that great battle by Maglor.
Ulfang,the Black : The treacherous Easterling who followed the banner of Caranthir to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad but granted Morgoth the victory when he turned suddenly against the Sons of F�anor.Father of Uldor,Ulfast and Ulwarth.
Ulfast : The treacherous son of Ulfang, who professed to follow Caranthir, but who turned on the Sons of F�anor in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and so brought about their defeat.
Ulrad : A member of the outlaw band that T�rin joined and ultimately led,after his self-imposed exile from Doriath.Ulrad travelled with the other outlaws to Bar-en-Danwedh.His fate is not known for certain but he was likely lost in that stronghold when it was overcome by Orcs.
Valacar : Valacar was the son and heir of the great King of Gondor,R�mendacil II.While R�mendacil still sat on Gondor's throne,he developed a strong alliance with the Northmen who lived to the east of Mirkwood.To further the close friendship between Gondor and these Northmen,R�mendacil sent Valacar as an ambassador to the court of their leader Vidugavia,who styled himself King of Rhovanion.Valacar ruled as King of Gondor for sixty-six years and was succeeded through great troubles by his son Eldacar.
Valandil : Youngest of Isildur's four sons and the only one to survive the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.He eventually became the third King of Arnor and was succeeded by his son Eldacar.
Valandur : The eighth King of Arnor,a direct descendant in right line of Elendil and Isildur,who succeeded his father Tarondor to the throne.Of his reign we know almost nothing,except that he suffered a violent but mysterious death after a rule of fifty years.He was succeeded by his son Elendur.
Vardamir N�limon : The son of Elros Tar-Minyatur,accounted the second King of N�menor.When the time came for him to inherit the Kingship,he chose not to accept it and immediately abdicated in favour of his son,Tar-Amandil.
V�antur : A famous navigator of early N�men�rean history,who served as Captain of the King's Ships under Tar-Elendil,the fourth King of N�menor.He was the first of the N�men�reans to achieve the voyage back to Middle-earth,reaching the Grey Havens in his ship Entuless� in the six hundredth year of the Second Age.
Vidugavia : A prince of the Northmen who ruled the lands between Mirkwood and the River Running.He was the ally of Gondor's King R�mendacil II and received R�mendacil's son Valacar into his court as ambassador.Valacar would eventually wed Vidugavia's own daughter,Vidumavi.
Vidumavi : The daughter of Vidugavia,King of Rhovanion.She wedded Valacar,the royal ambassador of Gondor and together they had a son,Vinitharya,who would become known as Eldacar.Vidumavi's was the first non-N�men�rean blood to enter the Royal House of Gondor,a fact that would lead to the civil war of the Kin-strife.
Vinitharya : The royal son of Valacar of Gondor and Vidumavi,daughter of the King of Rhovanion.When he returned to Gondor with his father,he was given the name Eldacar,a name he retained when he inherited Gondor's throne.
Vinyarion : The son of King Aldamir of Gondor.In his father's time,war erupted between Gondor and the southern lands and Aldamir was slain in that war.Vinyarion led Gondor's armies to avenge Aldamir's death and overran the Haradrim.In token of this great victory,Vinyarion ruled under the name Hyarmendacil II,a name meaning 'South-victor'.
Vorondil : One of three Stewards to serve King E�rnil II of Gondor.He was an important figure in Gondorian history,as the first of the Stewards to inherit the title by direct line from his father.Vorondil was the son of Pelendur,the Steward who had assumed the rule of Gondor during the crisis following Ondoher's loss.On Pelendur's own death,his position as servant and adviser to the King fell on Vorondil his son.Vorondil's Stewardship was a time of war and loss for Gondor.In only his second year as Steward,he saw the Nazg�l come out of Mordor and lay siege to Minas Ithil and two years later still,they succeeded in capturing it and the palant�r it contained.History remembers Vorondil less for any part in the loss of Minas Ithil,though,and more as Vorondil the mighty Hunter,who hunted the Kine of Araw in the far eastern lands on the shores of the Sea of Rh�n.The great horn carried by Boromir in The Lord of the Rings originated as the hunting horn of Vorondil and may even have been made by his own hand.Vorondil served E�rnil as Steward for twenty-one years.Just as he had inherited the position,he was in turn succeeded by his son Mardil,who was to become the first of the Ruling Stewards and the founder of a tradition that would survive in Gondor for nearly a thousand years.
Walda : The son and heir of Brytta L�ofa.During his father's reign,Rohan had suffered warfare with Orcs that had descended from the North and attempted to settle in the White Mountains.By the time Walda came to the throne,it was thought that the land was free of Orcs but in the ninth year of his reign,Walda was slain by them near Dunharrow.He was succeeded by his son Folca,who avenged his father's death.
