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Aragorn (Strider)

A mysterious Ranger known in the vicinity of the Shire and Bree as 'Strider', he is actually the hidden heir carrying the blood of ancient kings. He is a long-time friend of Gandalf and the leader of the Rangers of the Wild in the great danger zones outside the Shire. Aragorn, who finds the Fellowship of the Ring in Bree in what appears to be a coincidence but is actually a demonstration of his alertness, provides the most critical guidance for the group against the Black Riders. Despite appearing formidable and rugged from the perspective of the hobbits' sheltered world, he soon proves himself to be a wise, protective, master tracker, and a great hero with spiritual healing abilities.

Bilbo Baggins

A famous adventurer from the Shire, Bilbo Baggins is a legend among hobbits due to his great wealth and his reputation as 'Mad Baggins'. In his youth, he returned from his journey with the Dwarves to the Lonely Mountain having found the One Ring by chance—or rather, by a dark coincidence. Though for years the Ring granted him a long youth that appeared as an immortal lifespan, it stretched his soul thin, like butter scraped over too much bread. Ultimately, on his epic 111th birthday, he managed to relinquish the ring with Gandalf's help and went to Rivendell in search of peace and poetry, leaving Frodo with the heaviest burden in Middle-earth.

Frodo Baggins

Frodo Baggins is a hobbit raised by his uncle Bilbo Baggins in the Shire, where he led a respectable and comfortable life. His life changes completely when he learns from Gandalf that the Ring he inherited from his uncle is the One Ring that will one day darken the fate of all Middle-earth. Although he is terrified at being torn from his peaceful home initially, his solemn attitude in bearing the burden makes him unique. Throughout the journey he embarks on, he transforms from an ordinary being of the Shire into an noble and melancholic hero. He must constantly fight against the relentless pressure of the Black Riders, the agony of the wound he sustained, and the call of the Ring seeping into his mind.

Gandalf

Gandalf is a wise and powerful wizard belonging to the immortal order of the Istari. He is an endless traveler between kingdoms and peoples to protect Middle-earth from the tyranny of the Dark Lord. At the beginning of The Lord of the Rings, he is the one who determines with certainty that the ring Frodo possesses belongs to Sauron. For a long time, he wove the events of Middle-earth through his mysterious arrivals and departures and organized the plan for the Ring to leave the Shire, but could not reach Frodo in time due to obstacles such as Saruman's betrayal. He is a massive source of spiritual strength and a light of hope when it comes to the darkest dangers.

J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. When his mother returned to England with her two sons in 1895, his father Arthur, a bank manager who had stayed behind, died there the following year. His childhood was spent in the countryside near Birmingham. His mother Mabel converted to Catholicism in 1900; when she died of diabetes in 1904, the two brothers passed into the guardianship of Father Francis Morgan. In his school years, old languages and the alphabets he invented himself became his real occupation. At Exeter College, Oxford, he moved from classical philology to English language and graduated with first-class honours in 1915. In 1916 he married Edith Bratt and was sent that same year as an officer to the Somme. The fever he caught in the trenches brought him back to England; during the months of his convalescence he began The Book of Lost Tales, which would later grow into The Silmarillion. After the war he worked on the Oxford English Dictionary, taught at Leeds, and returned to Oxford in 1925 as Professor of Anglo-Saxon. His 1936 lecture on Beowulf opened the way for the poem to be read as literature. The Hobbit, born from a tale he told his children, appeared in 1937; when a sequel was asked for, a labour of more than ten years began, and The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes in 1954-1955. Tolkien built the languages first and then the peoples who would speak them; the world he described had its own map, its own calendar, its own poetry. His grave manner, leaning on the language of epic, kept critics at a distance for a long time, while readers passed the book from hand to hand. Edith died in 1971; Tolkien died on 2 September 1973 in Bournemouth and was buried in Oxford beside his wife. The unfinished Silmarillion was compiled by his son Christopher and published in 1977.

Samwise Gamgee (Sam)

Samwise Gamgee, the hardworking, humble, and earth-bound gardener of Bag End, is Frodo's loyal protector and closest friend. His great admiration for the Elves is the reason he overheard Gandalf's secrets and was thus pushed into the Ring journey. Initially, he is completely ignorant of life outside the Shire and full of fear; yet his courage arises solely from the deep love he holds for his master, Frodo. When Frodo is wounded or faces danger, he casts aside all his clumsiness and can transform into a ruthless warrior. During this process, the story witnesses how a simple peasant becomes a resilient and indispensable spiritual pillar of support.

Tom Bombadil

A mysterious and immensely ancient, boundless nature spirit who lives in the depths of the Old Forest with his wife, Goldberry. He was there long before the world, the Elves, the Men, or the Dwarves even existed. Neither the Ring can command him, nor can Sauron understand him; he is completely the master of his own nature. He demonstrated his illimitable power by rescuing the hobbits from Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wights with his songs, without ever needing to fight. He has no stake in the Ring.