Editing Middle Earth characters (section)

==Elves==
Elves are the first of Ilúvatar’s children (meaning they were created by him alone, without any help from the Valar). They are descended from three main tribes of people, listed below; the Teleri tribe was so large that it separated into several different groups, depending on how far they migrated from the Elves original homeland. Elves are immortal, but suffer from weariness if they remain in Middle Earth for too long, hence why nearly all ended up living in Valinor. Elves' spirits are bound to the world as well; when they die, either they reincarnate in Aman in the Halls of Mandos, or if they reject Mandos, they become disembodied spirits that haunt the land and are vulnerable to corruption by necromancers, especially Sauron. The nature of Elven spirits appears to affect marriages as well, as once they marry they never divorce, cheat or engage in polygamy as their very souls would rebel against the idea (except for that one guy but he was a prick). Elves are also immune to illness, but are more vulnerable to extreme distress, in some cases causing rapid aging or even death. Elves have skills and abilities that seem like magic to mortals, but to the elves it is little different than interacting with the natural world.

=== Vanyar ===
The first and smallest Elvish tribe; they never left The Undying lands to return to Middle Earth except during the battle at the end of the First Age where the Valar finally got sick of Melkor's shit, in which Vanyar forces marched to war for the only time in history, so we know the least about them.
* '''Ingwë:''' The Leader of the Vanyar, went to Aman during the great Elven Migration, stayed in Valinor and thusly became utterly irrelevant for the World's Story, even before the great Migration fully ended.
* '''Ingwion''': The only known son of Ingwë, and even then he is only known for commanding Valar ships that landed in the Middle Earth during the War of Wrath which means he got more done than daddy, though that's not saying much.
* '''Indis''': second wife of Noldor king Finwë, and the mother of all of his children barring Fëanor. She had a bad relationship with her step-son.

=== Noldor ===
The second tribe of Elves. They are great craftsmen and seekers of knowledge. Because if this, they were the only tribe that Morgoth was able to manipulate during his time on Aman, causing half of the Noldor to rebel against the Valar and live in Middle Earth in exile.
* '''Finwë Ñoldóran''' ('''Finu'''): The original leader of the Noldor and their first King. Generally a relaxed dude with the questionable fame of being the first being to be killed in the undying Lands, iced by the Big Bad himself, Melkor.
* '''Curufinwë Fëanáro''' ('''Fëanor'''): Finwë's most incredible son and second King. Unparalleled craftsman, he created the Silmaril, possibly the Palantiri and outstanding weapons as well. After Melkor stole the Silmaril, he unfortunately became a massive hothead, swore vengeance, and went on mad teamkilling rampage, effectiely doing an Elven Horus Heresy.  Which pissed the Valar enough that they doomed all the Noldor who followed him to Middle Earth. Died in one of the earliest battles the Elves had to fight, though it took seven Balrogs to beat him down. He also renamed Melkor to Morgoth. Infamous in-universe and out as the guy who fucked everything up bad. 
* '''Nelyafinwë Maitimo''' ('''Maedhros'''): The (nominal) third King of the Noldor and the eldest son of Fëanor. Sadly, wasn't as badass as his father and was captured by Morgoth before he managed to assume power. He spent several years in captivity before being rescued by his cousin, after which Maedhros did a controversial move and passed the crown to his cousin's father Fingolfin, [[RAGE|which was not approved by his younger brothers]]. After that he was reduced to a minor Elven princedom that hopelessly tried to oppose Morgoth, but at the end he gave into his Oath for the Silmarils, trying to steal one from Beren and Luthien's children; and later stole the other two from the Host of the West. Though he eventually repented and killed himself. 
* '''Ñolofinwë Aracáno''' ('''Fingolfin'''): The first High King of the Noldor (in Middle-earth) and one that didn't lose power as fast. Followed his half-brother Fëanor to Middle-earth and founded one of the Noldor kingdoms there. After another battle with Morgoth's forces, he went to the Dark Lords massive Fortress by himself, yelling taunts and pounding on Morgoth's door so hard he had a Fear (3).  Morgoth didn't even want to fight Fingolfin but couldn't weasel out of it in front of his underlings, and when he did finally come out the fight took hours and Fingolfin got seven wounds on him (that never healed) before dying.  What a Chad.  
* '''Arafinwë Ingoldo''' ('''Finarfin'''): The other half-brother of Fëanor, and the one that's less important. He set out with his brothers, but turned around and went back to Valinor, becoming the third King of the Noldor. He later commanded the Noldor that had remained at the War of Wrath, along with Ingwion.
* '''Kanafinwë Makalaurë''' ('''Maglor'''): The second son of Fëanor and a great singer, did the same evil shit as his brother Maedhros to get the Silmarils. While his brother sent himself into a hell, Maglor threw Silmaril that Eonwë gave him after Morgoth's defeat into the ocean. It is said he is still wandering the shores of the World regretting every decision he made.  
* '''Telperinquar Kurufinwion''' ('''Celebrimbor'''): He ruled over an Elven kingdom of Eregion, which uncharacteristically was situated in the mountains and was a Dwarven ally. He is to blame for the creation of the Rings of Power and other fuckery in the Third Age (although to be fair Sauron deceived him). 
** In the Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War games, he attempted to use the Ring against Sauron and was corrupted by it, [[Fail|with the predictable end results]]. Afterwards he became a wraith, who's bonding with Talion allows the latter to fight on after his apparent death, as well as keep coming back every time he's killed and just generally being a superhuman badass. Eventually convinces Talion to forge a ''new'' Ring of power that's intended to be a copy of The One Ring. Tolkien himself made clear that doing this would just result in another Sauron, and indeed Celebrimbor and Talion's plan ends in disaster and tragedy for both of them. Widely considered one of the best parts of the Shadow duology, especially thanks to Alistair McDuncan's god-tier voice acting. 
* '''Findekáno Ñolofinwion''' ('''Fingon'''): The second High King of the Noldor. He rescued Maedhros when he had been imprisoned. After inheriting the kingship, he and Maedhros planned to confront Morgoth with everything they had. Unfortunately it wasn't enough and Fingon ended up loosing his his head to Gothmog.
* '''Turukáno Ñolofinwion''' ('''Turgon'''): The third High King of the Noldor and one who got to build Gondolin, where all the cool swords Orcrist, Glamdring and Sting are from. Had very strict views on immigration and even stricter ones on emigration. He died with his wonderful city.
* '''Artafindë Ingoldo''' ('''Finrod'''): Eldest son of Finarfin, king of Nargothrond and one of the big elven cave-dwellers. Helped a Human in his love-quest, which ended up being his demise.
* '''Artaresto Angarátowion''' ('''Orodreth'''): The nephew of Finrod. The resided in Minas Tirith and had become king of Nargothrond, after his uncle's death. He maintained his kingdom in secret from Morgoth and fought him in stealth, until he listened to Túrin. He died in open battle and the realm was destroyed in the process.
* '''Artanis Nerwen''' ('''Galadriel'''): Among the last survivors of the leaders original exiles who didn't leave until after Sauron's death. Never forgave Fëanor for being a creep, and in an insult to him she gave Gimli three strands of her hair after being asked for one, Fëanor having asked for one three times and being rejected each time. Galadriel is arguably the most powerful magic user in Middle Earth by the Third Age (she literally destroys Dol Guldur with a wave of her hand), being one of few elves still alive who came from Valinor and learned magic directly from Melian; however, the two parted ways when Melian learned of the Noldor’s role in the Kinslaying. Despite her image and reputation as the purest of the pure and one of Middle-Earth's "Big Good" characters, Galadriel in her youth was more prideful and fallible, and was unable to return to the Undying Lands until she was finally pardoned after the War of the Ring. Galadriel earned her pardon after resisting the One Ring when Frodo offered it to her; as her original failing was her joining Feanor's rebellion to satisfy her desire to rule her own kingdom, and instead accepting that the Elves’ time in Middle Earth was over. Even before learning magic from Melian, Galadriel had a special talent for knowing the minds and motives of others, which came in handy when Sauron in disguise came to deceive the elves.
* '''Artanáro Artarestowion''' ('''Gil-galad'''): The son of <s>Finrod</s> <s>Fingon</s> Orodreth. Cirdan's best friend, last High King of the Noldor, and the guy who got his face burned by Sauron.
* '''Earendil the Mariner''': The son of Tuor and his wife Idril, father of Elrond and Elros by his wife Elwing. Earendil was a half-elf who lived in the final days of the First Age; after his homeland of Gondolin was destroyed and his people scattered across Beleriand, his own family was nearly destroyed because his wife was in possession of one of the Silmarils and the sons of Feanor wanted it by any means. Earendil and Elwing were forced to flee, eventually sailing to Valinor to beg the Valar to intervene on behalf of elves and men. Earendil and his wife never returned to Middle Earth, but Earendil’s ship was blessed and made to fly, carrying the Silmaril on its prow and became the morning star. Earendil fought in the last battle of the War of Wrath, killing Ancalagon, the greatest of Morgoth’s dragons. As half eleven, Earendil and Elwing were given the choice of the fate of men, or the fate of elves. Earendil would’ve preferred to live as a mortal man, but chose the fate of elves with his wife.
* '''Elrond Half-Elven''': son of Earendil, and head of the House of Elrond. He was born toward the end of the First Age, having been witness to the final atrocities that sank Beleriend beneath the sea. While his brother Elros chose the fate of men and became King of Numenor, Elrond chose the fate of Elves and remained in Middle Earth, serving as herald and loremaster for Gil-Galad. After Gil-Galad's death in the War of the Last Alliance, Elrond took the Noldor elves that remained to Imladris, where they lived in peace and he served as an advisor to the other free peoples. Notably, Elrond did ''not'' take up the title of High King after Gil-Galad's death; while he was of royal lineage, its probable that Elrond didn't see any point since there was hardly a kingdom left to rule, and every single High King had met a grizzly demise beforehand.
* '''Glorfindel''': [[Aenarion|Legendary Elf warrior who died fighting a powerful demonic foe]], only to be resurrected later. Rode against the Nazgul during the Third Age to bring Frodo to Rivendell (Arwen takes over this role in the films, leading to Glorfindel getting cut entirely in one of the bigger changes made in the films). 
* '''Arwen Undomiel''': Elrond's daughter and Galadriel's granddaughter (as Elrond's wife was Galadriel's daughter), she is the love of Aragorn's life. As such she decides to stay in Middle-Earth with him even though this ultimately results in her dying alone and unhappy. Barely a character in the books, she's fleshed out heavily in the films (even taking Glorfindel's place rescuing Frodo and sweeping away the Nazgul with water magic).

=== Teleri ===
The third and largest tribe of Elves. After the great migration to Aman, the Teleri mostly refers to the members of the tribe that reached Aman.  The Teleri were the ones who had the misfortune of happening to be standing between Fëanor and Morgoth when the former went Sith Lord to get his stolen jewels back.  
* '''Olwë'''
* '''Eärwen'''

=== Sindar ===
Members of the Teleri who reached Beleriand but stayed behind to wait for their king Elu Thingol, who had gone missing (he was in fact entranced at his wife to be). Unlike the rest of the Elves who stayed behind, the Sindar were far more advanced and powerful, because Elu had reached Aman before and taught them what he learned. As a result, Sindarin is the primary elvish dialect in Middle Earth.
* '''Elu Thingol''' ('''Elwë Singollo'''): The only Sinda to have ever seen the light of the Two Trees. He is King of Doriath, along with his wife Melian, and (self-entitled) Lord of Beleriand. Famous for having given Beren the quest of retrieving a Silmaril from Morgoth and for fostering Túrin Turambar. He had been capped by Dwarves, who wanted to keep the Nauglamir, which had the retrieved Silmaril in it, due to a payment dispute.
* '''Eöl Moredhel''' ('''the Dark Elf'''): Easily mistaken for an Avarin Elf of Teleri descent, but is in fact described as a Sinda and Thingol’s kinsman. Eöl was a master craftsman but also one mean SOB. His tribute to Thingol was the cursed black sword Anglachel (later reforged as Gurthang), which always brought misfortune to its owner and was a big part of Turin’s fall. Eöl also kidnapped and forcefully married Turgon’s sister Aredhel when she wandered into his woods, who bore him a son named Maeglin. When Maeglin and his mother fled to Gondolin, Eöl followed them there and demanded the king to return his wife and son. After Turgon denied his demand, Eöl tried to kill Maeglin with a poisoned javelin; but instead killed Aredhel, who flung herself in front of Maeglin. For the murder of the king's sister, Eöl was judged and thrown from the city's walls to his death.
* '''Lúthien Tinúviel''': Thingol's daughter and a stand-in for Tolkien's wife. Part of a power couple with Beren (himself a stand-in for Tolkien). As a beautiful Elf woman with light skin and black hair who marries a mortal man and then dies as a result, she's pretty explicitly the Arwen of her time. Fitting, as she is one of Arwen's ancestors. 
* '''Elwing the White''': Granddaughter of Beren and Lúthien, wife of Eärendil, and mother of Elrond and Elros. Elwing inherited the Silmaril from her father Dior, but was forced to flee Doriath when it was destroyed. In the Moths of Sirion the dwealt and married Eärendil. She and her husband both fled Middle Earth entirely when the Sons of Fëanor later came looking for the Silmarils; as her husband had already left by ship to beg the Valar for aid, she jumped into the sea and was transformed into a swan, flying across the sea with the Silmaril to join her husband. Upon arrival in Aman, Elwing convinced her kinsmen, the Falmari, to aid the Hosts of Valinor in freeing Middle Earth (though they still didn’t participate in the war as they still hadn’t forgiven the Noldor for their part in the kinslaying). After the war, she and Eärendil were given the choice of the gift of elves or the gift of men; Elwing chose the gift of elves in honour of her grandmother.
* '''Círdan Ciryatan''' (The Shipwright): Master of Grey Havens and one of the three Elven Ringbearers (although he eventually gave his ring to Gandalf). He is insanely old (to the point that he is the only Tolkien Elf to have a ''beard'') and works as the overseer of Elven migration to Aman. Despite all of previously given information, he is not really relevant and barely appears even in Silmarillion. Sailed to Aman along with the very last Elves in Middle Earth.
* '''Mablung''' 
* '''Beleg Cúthalion''': Beleg shared in the accursed fate of Turin, unwittingly causing the betrayal of Mîm due to the memories of the Petty-dwarves being hunted like animals. Beleg died at Turin's hand when he tried to wake Turin up and was struck down by the panicked Turin.
* '''Celeborn''': Galadriel's husband. 
* '''Thranduil''': Second (and presumably last) king of Elven Mirkwood and the OG Fantasy Wood Elf ruler. Was bitter that his father died in the war with Sauron and due to that really haven't interfered in the Middle Earth politics before the War of the Ring, although he still helped some Dwarves to get to Erebor. 
* '''Legolas''': Son of Thranduil and prince of the Woodland Realm. Legolas was sent as a representative for the Council of Elrond, eventually becoming one of the Fellowship of the Ring. Legolas became close friends with Gimli the dwarf - ironic since both their fathers had bitter enmity due to the events of the Hobbit - with both eventually leaving together for the Undying Lands after the death of Aragorn. One of the most iconic "archer heroes" in all of fiction, especially after the movies came out, though he can also hold his own in melee (with a single long knife in the books, with two of them in the movies and video games).

=== Nandor ===
Teleri Elves who diverted at the Misty Mountains during the migration to Aman. The Nandor became the '''Silvan''' Elves, aka Wood Elves, who eventually came under the rule of their Sindar kin. 
* '''Haldir''': Marchwarden of Lothlórien, who alongside his brothers stumbled upon the Fellowship as they fled Moria. Unlike his relatives, he actually knew Westron and as such was able to help them reach Galadriel, and a little bit later helped them pack the boats for their journey south.
** In a major departure from the books, the movies had Haldir somehow also lead a troop of Galadhrim Warriors all the way from Lothlórien to Helm's Deep to assist in its defense during the Battle of the Hornburg.
* '''Nimrodel''': An ancient Elf-maid and the tragic lover of the last Lórien King Amroth. She was a bit antisocial and deeply mistrustful of the Noldor and Sindar Elves (with the exception of Amroth, of course), feeling that they brought nothing but war with them; a sentiment that was not factually incorrect, especially in the case of the Noldor. Nimrodel felt the awakening of the Balrog Durin's Bane and tried to flee her homeland, but was found by her boyfriend, who promised her life in Aman. On the road to Edhellond in Belfalas they accidentally separated, with the King boarding the ship and his love getting lost in the White Mountains. After a storm forced the Elves to leave the harbor, Amroth leapt overboard to go back and find her, but drowned. Nimrodel eventually found her way to Edhellond, but the last of the Elves and their ships had already left the ancient city, leaving it abandoned and her alone. Fucking hell.

=== Avari ===
Elves who refused the journey entirely. Mostly irrelevant.