The first-made spirits, of whom the Valar and Maiar are part
32 charactersincludes Maiar · Valar
Portal
31 peoplesPeoples
Every people in the register, with what it is known for and how many characters carry it.
Peoples
31Kindreds and races of Middle-earth.
The Elves who refused the westward march
The Woses, the Wild Men of the Woods
The Men of the West, Númenóreans in exile
118 charactersincludes The House of Húrin
The folk of Dunland, west of the Gap of Rohan
Stoneworkers and miners of Middle-earth, fashioned in secret by Aulë.
36 charactersincludes Noegyth Nibin
Swarthy Men from the East who entered Beleriand
The Elder Children of Ilúvatar, first to awaken in Middle-earth
71 charactersincludes Avari · Calaquendi · Dark Elves · Noldor · Teleri · Úmanyar · Vanyar
Shepherds of the Trees
Telerin Elves of the Falas under Círdan
The woodland kindred of the hobbits
no characters yet
The people of Gondolin
Men of Harad, south of Mordor
no characters yet
The first of the three hobbit kindreds to come west
no characters yet
The small folk of the Shire
42 charactersincludes Fallohides · Harfoots · Stoors
Green-elves of Ossiriand
no characters yet
Lesser spirits who served the Valar in the shaping of the world
15 charactersincludes Istari
The Second-born, mortal Children of Ilúvatar
276 charactersincludes Drúedain · Dunlendings · Easterlings · Elf-friends · Haladin · Haradrim · The House of Bëor · The House of Hador · Nazgûl · Northmen · Númenóreans · Rohirrim
Elves of whom a branch under Denethor entered Ossiriand
2 charactersincludes Laiquendi
the Petty-dwarves
The second kindred of the Eldar, craftsmen and loremasters
33 charactersincludes Gwaith-i-Mírdain
The Men of Rhovanion, kin to the Edain of old
The Men of the island kingdom, before its fall
161 charactersincludes Dúnedain · Elendili · King's Men
Morgoth's corrupted soldiery, later bent to Sauron and Saruman
the Horse-lords of Rohan, Men of the Mark
Woodland Elves of Anduin and Greenwood
The Grey Elves of Beleriand, Teleri who never completed the journey to Aman.
9 charactersincludes Falathrim
The river-dwelling kindred of the hobbits
no characters yet
Sea-loving third kindred of the Eldar
16 charactersincludes Nandor · Silvan Elves · Sindar
The Powers of Arda
15 charactersincludes Aratar · Valier
First and smallest kindred of the Eldar, closest in heart to the Valar.
Houses
4Family lines that act as a group.
The Second House of the Edain, the folk of Brethil
The first House of the Edain
The Third House of the Edain, lords of Dor-lómin
The house of the Stewards of Gondor
Orders
3Bound by office or oath, not by descent.
The brotherhood of jewel-smiths of Eregion
no characters yet
The order of Wizards sent to oppose Sauron
The nine ring-enslaved servants of Sauron, hunters of the One Ring
Councils
1Assemblies that met for a purpose.
Council of the Wise arrayed against the rising Shadow
no characters yet
Kinds
3Species rather than peoples — they are listed here because their entries are.
The spider-kind descended from Ungoliant
The great worms bred by Morgoth
The noble horses of Rohan, swiftest and wisest of their kind
Factions
4Divided by allegiance, not by descent.
Elf-friends, also called the Faithful
no characters yet
The Edain of the Three Houses
no characters yet
Númenóreans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili
no characters yet
Maedhros’ league against Morgoth
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Terms of order
7Names for a grouping rather than a community of its own.
The Exalted; the eight Valar of greatest power
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Elves of the Light who lived in Aman
no characters yet
Elves and Men; the Firstborn and the Followers
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Aman name for Elves who never sailed west
no characters yet
Those in whom the lines of Elves and Men are joined
counterpart to the Amanyar
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Queens of the Valar
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