Full Heart. Leathery Feet. Can't Lose.Frodo may have one of the more clownish-sounding names in literature, but he's no clown. He may be a teensy little hobbit (they clock in at three-odd-feet) but...

The HomebodySamwise Gamgee likes living the simple life. He loves drinking beer with his buddies. He likes daydreaming about his sweetie-pie Rose. He likes his neighborhood, and probably aspires to...

The WizDon't go consulting Harry Potter if you want to understand Gandalf's wizarding ways. He doesn't drink Butter Beer, there are no phoenix feathers in his magic wand, and he's never had to suf...

"Fool of a Took"Pippin is in many ways the exact opposite of Sam. Where Sam is always very serious, Pippin is excited, fun-loving, and not the least bit careful. We see this in his stealing and li...

A Middle GroundMerry is Pippin's bestie. And, like Pippin, he's a troublemaker through and through. But Merry's fit into the hobbit foursome is somewhere in between the all-out levity and hilarity...

Lone RangerWhen Aragorn first appears to us he is nothing but a cloaked man of mystery. He sits in the corner of the Prancing Pony covered in shadow as he stares creepily out at the world… partic...

A Role Model for AdventureBilbo sure is one adventurous hobbit. As a member of a race famous for not being famous, Bilbo breaks the mold.You may have heard of a little book called The Hobbit or Th...

A Man's ManBoromir gets a bad rap. Sure: he tries to steal the Ring from Frodo. But the spirit of Sauron can be totally overpowering—look at what it does to Frodo, Bilbo, and Isildur. Even the El...

The Axe ManYup, he'll be bringing his axe. And no, "axe" isn't just a metaphor for his allegiance; he will definitely be bringing a lot of axes. Gimli is the most lovable kind of stubborn. At first...

Orlando SwoonEveryone loves the pretty-boy, deadeye sniper named Legolas. He's like what would happen if you combined a Calvin Klein model and a Navy SEAL. Or a ballet dancer and a WWE wrestler. Or...

Our Lady of ExpositionElven powers pretty much grow over time (is there any downside to being an elf?). Arwen is less powerful than her father, Elrond. But even Elrond is no match for Galadriel, wh...

The CouncilorAh yes, the master Elf himself. Elrond was born way back in the early days of the First Age (or, put another way, is around a whopping 6500 years old during the events of the film). Ye...

Arwen, Warrior PrincessArwen may be the daughter of Elrond, but don't be fooled by her youthful appearance: she's quickly approaching 3,000 years old. Fact: actress Liv Tyler spoke with a low voice...

The NineThe Nazgûl used be just regular human kings, but the nine rings given to them by Sauron turned them from normal-powerful to super-magical-powerful. While they gained wealth they lost their...

Fallen AngelSaruman, like Gandalf, is one of the five Maiar (gods) who were sent to Middle-earth to guide its inhabitants. Saruman was known as Curumo and was the greatest and wisest of the five he...

The PrecioussssssWe definitely don't get enough Gollum action in this movie. We just see him as a shadow in Moria and a head floating in the water. But that doesn't mean his role in The Fellowship...