I’m surprised nobody thought of this yet. Anyway, this thread shall be going by the books, not the movies. (Thus, characters not in the film trilogy can be included). You know the rules…
Smaug the dragon: “Well, thief. I may not be able to see you, but I can smell you. So you may as well admit that you’re here.”
Shoot, if we really tried (and if Qadgop was here…) we could come up with 100 dwarves, or 100 villains, or 100 People Who Are Referred to but Don’t Appear in the Narrative.
Gimli son of Gloin
‘Forty-two, Master Legolas!’ he cried. ‘Alas! My axe is notched: the forty-second had an iron collar on his neck. How is it with you?’
Brian
IMHO one character per message, and preferably with a quote
also, only one person per message, no fair using Gandalf / Mithrandir / Olorin / Tharkun / etc as separate entries!
for the quote, an excerpt from Durin’s Song
“No harp is wrung, no hammer falls, the darkness dwells in Durin’s halls”
And I’ll supply the quote for tdn from a song sung by someone (Bilbo, maybe?) at Rivendell Gil-galad was an elven King
of him the harpers sadly sing
the last whose realm was fair and free
between the mountains & the sea