| Eru / Ilúvatar |
The Creator of Eä (The Universe) & Arda (The Earth) |
| The Ainur |
The Holy Ones. Beings who helped Eru make The Music from which the shape & history of Arda were created |
| The Valar |
Powers of Arda. The 'Angels' (Valar / Valier) from among the Ainur who came to Arda as Guardians to govern it for Eru |
| The Aratar |
The High Ones. The eight most powerful Valar, according to the Eldar |
| The Fëanturi |
The Masters of Spirits - Námo & Irmo |
| The Maiar |
Lesser spirits brought to Arda by the Valar as their helpers & servants. Initially Ilmarë, Eönwë, Ossë & Uinen, the final number is unknown. Apart from the Istari & Valaraukar, few have been known to visit Middle-earth
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| ~ Valar & Valier ~ |
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Spouses |
| Manwë |
Sulimo |
Arata |
Varda |
Lord of Arda as Vice-Regent of Eru. Loves winds, clouds, strong wings |
| Varda |
Elentári |
Arata |
Manwë |
Queen of The Stars. Lives with Manwë in the tower of Oilossë, Mount Taniquetil |
| Aulë |
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Arata |
Yavanna |
Loves lands & forms, smithying & crafts. Created the Dwarves |
| Yavanna |
Kementári |
Arata |
Aulë |
Queen of The Earth. Creator of living things (Kelvar & Olvar). Sister of Vána |
| Námo |
Mandos |
Arata |
Vairë |
Keeper of the Houses of The Dead at Mandos & the Prison of Mandos. Elder brother of Irmo & Nienna. Known as Mandos |
| Vairë |
The Weaver |
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Námo |
Weaves the tales of all things for the Houses of Mandos |
| Irmo |
Lórien |
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Estë |
Keeper of the tranquil gardens of Valinor at Lórien. Brother of Námo & Nienna. Known as Lórien |
| Estë |
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Irmo |
Grey-clad healer of hurts & weariness in Lórien. Lives near Mandos |
| Nienna |
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Arata |
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Mourns for all grief. Sister of Námo & Irmo |
| Ulmo |
Lord of Waters |
Arata |
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Lives in the ocean depths. Looks after seas, rivers & streams |
| Oromë |
Lord of Forests
Aldaron, Tauron |
Arata |
Vána |
Brother of Nessa. Mighty hunter of fell beasts. Loves trees. Horse Nahar. Horn Valaróma |
| Vána |
The Ever-young |
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Oromë |
Sister of Yavanna. Loves flowers & birds |
| Tulkas |
Astaldo, The Valiant |
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Nessa |
The greatest in strength. Came last to Arda to help against Melkor. Ever-merry |
| Nessa |
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Tulkas |
Fleet-footed sister of Oromë, the hunter. A dancer |
| Melkor |
Morgoth Bauglir |
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Mightiest of the Ainur who came to Arda. Expelled by the Valar from the Circles of The World into the Timeless Void after the War of Wrath. (Not counted as a Valar by the Eldar after he killed Finwë & stole the Silmarils)
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| ~ Maiar ~ |
| Ilmarë |
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The handmaid of Varda |
| Eönwë |
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The Herald of Manwë. Mighty in arms |
| Ossë |
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Uinen |
Vassal of Ulmo, in command of shores & coastal shallows. Loves storms & Manwë's winds |
| Uinen |
Lady of the Seas |
Ossë |
Lives in the streams & rivers. Called upon by sailors to calm Ossë's wild waves
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| Arien |
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Maiden who guides Anar, The Sun. A fiery Valarauko who ignored Melkor |
| Tilion |
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The guide of Isil, The Moon. One of Oromë's hunters. In love with Arien |
| Melian |
'The Maia' |
Elwë |
Servant of Vána & Estë tending trees in Lórien. Visited Middle-earth & married Elwë. Queen of Doriath. Mother of Lúthien & source of the Maiar blood in the lines of Elves & Men |
| Salmar |
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Came to Arda with Ulmo. Maker of the Ulumúri (Ulmo's horns) |
| Valaraukar |
Balrogs |
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Spirits of Fire who became adherents of Melkor. Most perished in the War of Wrath
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| Curunir |
Saruman |
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Unknown until his arrival in Middle-earth as the senior of the Istari |
| Olórin |
Mithrandir |
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Wisest of the Maiar, living in Lórien with Irmo, learning pity & patience from Nienna. An Istar |
| Sauron |
Gorthaur, The Cruel |
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Originally Aulë's servant. The greatest of Melkor's adherents, he followed his master into the Void |
| Istari |
'Wizards' |
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Maiar spirits sent to Middle-earth in the Third Age to aid Elves & Men contest the power of Sauron
| Curunir |
The White |
The oldest |
| Olórin |
The Grey |
The wisest |
| Radagast |
The Brown |
Friend to the Kelvar |
| Alatar |
The Blue |
} The Blue Wizards who went East |
| Pallando |
The Blue |
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| Host of The Valar |
The Valar, their Maiar helpers, and the Eldar of Aman (as in the force deployed by the Valar in the War of Wrath)
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