Characters in The Silmarillion

Fëanor

The greatest Elvish craftsman, whose creation of the Silmarils and terrible oath to reclaim them at any cost sets off an age of tragedy that outlasts him by centuries.

Morgoth

The first and greatest Dark Lord, who covets the Silmarils and wages endless war on Elves and Men across the First Age; the ultimate source of all evil in Tolkien's mythology.

Lúthien

The greatest of all Elves, whose love for the mortal Beren drives her to defy a Dark Lord and steal a Silmaril — reshaping the fate of both peoples.

Eärendil

A mariner of both Elvish and mortal descent whose voyage to Valinor ultimately ends the First Age and brings salvation to Middle-earth.

Beren

A mortal man whose love for Lúthien leads him on an impossible quest into Morgoth's fortress to steal a Silmaril from the Dark Lord's iron crown.

Túrin Turambar

A tragic hero cursed by Morgoth whose doom-driven life forms the Silmarillion's longest and darkest individual narrative, echoing Greek and Norse tragic tradition.

Gandalf

Also in The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings

Saruman

Also in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings, The Treason of Isengard

Elrond Half-elven

Also in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings

Galadriel

Also in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings

Finwë

Fingolfin

Celebrian

Bregor

Húrin Thalion

Niënor

Glaurung

Tuor