The Silmarillion
Characters in The Silmarillion
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
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.
Antagonists
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.
Supporting characters
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.