ok, so my nerd is going to show here...sorta...Isn't Aragorn a Dunedain? Or is that a subclass of men? Same goes for the Nazgul. Aren't they men as well? Or was that their race before Sauron basically sucked out their soul?
Aragorn being a Dunedain is like a human being German, its just more like species i guess including all races as humans. Nazgul are not men, because of what Sauron did to them they no longer are men because they are not living. Quote from the movie (I think) - {Frodo} "Who are they?" {Aragorn} "They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths, neither living nor dead." This suggests a whole different race in my opinion. So in other words I am basing my statement off this quote from the movie.
It's definitely not like having a nationality as dunedain are known to live WAY longer than your usual human in this universe. A better comparison would be something like wolf and dog, 'basically' the same, but not really
But they're not a race. There are only nine of them. They don't reproduce. They are just men who were magically turned into wraiths. It would be like... saying humans who have been mummified are a different race... or transgender people are a different race... they're still humans.
I think the Nazgul can be considered corrupted men, in a similar way that orcs are corrupted elves. It's not quite the same, since the Nazgul are obviously far more powerful, but yeah.
I can see the argument for calling them "men" though, especially since the individual Nazgul were originally men, whereas orcs/trolls etc were created over generations.
The Dunedain is a nickname for Aragorn, like Strider. The Nazgul were originally men who were gifted the nine rings by Sauron, which slowly turned them into the Nazgul. So my son says (I have no idea).
I would agree. I have seen the movies but read Hobbit and Fellowship first. In The Hobbit, Goblin is used exclusively with one or two mentions of "hobgoblins". In the Lord of the Rings series, the term goblin is rarely used and orc is used for creatures of a similar description. I am not well versed in lore in any way, but I hope that helps clear up some confusion
in LotR it's not a profession. Gandalf and Sauruman etc are not men. They are a distinct race. Though I guess the guy above who said they are Maia or whatever is probably correct.
They are indeed of the Maiar. Saruman was once called Curumo or Curunír, and he served with Aulë the Smith. Gandalf was called Olórin or Mithrandir, and he was under the tutelage of Nienna, the patron of mercy. Radagast was called Aiwendil, and there were two Blue Wizards mentioned in passing, but never appearing personally, called Alatar and Pallando. Gandalf also held the third of the Elven-rings, Narya, the Ring of Fire, given to him by Círdan the Shipwright. Sauron was also a Maia, being as well with Aulë before his corruption by Melkor, or Morgoth in the Sindarin tongue, as well as his demons of flame and shadow, the Balrogs, or Úmaiar in Quenya. Maiar is also from the Quenya tongue.
I had Vana in my mind, vaguely remember a chart/ picture that depicted all the races and how the were connected. But the word I was looking for was Valar. I think I had it mixed up with Vanir, from norse mythology. On one of my researches about the connections between Tolkien's world and norse mytholgy,
besides wouldn't a better answer for the wizards be Istari instead of Maiar?.
I got to say this quiz gets one important thing right. The balrog Gandalf fights in the Mines of Moria is a part of a race of balrogs. Most people think that that Balrog is a special being one-of-a-kind but truthfully that very balrog is one of the very few who survived from the early days of middle earth. No I'm not making this up, listen closely to Gandalf in the Mines of Moria scene, I think one of his sentences gives it all away.
Numenorean is definitely a different race. They have different mental powers, live 2-3 times as long as regular men, and are generally described as being fundamentally different/superior (because of their elf blood)
You're on the right track, but Numenoreans (whose descendants include the Dunedain) are still considered Men. When Earendil's two sons were given the choice of being Elves or Men, Elrond chose to be an Elf while Elros chose to be a Man. Elros then became the first King of Numenor. Yet while he was a mortal, he and his descendants were in fact granted longer lives than other Men.
Legolas' surname is not Greenleaf, it is his names translation from Sindarin, and as such is only ever used once by Gandalf as an epithet, not a name or title.
Great Quiz, but just to nitpick, Balrogs and wizards are not really races, but if they were, they would be the same race (Maiar or Ainur). Uruk hai are not a separate race from orcs, they are still orcs. As has been mentioned, Nazgul are not a race, they are wraiths (Just as zombies, skeletons, barrow wights, ghosts, etc. are not races).
The Nazgul are men. If they were men when they were born (they were) they don't change their race just because they've been corrupted. It's not like orcs that are corrupted elves, but have many generations for the races to diverge.
Yes this quiz desperately needs yellow boxes. Even if you have never read or seen it you can guess most of them, just by typing common fantasy races. And just having seen a trailer can get you the other ones.. (nazgûl, ent, balrog and uruk-hai aren't standard fantasy races (though ents made their way into a lot of games)
You could take Halfling for Hobbit, Elda for Elf and Mortal for Men. Also Uruk-Hai and Mearas are both subcategories. Technically Aragorn is a Peredhel (Half-Elf), as he is descended from Earendil and Elwing.
Smaug, William, Bert, Tom are from the hobbit not LOTR.
SORRY (-:
Name the race of these LOTR and Hobbit characters.
I can see the argument for calling them "men" though, especially since the individual Nazgul were originally men, whereas orcs/trolls etc were created over generations.
Yes, I'm an LOTR geek. XD
besides wouldn't a better answer for the wizards be Istari instead of Maiar?.
Orcs and Uruks come from Elves.
Uruk-Hai come from Orcs and Men.
Trolls come from Ents.
Last but not least, Balrogs come from Maia (Just like Gandalf, Saruman and even Sauron)