Legendarium tropes

settings

• Evil Will Fall
• Fantasy Pantheon: Eru Ilúvatar and the ainur.
• Kinslaying Is a Special Kind of Evil
• Magic Music
• World Tree: the Two Trees, before the ages of the Sun.

cultures & peoples

Elves

• The Ageless
• Dying Race

characters

Aragorn

• Earn Your Happy Ending
• Healing Hands
• The Medic
• Mysterious Stranger
• Uneven Hybrid: Most of his ancestry is human, but he also has distant elven and even more distant maia heritage.

Elrond

• The Philosopher King: Though he is not, technically, a king.

Fëanor

• Momma's Boy: To a very unfortunate extent.

Lúthien

• Divine Parentage: Her mother was the maia Melian.
• Rebellious Princess: Runs away to rescue Beren.

Maedhros

• In-Series Nickname: Russandol.
• Warrior Prince: Self-explanatory.

Olórin

• Back from the Dead: For his work was not yet finished.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Past the brim of his hat!
• Elemental Powers: Fire, likely thanks to Narya.
• A Form You Are Comfortable With: An old man in a battered hat, who leant upon a crooked staff.
• I Have Many Names: Mithrandir; Tharkûn; Olórin; Incánus; Gandalf.
• Mentor Occupational Hazard: Dies near Khazad-dûm.
• Mr. Exposition: Frequently.
• Really 700 Years Old: From the very beginning of Eä's existence.
• Robe and Wizard Hat: Quite likely a trope codifier.
• Willfully Weak: Semi-willfully.
• Wizard Beard: A wizard with a large, bushy beard.
• Wizard Classic: A trope codifier.

relationships

Elrond + Elros + Maglor + Maedhros

• Happily Adopted: Sort of, somehow.
• Kill the Parent, Raise the Child
• Raised by Rival

Gimli + Legolas

• Odd Friendship