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In their early appearances, they are portrayed as typical young people of the 1920s, [4] and the stories and settings have a more pronounced period-specific flavor than other stories featuring more popular Christie characters. As they age, they are revealed to have raised three children – twins Deborah and Derek and an adopted daughter, Betty.
Evil is ever-present in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional realm of Middle-earth. Tolkien is ambiguous on the philosophical question of whether evil is the absence of good, the Boethian position, or whether it is a force seemingly as powerful as good, and forever opposed to it, the Manichaean view. The major evil characters have varied origins.
A Balrog, a demonic servant of Morgoth whose form is of fire and shadow. In Tolkien's history, Durin's Bane sleeps beneath Khazad-dûm until being disturbed by the Dwarves greedily mining for mithril during the Third Age. In The Rings of Power, Durin's Bane is first awoken during the Second Age, [98] [108] by the actions of King Durin III. A ...
Son of a giant and a witch, brother of Alienor, and uncle of Escanor the Handsome, he shared Gawain's power by which his strength waxed and waned with the sun. Esclabor† Father of Palamedes, Safir, and Segwarides: Esclados: Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, 1170s Defended a magical fountain in the Forest of Broceliande, married to Laudine: Evaine
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains is a list of the one hundred greatest screen characters (fifty each in the hero and villain categories) as chosen by the American Film Institute in June 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. The list was first presented in a CBS special hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Unrelieved evil; he put power into the One Ring with the intention of gaining evil control The 9 Ringwraiths: Servants of Sauron, wholly taken over by the Rings of Power: Gollum: Split character Of an earlier time, Ring means nothing to them: Shelob: Unquestionably evil, gluttonous: only interested in food Treebeard: Too old to desire power Tom ...
Fictional characters with death or rebirth abilities (4 C, 125 P) Fictional characters with density control abilities (1 C, 11 P) Fictional characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability (4 C, 62 P)
This character archetype of the 1930s → 1950s of a tough-talking, self-possessed, and independent woman — a good film role with much screen-time and character development who sparked against and vied with the male lead role, often Gary Cooper or Cary Grant — and was popularized in the film noir thrillers and screwball comedy films of ...