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Name: Kak

Face: Raven

Race: Sentient raven.

Quick Bio: One of the sentient ravens from Ravenhill.

"They live many a year, and their memories are long, and they hand on their wisdom to their children. I knew many among the ravens of the rocks when I was a dwarf-lad. This very height was once named Ravenhill, because there was a wise and famous pair, old Carc and his wife, that lived here above the guard-chamber. But I don't suppose that any of that ancient breed linger here now."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the old thrush gave a loud call, and immediately flew away.

"We may not understand him, but that old bird understands us, I am sure," said Balin. "Keep watch now, and see what happens!"

Before long there was a fluttering of wings, and back came the thrush; and with him came a most decrepit old bird. He was getting blind, he could hardly fly, and the top of his head was bald. He was an aged raven of great size. He alighted stiffly on the ground before them, slowly flapped his wings, and bobbed towards Thorin.

"O Thorin son of Thrain, and Balin son of Fundin," he croaked (and Bilbo could understand what he said, for he used ordinary language and not bird-speech). "I am Roäc son of Carc. Carc is dead, but he was well known to you once. It is a hundred years and three and fifty since I came out of the egg, but I do not forget what my father told me. Now I am the chief of the great ravens of the Mountain. We are few, but we remember still the king that was of old. Most of my people are abroad, for there are great tidings in the South—some are tidings of joy to you, and some you will not think so good.

"Behold! the birds are gathering back again to the Mountain and to Dale from South and East and West, for word has gone out that Smaug is dead!"

Name: Gwaedhon

Face: Ioan Gruffudd

Race: Noldor

Quick Bio: A guard the same rank as Angwen (sergeant, basically), but doesn't work patrol. As well, not particularly fond of non-Noldor. Knows what he's doing.

Name: Eressil

Face: Maria Järvenhelmi

Race: Vanyar

Quick Bio: Eressil is the closest thing the city has to a zookeeper! She is in charge of the animal holding pens where all the regular animals that can't be set out into the wild go. She's a regular visitor to the House of History, putting up her sketches of newly arrived animals for identification and information to help keep them.

Her greatest dream is to somehow get one of the creatures out of the lake into a holding tank for her to study.

Eressil is good natured and has a special area for domesticated animals that show up, that she likes to fuss over.

Name: Laimist

Face: Zoe Saldana

Race: Avari

Quick Bio: Lai is a trainee healer in the House of Healing. In her time, far east with a group of traveling Avari she was learning a brand of elven medicine much different from the forms practiced by the Noldor.

Here in Gondolin, she's discovered an interest in in species other than elf and is learning how to treat every humanoid that appears within the city walls. Currently she is working closely with Eowyn to figure out what makes the much more delicate humans tick.

Name: Greentwig

Face: Weeping Willow

Race: Entwife

Quick Bio: Greentwig won't say where and when she was before she arrived in Gondolin (she says it's not hers to say, well, she said it after deliberating over answering for a week) and has taken up residence in a park by the North Gate. Turgon has helpfully put a 'do not disturb' sign up by her.

Name: Mareke

Face: Ai Tominaga

Race: Easterling

Quick Bio: Mareke is from Rhun, a hundred years before the War of the Ring. An artificer, she had received secret lessons from Pallando, one of the blue wizards who stayed in those lands to try and stop the influence of the dark lords that poisoned it.

Good with the effects of chemicals, one of her specialities back in her hometime was decorating armour with acid etchings. She now lends what she knows of the science of her land to the House of Artificers, as a full member.

One of her favourite things to do back in Rhun was create fireworks, but hasn't been able to convince anyone to let her blow things up yet. However, there is a great interest in the technique for possible weapons from her superiors in the guild.

Though she kept her teachings from Pallando secret in her own time, explosives were given to the forces of Sauron by Saruman, another wizard.

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gelgannel, with a modified bio.

Name: Gelgannel

Face: Keem White

Race: Avari

Quick bio: Gelgannel is a 250 and a musician, but hasn't had much luck supporting himself with it in Gondolin. As a result he currently works as Turgon's secretary.

Gelgannel is from a fair bit in the future and is a little smug around humans, knowing his race's role in civilizing them.

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7. Adunaphel, The Quiet Adunaphel / the Quiet / the Avenger

Rank: 7th in ranking of the Nazguls

Story: Adunaphel, a fair Numenorean princess from Forostar was the only female to become a Nazgul. Dissapointed that her younger brother should become heir to the throne, she left in anger and was grasped by hatred. Exact time and place for her meeting with the Dark Lord is unknown, but she was decieved by Sauron himself, not by an underling. Many signs point to the Second Age, around 2150. After the great plague ravaged Eriador in the mid Third-age, Gondor's watch on Mordor became less vigilant and Sauron sent Adunaphel to the black land to prepare for his eventual return. Adunaphel dwelt secretly in Nurn until the arrival of the Witch-king; whose coming heralded the Nazguls' assault on the tower of Minas Ithil. Its fall signified the end of Gondor's hold on the dark land. After Sauron's return to Barad-dur, Adunaphel was commanded to make fast the ancient stronghold of Dol guldur on the elves of Mirkwood, and later after the outbreak of the War of the Ring was involved with the other Nazgul in attempting to recapture the One Ring. She was unbound when the One ring was destroyed at Mount Doom by Frodo Baggins and/or Gollum.

Canon description of the ringwraiths

Those who used the Nine Rings became mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old. They obtained glory and great wealth, yet it turned to their undoing. They had, as it seemed, unending life, yet life became unendurable to them. They could walk, if they would, unseen by all eyes in this world beneath the sun, and they could see things in worlds invisible to mortal men; but too often they beheld only the phantoms and delusions of Sauron. And one by one, sooner or later, according to their native strength and to the good or evil of their wills in the beginning, they fell under the thralldom of the ring that they bore and of the domination of the One which was Sauron's. And they became forever invisible save to him that wore the Ruling Ring, and they entered into the realm of shadows. The Nazgûl were they, the Ringwraiths, the Úlairi, the Enemy's most terrible servants; darkness went with them, and they cried with the voices of death. — The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age", 346

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Bio: As you can see, Adunaphel's a ringwraith. Except this Adunaphel has just made her deal with Sauron before being ripped back in time before sealing the deal - ie becoming a living ghost, in thrall to Sauron. In fact, the One Ring hasn't even been crafted yet. So while her magic ring has some tricks to it, it hasn't got near the power it would have if it were to draw on Sauron's power.

She's kept the ring to herself so far, but has a position on Turgon's governing council.

High chance of being upgraded to a full character.

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Name: Angwen

Face: Eva Green

Race: Noldor

Quick bio: Angwen is one of the veterans of Ecthelion's guard. She does her best to keep the humans in line and finds she rather likes the fast little creatures. Picked up a bad pipeweed habit from them.

Angwen is in charge of Theoden and Theodred's shift. She's also one of the few elves who really gets along with humans without reservation. Is quick to kill a threat before negotiation.

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Name: Nyellaiwe

Face: Rosario Dawson

Race: Corsair from Umbar

Bio: Deciding to play it low-key in Gondolin as a guard until she gets her bearings - that and she has no idea how one pirates on dry land, even if that land is inside a lake. But physical's the only thing she knows, so it's a guard's life for Nyel.

Nyel is on the same guard shift as Theoden and Theodred. She's friendly, loud, and not afraid of a challenge. She's got amazing balance and has a habit of scaling anything that gets between her and her quarry, being skilled at parkour.