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  2. List of organisms named after the Harry Potter series

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    The skeleton of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis. Prior to being reclassified into the Pachycephalosaurus genus, the assigned species name, Dracorex hogwartsia, translates to "the Dragon-King of Hogwarts" Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem. This is a list of real organisms with ...

  3. Boromir - Wikipedia

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    Boromir was described by Tolkien as a name "of mixed form"; [T 16] it combines Sindarin bor(on)-'steadfast' and Quenya míre 'jewel'. [T 17] But the Stewards of Gondor also often bore names "remembered in the songs and histories of the First Age", [T 16] regardless of meaning, and the name Boromir did appear during the First Age in The ...

  4. Magical creatures in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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  5. List of Harry Potter characters - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of characters from the Harry Potter series. Each character appears in at least one Harry Potter-related book or story by J. K. Rowling.These books and stories include the seven original Harry Potter novels (1997–2007), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001), Quidditch Through the Ages (2001), The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008), Harry Potter and the Cursed ...

  6. The Lord of the Rings - Wikipedia

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    Boromir tries to protect Merry and Pippin from the Orcs, but they kill him and capture the two Hobbits. Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas decide to pursue the Orcs. The Orcs are killed by Riders of Rohan, led by Éomer. The Hobbits escape into Fangorn Forest, where they are befriended by the Ent Treebeard. Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas track the hobbits ...

  7. Aragorn - Wikipedia

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    Aragorn (Sindarin: [ˈaraɡɔrn]) is a fictional character and a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.Aragorn is a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider and later revealed to be the heir of Isildur, an ancient King of Arnor and Gondor.

  8. List of Middle-earth characters - Wikipedia

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    Aragorn: Son of Arathorn, descendant of Isildur.A principal figure in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, and the title character in The Return of the King, he becomes king over the reunited kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.

  9. Glorfindel - Wikipedia

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    In the very first draft of the "Council of Elrond", which was to become The Fellowship of the Ring, the members of the Fellowship were to be Frodo, Gandalf, Trotter (later Strider/Aragorn), Glorfindel, Durin son of Balin (who became Gimli son of Glóin), Sam, Merry and Pippin; Boromir and Legolas did not come in until much later.