Is there a black elf in LOTR?

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Who is the dark elf LOTR?

Eöl, known as the Dark Elf, was a Sinda of the First Age. Akin to Thingol, he left Doriath to found his own realm in the forest of Nan Elmoth. He built up a friendship with the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains.
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Are all Tolkien Elves white?

Tolkien never describes his Elves as white skinned. There's no reason to believe that all Elves had pale skin, and even if all Elves had pale skin not all people with pale skin are white. It is okay to imagine Elves however you imagine them.
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Are there black Dwarves in LOTR?

The Blacklocks were one of the seven houses of the Dwarves that dwelt in Rhûn. They were originally paired with the Stonefoots. The locations of the four Dwarven clans, including the Blacklocks, who lived in the East are unknown.
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Is Legolas a dark Elf?

In it, she talks a lot about how Legolas, although he is Sindar (High-Elven), identifies as a Wood-Elf, to the point of acting more like a subject of Thranduil than his son.
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Is Aragorn half elf?

Aragorn isn't a half-elf, he's a tiny fraction of an elf. Elros, who was a half-elf (actually 9/16), was his very remote ancestor. But more importantly, the heirs of Elros were not given the choice to be elven or human, although the Valar did grant them unusually long life-spans.
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Is Legolas a GREY Elf?

Legolas was the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who appeared as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit. Thranduil, one of the Sindar or "Grey Elves", ruled over the Silvan Elves or "Wood-elves" of Mirkwood.
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Are there dark skinned hobbits?

As far as hobbits go, Tolkien described the Harfoots (one of the three original groups of hobbits) as “browner of skin” than the other two groups. But just what that means isn't clear - it could mean that most hobbits had fair skin and Harfoots had slightly tanner skin.
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Are there black hobbits?

No. There is no indication of black hobbits in the Tolkien Legendarium.
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Is there black elves in Middle Earth?

There weren't any drows in Middle Earth, so Tolkien didn't create a drow language. But there were, technically, dark elves in Middle Earth (though that probably doesn't mean what you think.)
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What is the black elf?

Dark elf may refer to: Dökkálfar or dark elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology. Svartálfar or black elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology. Moriquendi, a fictional race of elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. Drow, or dark elves, a fictional subrace of elves in Dungeons & Dragons.
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What race are Hobbits?

Hobbits are a race of Middle-earth, also known as 'halflings' on account of their short stature, roughly half the size of men. They are characterized by curly hair on their heads and leathery feet that have furry insteps, for which they did not wear shoes.
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How many different elves are in Lord of the Rings?

They found no more Elves; Imin's people, the smallest group, were the ancestors of the Vanyar. All in all they numbered 144. Because all Elves had been found in groups of twelve, twelve became their base number and 144 their highest number (for a long time).
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Are dark elves black?

In the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse, especially in the worlds of Greyhawk, the Forgotten Realms and Eberron, dark elves are commonly called drow. They are dark-skinned and white-haired and are generally, but not exclusively, evil.
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Are there female dwarves in LOTR?

Dwarves were long-lived, with a lifespan of some 250 years. They breed slowly, for no more than a third of them are female, and not all marry. Tolkien names only one female, Dís, Thorin's sister.
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How do you say Shadow in Elvish?

Dae - 'shadow'. Dagor - Sindarin for 'battle'.
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Is Gollum supposed to be black?

I have assumed that his appearance is so different in the films because pale skin works better visually (a dark-skinned Gollum in a dark cave is nearly impossible to see). However, this article on Tolkien Gateway says that Gollum does indeed have pale skin.
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What are Stoor hobbits?

The Stoors were one of the three breeds of Hobbits. In their earliest recorded history the Stoors, like the other Hobbits, lived in the Vales of Anduin. They were a riverside people that dwelt in the Gladden Fields, and were fishermen.
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Is Lord of the Rings American?

Tolkien. The films are subtitled The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003). Produced and distributed by New Line Cinema with the co-production of WingNut Films, the series is an international venture between New Zealand and the United States.
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Is Samwise Gamgee black?

That Sam's hands were brown because they were dirty, or because he'd simply been tanned by time spent gardening in the sun. And while both of these are possible explanations, there's enough evidence of racial diversity among hobbits that I think it's just as likely that Sam simply isn't white.
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What color skin do elves have?

Their skin tends to be brown and they have similar colored hair which lightens with age.
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Why does Thranduil's face melt?

he battled the dragon, it scarred Thranduil for life, and now he is forced to wear a glamour on his face to hide the ugly mark. But it probably reveals itself after a period of stress or in times of anger.
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Is Legolas a half-elf?

Character. Although he lived among them, Legolas was not fully of the Silvan Elves. As a son of the Elven-king Thranduil, who had originally come from Doriath, Legolas was at least half Sindar; his mother's identity is completely unknown.
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