Getting Started with Middle-earth Names
So, I got this idea buzzing in my head the other day. I’m a big fan of Lord of the Rings, always have been, and I thought, wouldn’t it be cool to have a way to generate character names that sound like they belong in Middle-earth? Maybe for games, or just for fun. So, I decided to give it a shot and see what I could cobble together.
Gathering the Raw Material
First thing I did was grab my old copies of the books. I started flipping through the appendices, you know, where Tolkien lists a bunch of names and talks about the languages. I also just scanned through the main story, jotting down names that caught my eye. Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, Men of
