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In all of the works of Tolkien, there were:
2 orphaned characters
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Frodo being a rather prominent one?
Aragorn, another prominent one?
Where was Sam's mom?
Boromir & Faramir's mom died early; Celebrian departed over sea;
and I'm forgetting much of the Sil, but I think there were some broken wanderers there too...
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1 sword-wielding warrior maiden(who was not an elf)
no characters with unknown pasts
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Ah... Gandalf? Neniel?
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and a grand total of zero characters with amnesia.
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Neniel, Turin's sister and wife, again?
And how about Thorin's father when Gandalf found him in the Necromancer's prison?
And how about partial amnesia in Gandalf himself-- as he "awoke" after his battle with the Balrog?
Anyway, it's been a while since I read Sil, and my brain is a sieve on such things, but I don't think amnesia was that rare, nor being orphaned or at least losing a parent.