Charisma?

[Raynor]

By all means this is opinion, not fact.

By all means? Tolkien reffers repeatedely to this aspect of his work. I will try to give later the exact quotes I reffered to and their location. No more trust these days

Take a look at some of The Fellowship- Boromir was son and heir to the Steward of Gondor, Gondor's most renown warrior. People in Gondor looked up to him. He was not considered "ordinary" by his folk, I'm sure. Aragorn can claim kingship to Gondor and he is known amongst the very wise of Middle-earth.

I was reffering strictly to hobbits. Sorry if I wasn't clear in that respect.

The only true argument you could give would be for the Hobbits, but really, only Sam applies at first.

However, Tolkien reffers to him as the main hero. I don't have the books nearby, but it is his "hobbitry" that helps him face the temptation of the ring, or even the challenge of saving Frodo.

As Formendacil said, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo were well off and for the most part, well known in their respective provinces.

I am not aware that being well off is somehow related to being simple. Many extraordinary gifted persons, in whatever area you want, appear among the poor. The reverse is true, many "well off" persons are as simple as you can get, in whatever perspective you want. The conclusion would be that being well off is not a criterion for judging "normality", or commonness, and the likes.