Bilbo Baggins Frodo Baggins Gandalf Sauron
Smaug Gollum Treebeard
A photo gallery with some of the main protagonists and antagonist. The 13 dwarves, Gandalf, Frodo, Bilbo and Treebeard are the protagonists while Sauron and Smaug are antagonists. Gollum is an odd case as he is a corrupt hobbit and does help Frodo destroy the ring in the end, but he is very hostile and attempts to kill the hobbits on multiple occasions. All of these characters display how in depth J.R.R. Tolkien writes.