Charisma?

[Raynor]

Originally Posted by MatthewM

Well, I don't think any of Tolkien's main characters are "ordinary". They all have their own personalities and parts which they all play. I would say all the oridinary people are still back in Bree, or Archet, and parts like such...that's why there aren't any main characters from there...because they are the ordinary of Middle-earth (amongst other places).

There are many refferences in the books, Gandalf and Elrond in particular, and in the letters (LotR as a study of the "sanctification of the humble"; the weak and the unknown which "turn the wheels of the world") which point to humble, ordinary individuals making a difference.