Who is the greatest hero of The Lord of the Ring?

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Mithrandir, The Grey Pilgrim

I vote for Gandalf as the greatest hero of the LotR. Without him the ring would almost certainly been seized from Frodo in the Shire. He was the first to discover the ring's power, the first to know of Saruman's treachery, the only one who could have fought the balrog, the one who convinced Theoden to join the fray, and the hope of the Gondorian people. He saved Faramir (with some help from Pippen and Aragorn) and he masterminded the entire plan to destroy the ring. In short, though everyone had an amazing role to play, his was the most overarching.

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