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The Free Peoples of the World, also known as the Free Folk of the West, the Free Folk of the World, the Free Folk, the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, the Free Peoples, the Resistance, or simply the Free, were those races of people in Arda outside Sauron's domination, granted in the design of the world, free will and choice. Excluded from this list were beings dependent on instinct, such as animals; those driven overwhelmingly by passion or worship of power or those bound to Morgoth or Sauron, like the Orcs, like the Wild Trolls and those bound as servants of Eru and the Valar, like the Maiar or the Great Eagles. In northwestern Endor, the most prominent of the Free Peoples included Ents, Elves, Dwarves, Men, and Hobbits.

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