Non-player Character
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A Non-player Character, or NPC, is a game character that is not controlled by a human player. The term NPC is generally used for friendly creatures in the game considered to be intelligent. NPCs for the Free Peoples of Middle-earth are typically one of the Player Character races: dwarves, elves, hobbits and men. Friendly creatures for Monster Play Characters are typically orcs, wargs and spiders. Friendly NPCs can be quest givers, vendors, guards or even just scenery.
Sometimes hostile creatures considered to be intelligent may be called NPCs, although humanoids might be a better term. Unintelligent hostile creatures would rarely if ever be called NPCs. Instead creatures like bears, boars, neekerbreekers and wolves are often referred to as beasts. Hostile creatures in general are also known as mobs.
For a complete list of NPCs, see Category:NPC.
NPCs are also organized:
