Tuor lost his father before being born, then lost his mother who abandoned him, then became a thrall of Easterlings, then he lost his now home in Gondolin...
But I think that every, every life, both in ME and in this here world, must have its share of grief. We cannot win all our battles, we cannot save all!

MORE!!!!

Tuor: Was orphaned at an early age and was made into a slve by the Easterlings.
Tar-Miriel: Her place to the throne was robbed from her by her cousin, Ar-Pharazon.
Tharku (Gandalf): Was killed by the balrog and betrayed by Saruman. (well at least he prevailed in the end)
Thu (Sauron): Was corrupted by Morgoth and was defeated in the War of the Ring.

Yes Ringfacwen, I read the books a lot of times to see those.

Hey, Ringfacwen.

Well, I've only read LOTR 4 or 5 times, The Hobbit 8 times and the Silmarillion 1 1/2 times, but I've listened to the really fantastic BBC LOTR BBC Radio play 12+ times and while it is abridged it's very well done and doesn't add or change anything beyond music and some ommisions of text (though it does completely omit Tom Bombadil and Ghan-buri-Ghan). It's very well done with the voices of 25 British actors, Music and Sound effects. And Ian Holm, the actor that plays Bilbo in the new movies, is the voice of Frodo. I heartily endorse it for listening pleasure.

Myself, I love to run role playing games and I sometimes run a Middle Earth campaign. As a GameMaster, I feel responsible for knowing the text intimately. I also like to write and Tolkien's world and style are my favorites. So, I have persued purchased many books and books on CD that analyze Tolkien's text and Tolkien himself and actually study his works and those things analyzing them from an academic POV, making notes and making personal connections with his points. If his work ends up pulling you so, as it has with so many of us, you too can go down that path and achieve a place among the Wise. Heh!

Now, about this T name thing... I see what is being said but I don't agree. I think incuding any name with Tar- is erroneous as it is a title that many hold. T is a very common use letter in our language and also Tolkien's languages and 2 of the main characters that go though suffering, loss and tragey are Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins. No Ts in those names. And Frodo goes through incredible loss and suffereing. Starting as a child with his being an orphan all the way to his leaving ME and all that he loves due to weariness and pain. Many other charcters with out T names go through loss and tragedy. I think the concept of coping and enduring loss and tragedy and finding/keeping hope in desperate situations is a main ideal of his works.

In response to Glorfinel, I was wondering what sorts of (outside Tolkien's works) pieces you've read and recomend, from an analyitical standpoint... wow, that totally made sense in my head, but not so much on this page...

What about Treebeard...or did is he already mentioned as one of the names begining in T?

WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE ENTLINGS!?!
Your right though...that is knida sad. Hey has anybody seen the Treebeard action figure yet? IT TALKS! *insert manic giggling here*

You've forgotten Theoden! He died in the war of the ring (Which is pretty much as bad as it can get [besides torture but even that could be argued])