#house of hador

[thefashbasher]

“But when Tuor had lived thus in solitude as an outlaw for four years, Ulmo set it in his heart to depart from the land of his fathers, for he had chosen Tuor as the instrument of his designs […] ”

[violetumbrellalover]

⚔️Three Houses of Edain⚔️

A little over three centuries after the Noldor had returned to Middle-earth, Finrod discovered a new people in the glens of the Blue Mountains. These were Men out of the distant East of Middle-earth, the first of their kind to be seen in Beleriand. These Men crossed the mountains as three distinct peoples, but each of these peoples became allies of the Elves in the Wars of Beleriand. The name Edain became associated with these friends of the Elves, and their leaders gave rise to three houses: those of Bëor, Haleth and Hador.

House of Bëor

Bëor was the first of Men to cross the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, and his house is thus considered the first of the houses of the Edain. Bëor himself became a vassal of Finrod, and many of his descendants also served the Elves. Later generations of this house held the land of Dorthonion, until it was lost to Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach. The greatest of the heroes of the House of Bëor was Beren, who escaped from Dorthonion and captured a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown.

House of Haleth

The people known as the Haladin spoke their own language, alien to that of the other Edain. They were the second house of Men to cross the Mountains, and settled for a while in the southern part of Dor Caranthir. Faced with a sudden assault by Orcs, they united under a leader named Haldad, but he was slain defending his people. His daughter Haleth, from whom this house took its name, led the survivors into the west, until they reached the Forest of Brethil, where they settled. This house of the Edain is noted for their friendship with the Drúedain, with whom they shared their forest home.

House of Hador

The Third House of the Edain derived from the followers of Marach, who led his people across the Blue Mountains soon after the other houses. The Men of this House built a strong alliance with Fingolfin's people in Hithlum. Indeed, Marach's great-great-grandson Hador was made Lord of Dor-lómin by the High King of the Noldor, thus giving his name to this renowned House. Among Hador's famous descendants were Húrin and Huor, Túrin and Tuor, and Eärendil the Mariner.

“Do you forget to whom you speak? Such things you spoke long ago to our fathers; but we escaped from your shadow. And now we have knowledge of you, for we have looked on the faces that have seen the Light, and heard the voices that have spoken with Manwe."

~ Húrin Thalion in The Children of Húrin, "The Words of Húrin and Morgoth"

[rittare]

A year have passed since I attended an lrpg about Dor-lomin after the Nirnaeth. Here's a quick sketch I've made about the game. One of the few left Bor's people with a girl of the house of Hador. Tender and tragic love story that took place in Dor-lomin.

[arlenianchronicles]

Here’s my @officialtolkiensecretsanta for @outofangband! Húrin and Morwen sharing a tender moment during the sunset :D It’s been snowing quite a bit where I am, so I went with a warm palette for this painting! I can’t wait for a bit of warmth weather loll

In the meantime, I wish y’all a wonderful holiday and happy new year!! <333

[ohmyarda]

Lady Aerin for @outofangband for always humoring idle posts

[art-of-firefly]

Tuor with Dramborleg -

The Lord of the House of the White Wing

House of Finwë

[forestials]

I absolutely love your designs for all my favorites! I was wondering if you would ever want to draw Aerin? No pressure if not!

-@outofangband

Absolutely! I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole of feelings about Aerin due to your writings on her, she’s such a brave, strong character - thank you for asking!

[hhimring]

Wingfeet: Racing across Ard-galen

Written for the current SWG Challenge, for which one of the prompts was: The Three Hunters.

A Dwarf, a Man, and an Elf race across a grassy plain… Except that these three are original characters of the First Age racing across the plain of Ard-galen and their plight is rather different.

Warning for non-graphic canon-typical violence against orcs.

‘I fear I can run no more,’ gasped the dwarf. ‘I must halt although all Morgoth’s forces be after us.’

‘Not yet, brave friend, not yet,’ urged Imrach.

‘You have much the longer legs, Hadorian! I wish I had never left Belegost,’ groaned the dwarf.

‘What do your Sindarin eyes see, Pengyl?’ asked Imrach. ‘How much farther to the Ered Wethrin?’

‘Not much farther than your eyes, in this Angband-spawned mirk,’ replied Pengyl, ‘and not much nearer since the last time you asked.’

She kept her arrow on string, gazing anxiously backward and forward across the plain. There was every chance that they might be intercepted before they could reach Barad Eithel, as well as that their pursuers would catch up with them. As long as the dwarf could still complain, she thought he could not be entirely spent yet, but the relentless chase was telling on all of them. Her companions had already shown more endurance and speed than she could have anticipated. Imrach was not complaining, but his anxious questions betrayed his exhaustion. Pulling back scouts from the outposts had been a sensible move, under the circumstances, but now she selfishly regretted the distance between them and anyone who was not a foe.

They raced on. The dwarf had stopped grumbling; his breath was increasingly loud. Imrach had fallen silent, too. He looked haggard and hollow-eyed, under his bright blond thatch. Pengyl bit her lips, peering anxiously ahead again.

‘Ah,’ she exclaimed, ‘riders!’

‘What, where?’

The dwarf, startled out of blind endurance, looked around wildly, clutching his axe.

‘No, no enemies, friends up ahead, coming for us!’

‘I cannot see them yet, Pengyl,’ said Imrach, but his voice was invigorated with hope.

‘They are quite some distance away yet,’ said Pengyl. ‘Don’t slow down! We don’t want to be caught just when help is in sight. Run!’

They put on a desperate burst of speed. Eventually even the others could hear the sound of hooves coming towards them.

A small troop of orcs rose from the grass before them but too late; already Pengyl could see the spear points of Fingon’s riders lowering. She shot one in the throat; the rest were trampled.

‘Well met, Pengyl!’ cried Fingon. ‘We brought spare mounts.’

‘And grateful we will be for them, we three,’ said Pengyl. ‘Except…’

She turned around, concerned.

‘Dwarf friend, can you ride?’

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

But suddenly her eyes looked into his, and then Húrin knew her; for though they were wild now and full of fear, a light still gleamed in them hard to endure: the elven-light that long ago had earned her her name, Eledhwen, proudest of mortal women in the days of old." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin, "The Death of Túrin"

[ID: an edit comprised of two dark-toned posters in red and shades of brown and tan.

1: A close-up of nepali model and musician Varsha Thapa. She is looking towards the viewer with a serious expression and her dark hair blends into the black background. She has light tan skin and is wearing dark red lipstick. Text in red and tan reads "morwen eledhwen" / 2: A group of white and red buildings surrounded by mountains. Red and tan text reads "Morwen was dark-haired and tall, and for the light of her glance and the beauty of her face men called her Eledhwen, the elvenfair; but she was somewhat stern of mood and proud. The sorrows of the House of Bëor saddened her heart; for she came as an exile to Dor-lómin from Dorthonion after the ruin of the Bragollach" and is framed by curly corner borders in the same colors /End ID]

[ettelenethelien]

I feel like post-Nirnaeth easterling-occupied Dor-Lómin definitely has a lot of songs that are covert allusions to real events they can't speak of out loud? and symbolism?

like there's this song about mourning a great tree that was needlessly cut down, and it actually means the warriors killed in the Nirnaeth. or there's a huge amount of ballads about a man who stole some trinket or other from a variety of increasingly grotesque and unsympathetic figures; for good measure the songs often end with the thief mockingly thanking the previous proprietor for his bride's new dowry. and magpies. nightingales are way too obvious, but everyone knows magpies steal jewelry so there's a lot of plausible deniability.

[curufinrod]

But most of all Finduilas the daughter of Orodreth found her heart moved whenever he came near, or was in hall. She was golden-haired after the manner of the house of Finarfin, and Túrin began to take pleasure in the sight of her and in her company; for she reminded him of his kindred and the women of Dor-lómin in his father's house.

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Looking at The Silmarillion Daily entries for Dagor Bragollach, it’s really standing out to me how crucial Men and Sindar are to the battle. Among other things not for them, Hithlum would have been lost in the Bragollach, not the Nirnaeth.

The hosts of Hithlum were driven back with great loss to the fortresses of Ered Weithrin, and these they hardly defended against the Orcs. Before the walls of Eithel Sirion fell Hador the Golden-Haired, defending the rearguard of his lord Fingolfin, being then sixty and six years of age, and with him fell Gundor his younger son, pierced with many arrows.

The House of Hador are probably the crucial factor in preventing Hithlum from falling in the initual assault. Then, seven years later, we get this:

When seven years had passed since the Fourth Battle, Morgoth renewed his assault, and he sent a great force against Hithlum. The attack on the passages of the Shadowy Mountains was bitter, and in the siege of Eithel Sirion Galdor the tall, Lord of Dor-lómin, was slain by an arrow. That fortress he held on behalf of Fingon, the High King; and in that same place his father Hador Lórindol died but a little time before. Húrin his son was then newly come to manhood, but he was great in strength both of mind and body; and he drove the Orcs with heavy slaughter from Ered Wethrin, and pursued them far across the sands of Anfauglith. But King Fingon was hard put to it to hold back the army of Angband that came down from the north; and battle was joined upon the very plains of Hithlum. There Fingon was outnumbered; but the ships of Círdan sailed in great strength up the Firth of Drengist, and in the hour of need the Elves of the Falas came upon the host of Morgoth from the west. Then the Orcs broke and fled, and the Eldar had the victory, and their horsed archers pursued them even into the Iron Mountains.

Hador and both of his sons have now all died defending the same place, Eithel Sirion, the main pass over the mountains into Hithlum, and his grandson Húrin, who’s only 21, makes the key difference in pushing the orcs back.

At the same time, Fingon’s army within Hithlum is rescued by Círdan and the Falmari, and would probably have lost if it wasn’t for them.

Further south, the House of Haleth and Doriath also play a key role in defending southwestern Beleriand:

Amid the tale of defeats of that time the deeds of the Haladin are remembered with honour: for after the taking of Minas Tirith the Orcs came through the western pass, and maybe would have ravaged even to the mouths of Sirion; but Halmir lord of the Haladin sent swift word to Thingol, for he had friendship with the Elves that guarded the borders of Doriath. Then Beleg Strongbow, chief of the marchwardens of Thingol, brought great strength of the Sindar armed with axes into Brethil; and issuing from the deeps of the forest Halmir and Beleg took an Orc-legion at unawares and destroyed it. Thereafter the black tide out of the North was stemmed in that region, and the Orcs dared not cross the Teiglin for many years after.

Now, the Teiglin runs from the southern slopes of the mountains south of Hithlum to the River Sirion. So this is absolutely crucial: it’s the difference between the capture of Tol Sirion giving Orcs access to a small sliver of land between Brethil and Teiglin versus them having access to all of West Beleriand including the land around Nargothrond.

The we have the House of Bëor, who both rescue Finrod from being captured or killed and subsequently fight a long, grinding guerilla war with Morgoth over Dorthonion, even after they’re down to thirteen people, and after that when it’s down to Beren alone. With all of the other instances of alliances between Elves and Men being absolutely crucual to the battle, it really stands out that Nargothrond doesn’t send forces to assist the House of Bëor in Dorthonion (maybe because they’re not aware thatthey’re still there and fighting, maybe because there’s no simple route into the highlands of Dorthonion), and I personally headcanon that guilt over this is part of why Finrod feels so strongly about his oath to Barahir when Beren shows up.

So as a short rundown, without humans and the Sindar, the Bragollach would have resulted in:

The capture of Hithlum by Morgoth

The capture of most of West Beleriand by Morgoth

The capture or death of Finrod

While the brunt of the Dagor Bragollach and its aftermath falls on the north-central region - Dorthonion and the Finarfinians and House of Bëor there - it’s notable how much worse it goes in East Beleriand with the Sons of Fëanor than in West Beleriand, and it seems like part of that is the Fëanoreans not having as many allies.

Also, the relationship between Círdan and the Fingolfinians is underrated. He rescues Fingon in the battle described above; the Silver Gate of Gondolin is decorated with pearls from Balar, which must be gifts of Círdan and the Falathrim; and Turgon sends people to Círdan when he tries to send ships across the sea to Valinor.

[sotwk]

I just watched a Fëanorean fanvideo, and they casted Chris Evans as Maglor. And I remember in 2016 he said to Lee Pace he really want to be part of middle earth because he reads and watched the movies. But my brain always potraying him as Oropher. So what do you think? What characters suit him if he get the chance??

Oooh I love Chris Evans! He's so bee-yoo-tee-ful and charming! But he made SUCH an amazing Captain America (a character I love even more) that it's become hard for me to see him in roles too different from that.

So for me, I would probably fancast him in a Captain America equivalent in Middle-earth. I don't personally see him as one of the Eldar, but the Edain. Specifically the House of Hador.

So any of the following could be a good fit, depending on how tragic a role you want him to play. (He'd have to go blonde, though, which I am not a huge fan of. But oh that magnificent beard!)

Húrin (probably my first choice)

Túrin (meh?)

Tuor (better)

Eärendil (second choice, because what a HERO. but no beard?)

Elros (probably the least appropriate, but at least he can keep his hair color!)

What a nice thing to imagine! Sorry for taking so long to answer this my friend! It's been a while. I hope 2024 has been kind to you so far! Lots of hugs! <3

[anira-naeg]

my very old art. I tried to depict the appearance of the peoples of Middle-earth, based on the text of the Professor.

[sexiestfinweanpoll]

[istar-ingolmo]

Silmarillion Primer: The Edain

The Edain (Ee-day-in) are men who came west over the Ered Luin (Blue Mountains) and fought with the elves against Morgoth. Although the name Edain is a Sindarin word that simply means Men, it is usually only used in reference to the noble people of the House of Bëor, the House of Haleth and the House of Hador and their descendants.

Art by Heget

The House of Bëor

The first group of Men to come west over the mountains of Ered Luin, were of the House of Bëor. Bëor, known as Balan to his people, came west in search of the High Elves or the Valar, for his people had heard rumors of them in the east. Finrod Felagund was the first elf to encounter them as they camped in the region of Ossiriand just west of the Ered Luin. There was a language barrier between the two, but they could eventually understand one another since their language was based on the old elvish of the elves in the east. 

Finrod moves The House of Bëor out of Ossiriand and into the land of Estolad in the realm of Amrod and Amras of the Sons of Fëanor. Bëor became a vassal of Finrod and went to live with him in Nargothrond. The descendants of Bëor would ever be friends with the House of Finarfin, Finrod’s father. 

Bëor’s fourth great grandson, Barahir, would save Finrod at the Dagor Bragollach. For which, Finrod gave him what would be known as the Ring of Barahir, a token of their eternal friendship. That ring would be passed down to his son Beren Erchamion,and then through the generations from father to son until the end of the Third Age. When it would come to King Aragorn II Elessar of the Reunited Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. 

Notable Members of The House of Bëor:

Beren Erchamion- The Son of Barahir, he would travel into the Guarded Realm of Doriath and fall in love with Luthien, the daughter of Thingol and Melian, its rulers. He would brave the dungeons of Angband with Luthien to claim a Silmaril. His son would become the Ruler of Doriath, and the Father of Elwing, Eäredil’s wife and the grandfather of Elrond and Elros.

Morwen- 1st Cousin Once Removed of Beren (His Cousin’s Child), she married Hurín of the House of Hador. Bore him three children: Turín Turambar, Lalaith, and Niënor.

Rían- 1st Cousin Once Removed of Beren and Cousin to Morwen. She married Huor of the House of Hador, the brother of Hurín. They had one child: Tuor.

Through the marriage of Elwing to Eärendil, the two Houses of Bëor and Hador would produce the Kings and Queens of Númenor. The Númenoreans known as The Faithful would be primarily descended from the House of Bëor, and by extension the Dunédain of the North. 

Art by Heget

The House of Hador

The third house of the Edain to migrate west of Ered Luin. They were initially called the House of Marach, after their patriarch. When they were given the lands of Dor-lomín as a fief under Hador Lórindel, the name of the House became The House of Hador. They were the largest of the three Houses of the Edain. They would intermarry with the House of Bëor and together these two house would make up the majority of the Men of Númenor.  

Notable Members of the House of Hador:

Hurín Thalion- He was a great hero of men and a great friend to Turgon, High King of the Noldor and ruler of Gondolin. He and his brother, Huor, were brought to the city by the eagles of Manwë, which began that friendship. He would marry Morwen of the House of Bëor and have three children. One of which was Turín Turambar, who would also be a great hero of men. However, Hurín was captured at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (Battle of Unnumbered Tears) and refused to tell Morgoth where Gondolin could be found. He was cursed by Morgoth to watch all the evil that befell his children. When he was finally released, he unknowingly led Morgoth to the general direction of Gondolin. Thus, preparing the way for Gondolin’s ultimate destruction.

Huor- brother of Hurín and of the House of Hador. He married Rían of the House of Bëor. They had one child, Tuor. He was friends with Turgon of Gondolin. At the Nirnaeth Arnoediad he and his brother bought Turgon’s army time to flee by holding the Fen of Serech. He would fall in that battle. He never met his son. 

Turín Turambar- The only son of Hurín and the heir to the Lordship of Dor-Lomín of the House of Hador. He would go on to do great deeds, but the wrath of Morgoth followed him always, causing all he did to go astray. He would eventually kill Glaurung the dragon, but he would take his own life shortly afterward when he learned that last bit of evil the dragon had done to him.

Tuor- The only son of Huor. He grew up with Sindar elves in Mithrim before being driven by fate to seek for the hidden city of Gondolin that his father and uncle once visited. His errand was to advise the High King of the Noldor, Turgon, to abandon the city while there was still time. Turgon heeded it not, but he did give Tuor the hand of his daughter, Idril, in marriage. They became the second union of Elf Maid to Mortal Man. He had one child, Eärendil. 

Eärendil- The Great Mariner. His family managed to escape the destruction of Gondolin and make it to the sea near the Mouths of the Sirion. There he married Elwing, who was a refugee of the destruction of Doriath at the hands of the Sons of Fëanor. They had twin sons, Elros and Elrond. He took the Silmaril that Elwing had inherited from her great grandfather, Thingol, and asked the Valar to save Elves and Men from the forces of Morgoth. He then became The Evening Star, wearing the Silmaril on his brow as his ship sailed the skies.

Art by Heget

The House of Haleth

The reclusive house of the daughter of Halad. There is not much to tell of them. When they came west of the Ered Luin, they refused to live in Estolad with the Houses of Bëor and Hador. They lived apart from them in the further north. 

However, they were surprised by orcs and much of their people were destroyed. They removed to the forests of Brethil in the realm of Doriath and did not participate much in the wars of The First Age. They were, however, not friends of Morgoth.

Hurín would, in his grief over the loss of his family, cause the destruction of the House of Haleth, for blamed them in part for the ruin of his son. He would lead the remnants of the House of Haleth to the ruins of Nargothrond, where he would abandon them. Few members of the House of Haleth survived the end of the First Age to become a part of the Númenoreans. 

The most relevant member of The House of Haleth, was the Daughter of Halmir, Hareth. She married Galdor of the House of Hador, and was the mother of Hurín and Huor.