They spread throughout the wide lands plundering, destroying, and killing its inhabitants. Rule in HithlumĪfter the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, at the bidding of Morgoth, the Easterlings invaded Hithlum. Ulfang and his sons were secretly in the employ of Morgoth, and betrayed the Eldar and Edain during the Nírnaeth Arnoediad in what is now known as the Treachery of Men. They were given lands to dwell in the north and south of the March of Maedhros.

Ulfang was welcomed by the sons of Fëanor, and he and his sons swore allegiance to Caranthir. He was the father of Ulfast, Ulwarth, and Uldor 'the Accursed'. Ulfang also came in Lothlann, Beleriand, in 463, shortly after Bór. All of them were wiped out during the Nírnaeth Arnoediad. Bór and his sons swore allegiance to Maedhros, and remained faithful, though he was told by Morgoth to betray the banner of Caranthir. Bór was welcomed by Maedhros, who gave him and his followers land north and south of the March of Maedhros. His sons were Borlach, Borlad, and Borthand. By some men of Dor-lómin that appear in The Wanderings of Hurin, they are called Eastrons.īór was a leader of Men who came into Lothlann, in Beleriand, during the FA 463. In the First Age, the sons of Bór and Ulfang were called Easterlings, or Swarthy Men - they had come into Beleriand much later than the Edain, and who were for a part secretly in league with Morgoth. It is unspecified whether the Easterlings of the First Age (told of in the Quenta Silmarillion) were the primary ancestors of those that later settled Rhûn. One unique variant appeared at the Siege of Gondor, described as broad, short, bearded, and wielding axes.

Their skin was either sallow (a pale yellow) or olive, their eyes were dark (dark brown and black), and their straight hair was black.

6.3.2 The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle GameĪs of the Third Age, Easterlings were a people diverse in height and skin tone.

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