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  Posted by Michael Martinez on July 14, 1999 at 19:42:29
In Reply to: Re: Arnor and its division posted by Martin Read on July 14, 1999 at 07:08:10:



: Could the Hill Men of Rhudaur not have been related to the : Dunlendings? After all this branch of humanity are attested as : far north as Bree and their choice of habitat is close to that : of the Dunlendings, and the Folk of the White Mountains who : were also Gwathuirim. As to their apparent hostility to the : Dunedain, this seems to be a fairly late development, as they : appear to have co-existed with, and perhaps consented to be : ruled by, the Dunedain for many centuries (paralelled by : Dunedain/Dunlending relations at Orthanc). It could be argued : that the hostility of the Hill Men might have been due to their : corruption by Angmar, as the Dunlendings (or elements of them) : were corrupted by Saruman.

I know of no reason to suppose they had to be from the Forodwaith (or a third group), but they did build towers in the hills, and I don't believe any of the Gwathuirim ever built towers.

I rather like the idea of the Hill-men being unrelated to the Edainic peoples, but if they were (in Tolkien's conception), I think there are many possible explanations for their history.


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