In TA 490 they invaded Gondor, passing through Dagorlad and starting a series of wars that lasted sixty years until they were finally defeated in TA 550 by Turambar, the ninth King of Gondor. Third Ageĭepiction of an Easterling in the Third Ageĭuring the Third Age, the term Easterling referred to various nations and tribes of Men living in uncharted lands east of the Sea of Rhûn and Mordor, who were usually subservient to Sauron (for one of their leaders was the second greatest of the Nazgûl, Khamûl) and frequently attacked Gondor and the lands bordering Rhûn, sometimes allied with the Variags of Khand. Around SA 2251, Khamûl became a wraith and one of Sauron's servants. Khamûl, a king of the Easterlings, was given one of the nine Rings of Power and became a powerful sorcerer, until the power of Sauron's One Ring corrupted him. After the War of Wrath, those that survived fled back over the Blue Mountains to Eriador and beyond where they sat themselves up as kings and chieftains of many of the Middle Men. The Easterlings ruled effectively in Hithlum as vassals of Morgoth from FA 473 to FA 583. Tuor, the cousin of Túrin was also enslaved in Hithlum by the Easterlings but he was able to escape and evaded them by living as an outlaw, until he was contacted by the Vala Ulmo and went to Gondolin. Despite these evil deeds, they did not take Morwen nor her house from her, for they feared her and believed her to be a witch and so her son Túrin had time to escape to Doriath. They took away the young and the able bodied and sometimes young women to be wives the most widely known being Aerin of whom Brodda took to produce his heir. Here the Easterlings governed with cruelty, robbing, stealing, and enslaving the remaining Men of Hithlum, who called the Easterlings the " Incomers". However, the Easterlings were betrayed by their lord Morgoth, and locked solely in Hithlum and denied the rich lands of Beleriand that they so desired. The Easterlings soon withdrew northwards and apparently settled. The Eldar of Hithlum were able to escape from the invaders by taking refuge in the southern mountains that later the Easterlings avoided out of fear of the Elves. 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 and Swarthy Men - they had come into Beleriand much later than the Edain, and 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.6.1 The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies.
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