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But when the Host of Valinor entered Beleriand the Edain still existed as distinct peoples and
being freed from their slavery or gathered from their outlawry in the wilderness they joined the
Army of the West and fought against Melkor. The War of Wrath lasted 45 years and the Edain
must have sent two or three generations of men to war.



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 Essays On Middle-earth


The Edain of Numenor
Although the Haladin are never mentioned again after the episode with Hurin, they more than
likely survived the Wars of Beleriand and sailed with the other Edain to Elenna. We can infer
this because the few surviving Druedain were taken to Elenna.

Elenna was home to the Edain of Beleriand for the next 3000 years, and they created there a
civilization which was unrivaled by any other group of Edain in the Second Age or the Third.
They were called the Dunedain (to distinguish them from the Edain still living in Middle-earth),
or the Numenoreans.

The Kings of Numenor were descended from ├Лarendil and Elwing through their son Elros, and
they were apparently fair-haired (a trait they would have inherited from ├Лarendil's parents, Tuor
and Idril Celebrindal, and through other Marachian ancestors). But the Line of Elros gave rise to
several noble houses in Numenor, of which the most revered were the Lords of Anduni├л, who
lived in the west and were the leaders of the Elf-friends. Most of the Elf-friends appear to have
come from the B├лorians.

As the Numenoreans began to rebel against the will of the Valar the Elf-friends remained faithful
to their ancient heritage and they were thus named The Faithful. Many of them settled in
northern Middle-earth where they could live close to the Eldar of Lindon and Edhellond
(although that was primarily a Nandorin port) and not be troubled by the King's Men.

The King's Men, the larger faction of the Numenoreans, conquered vast territories in Middle-
earth, establishing havens for their fleets and great fortresses which after the Downfall of
Numenor became the hearts of new countries that were allied with Sauron.

The last Numenoreans to leave their land were the Faithful who had stayed with Amandil, last
Lord of Anduni├л, and his son Elendil. They sailed away in nine ships and established the realms
of Arnor and Gondor in Middle-earth.

The Edain of Eriador
Tolkien implies or states in a few places that not all of the Edain passed over the Ered Luin into
Beleriand. This seems strange and inconsistent with what is written in THE SILMARILLION,
but it does not conflict with the tradition of the three Edainic groups who left Beleriand before
the end of the First Age. It could be that the fleeing Edain merely rejoined the eastern clans and
were absorbed back into them.

The Edain of Eriador are a "historical" people only from the year 600 of the Second Age until the
War of the Elves and Sauron. In 600 V├лantur the Numenorean sailed to Middle-earth and the