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Dates
Hador was granted Dor-lómin as a fief in the early fifth century of the Years of the Sun; Dor-lómin was overrun by Easterlings in I 472 after the Nirnaeth
Location
Dor-lómin, the southern region of Hithlum
Origins
The northern land of Dor-lómin was held by High King Fingolfin, who granted it to the Men in his service
Race
Division
Family
Ruled by the House of Hador
Other names
Note
In principle the term 'Men of the North' might also have been used for the Men of Dorthonion, who held another northern fief, although in practice the name is exclusively used of the Men of Dor-lómin

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Men of the North (in the First Age)

The Men of Hithlum

A name given to the Men of the House of Hador and their followers, who ruled and defended the lands north and west of the Mountains of Shadow in alliance with the Elves. After the defeat of the Eldar and the Edain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the Men of the North were dispossessed of their lands, but many survived under the cruel lordship of the Easterlings to whom Morgoth had granted power in the northern lands.


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