Dates

The earliest people named 'Woodmen' were those who dwelt in the Forest of Brethil in the First Age (settled c. I 420); Woodmen were still to be found in Mirkwood in the late Third Age

Location

Various forests throughout Middle-earth, especially Brethil and Mirkwood

Race

Division

The Men of Brethil were Edain; the Woodmen of the Third Age were descended from the Edain or a related branch of Men

Family

The Woodmen of Brethil were led by the House of Haleth

Settlements

Numerous, but only Ephel Brandir in Brethil is named

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Woodmen

The forest-dwellers of Middle-earth

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Those Men who dwelt in the forests of Middle-earth, and especially Brethil in the First Age and Mirkwood in the Third.

See also...

Amon Obel, Bees, Black Sword of Brethil, Black Sword of the South, Fell Winter of the First Age, Larnach, Master of Doom, River Anduin, The Company, ‘The Faithful Stone’

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