Aryndil Ciryatan
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Available Races
These are the available races of Middle-Earth in the early Third Age, I found them after searching the Books and the Encyclopedia of Arda, I found the numbers of mannish and Hobbit races you can choose from. When I find any race I haven't heard of, I'll update this. So, have a good time reeaadiing
Elves
Calaquendi -Elves of the Light; a name given to the Vanyar, the Noldor and that part of the Teleri who travelled to Aman in the youth of the world and saw the light of the Two Trees of Valinor; Elu Thingol of Doriath is also counted among their number.
Moriquendi - Called the Dark Elves, those of the Elves who never saw the light of the Two Trees of Valinor, including the Avari, the Nandor and the Sindar. The Sindarin king Elu Thingol, however, was not accounted among the Moriquendi, as he had travelled to Valinor before returning to Middle-earth.
Sindar - An Elvish people of Telerin origin. Coming to the western shores of Middle-earth with the others of their kin, they did not pass across the sea, but remained in Beleriand. Some had tarried there searching for their lord, Elwë, while others were persuaded to remain by Ossë the Maia.
Silvan - Long before the beginning of the First Age, the Elves of the Great Journey travelled westward through the lands of Middle-earth. Coming to the Great River Anduin and the high peaks of the Misty Mountains, some of the Elves of the clan of the Teleri fell away from the journey, and settled in the woodlands east of the Mountains. These were the original Silvan Elves, who lived on either side of the River. At this time in their history, all of this people still lived close together, with some dwelling in the land that would later be called Lórien, and the others settling around the hill of Amon Lanc in the far south of Greenwood the Great.
Noldor - The division of the Elves that followed Finwë as their lord. In the long march from Cuiviénen to the western shores of Middle-earth, they were the second great host. When they reached Valinor, they learned much from Aulë the Smith, and were accounted the greatest of the Elves in matters of lore and craft.
Dwarves
The only dwarves that the Encyclopedia of Arda tells of is Durin's Folk, the descendants of the House of Durin. At the time of the VoA, the House of Durin dwelt in Ered Luin, the Blue Mountains, and the Grey Mountains. Their best known cities and realms are Erebor, or the "Lonely Mountain", and Khâzad Dûm, Moria.
Hobbits
Of hobbits we have three distinct strains.
Fallohides - In appearance, Fallohides were taller and slimmer of build than the other Hobbits, with some growing to four feet or more in height. Both their skin and their hair tended to be fair, and no Fallohide ever grew a beard.
Fallohidish culture was much more open to outside influence than that of the Stoors or Harfoots; they were friendlier with the other races of Middle-earth than their cousins, especially the Elves. Perhaps because of this, they were skilled in both song and speech.
While the other two branches of hobbit-kind were pastoral and rustic in nature, the Fallohides retained a hunting tradition, and so were naturally bolder and more inquisitive than their relatives, but less gifted in the arts of farming and agriculture.
Harfoot - The smallest and most common of the three original Hobbit-strains, who entered Eriador a century before the Fallohides or Stoors.
Stoors - One of the three ancient hobbit-kinds, the broadest and heaviest in build. They were the last of three branches of the hobbits to cross the Misty Mountains into Eriador.
Edain - Men of Middle-Earth
The Edain and other men of Middle-Earth was the most numerous species in the Second and Third Age, and also in the timeline of the VoA.
Lossoth - The Lossoth were the wildmen who dwelt in and around the Bay of Forochel, and was mainly the strain of men who populated Forodwaith.
Drúedain - The Drúedain were the wildmen in the Drúadan forest above Ered Nimrais of Gondor and Calenardhon. They were said by the orcs, who called them the Oghor-hai, to possess magic, but what they might have feared waas the wildmen's use of poison in arrows, spears and other weapons
Dúnedain of Arnor - The Dúnedain of Arnor were direct descendants of Elendil's folk, and as the Dúnedain of Gondor did later, they never mingled with men of lesser state. They maintained the culture of Nûmenor before it was corrupted, with the Winged Helms of the Seakings. Their armor was brass and gold, and they carried longswords and their longbows and arrows was the same ones used by the King's Archers in Nûmenor. The Encyclopedia says: ``The steel-bowed archers of the armies of Númenor during the later Second Age, when the Númenóreans carved out dominions in Middle-earth. Their arrows were famously one "ell" long (that is, 1.143 m, or nearly four feet).´´
Dúnedain of Gondor - The Dúnedain of Gondor were during the time of the VoA the strongest military force, and had their chief Cities Osgiliath and Minaas Anor in the reach of Minas Morgul and Mordor. Their soldiers were clad in silver-colored ringmails, and with bow traditions inherited from the other races of men and elves, they had regular sized bows and medium arrows. Gondor was also famous for the Swan Knights of Dol Amroth, who are reckoned to be the most able fighters among the Gondorian soldiers.
Woodmen of Greenwood - These people live in villages and towns around the South-Eastern part of Mirkwood. They are skilled archers and hunters, and has a friendship with the Elves of Mirkwood that no other man besides Dale is known for.
Dalemen - The Men of Dale, a city in the North of Mirkwood that is known for making toys and fireworks like none other people. They have a very close relationship with the Elves of Mirkwood.
Edited by: Aryndil Ciryatan at: 25/3/04 13:31
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