HILDOR CLASSIFICATION

Im going to defind Groups of wandering peoples of the first Age, a time at which most Men were Hunter-Gatherers
in exception of the Lintador who were teached by Aari and !andor and already were breeding "attle and starting to
grow crops #the same might be possible for $he %&maw and maybe Lynerians'(
$he people which I list after these Groups are the arious descendants and "ultures which are the )ffspring of these
ery first Men in the different Ages( )f course there are later mixed peoples as the *+nedain, ,ella-a.e or
$ant/ra-im which might be mentioned too( I sort those peoples after their main "ultural influence and Language(
Languages and ,ody 0eatures are one Main point which I mention, the "ultural descriptions #!omad, 1rban
"ulture' describe the deelopement of their A!"23$)43 as far as -nown(
I will also mention possible 4eal-%orld influences which could logcally be used by anyone who wants to wor- with
one of those cultures(Many of these possible 4eal-world influences are defined geographically after Anti5ue
"ultures or Language Groups(
6( Lintador
$he attempt of this essay is to correcting the I"2 scheme and to ma-e the people-groups correspond more to
$ol-iens 7eoples of Middle-2arth 2ssays( I changed the Iauredain82dain82riedain into9
Lebanor #,eorians,*orwinians,2riadorians'
:alanor #Hadorians, !orthrons'
and
*ruir #*ruedain, ,effraen'
And Ie changed the Arh/nerim into9
Arhuiir #Haladin, *aen, 7eople of ,or' and
Mileir #0orodwaith, Lossoth,Angmarim, 7eople of 1lfang, 3.reldor'
$he 2dain were composed of ,eorians #Lebanor', Hadorians #:alanor' and Haladin #Arhuinir' plus *ruedain
#*ruir'( $his follows $ol-iens Idea that the 2dain came from three different Groups of Men(
$he !+menorians by this way were a mix of Lebanor, :alanor and Arhuinir $ribes and by this %ay as well a-in to
the !orthrons #:alanor' and 2riadorans #Lebanor' but also to a small degree to the *aen #Arhuinir' because of the
Haladin part of their ancestry(
All the ,lac- !+menorians and their Mixed-blooded descendants are descendants of !+menorians( $he Lynir
should belong to the part of Lintanor which was -nown as the Lebanor to the !andor(
$he Lynir belongs to the part of Lintanor which was -nown as the Lebanor to the !andor(
$he first 2les of the %est who encountered the Men were probably !andor who lied near the later 3ea of 4h/n,
the Aari who at first told them of the Men maybe were %indan, 7enni or Hwenti(
The Linthanor
!ow it happened, not a long time after the rise of the sun that the 2len :indreds who stayed near the !orthwestern
coasts of the Inland 3ea of Helcar encountered a strange people which came from the 2ast( $hey soon recogni.ed
that they were not of the 2len -ind, but also completely different from )rcs and other *ar- "reatures and many of
their 2len ,rothers who also came from the eastern Lands at this time #3ome say these eles were those whom the
3indar of ,eleriand later called the 3hadow 0ol- or Mornedhil' spo-e of them as the linthanor; or %anderers , but
they did not tell much of this new 7eople and wandered further to the west(
$he first Men, whom the eles encountered were tall and broad and mostly of dar- hair, they were a large host and
carried their few goods on their bac-s( 3ome of these people whom the 2les called the ;Lebanor; #!an(9 ;those
who hae left behind;' stayed near the western shores of the 3ea of 4h/n #which was <ust a bay of the Inland 3ea
Helcar at the time' where the eles teached them how to build small boats and how to grow crops(
3oon after other Men arried, they also were tall, but had strangely bright Hair, because of which the 2les called
them the :alanor #!an( ;bright people;'( $hey -new the Lebanor and shared their language( Most of them settled
west of their -in , but they were more fierce than them and many carried primitie %eapons( $he eles rarely had
any contact with them, but therefore the :alanor were eager to trade with the *wares(
!ow it was -nown to the eles , that other peoples were wandering into the west at the time too, but those wandered
along the southcoast of the Inland 3ea and spread across the Lands near the %hite Mountains( $he first people
of whom the 2les heard called itself the *r/ 7eople, which the eles twisted into *ruir( $hey were strange beings,
without 5uestion men, but small grown and completely different from the Lebanor or :alanor(
Later two more hosts of Men arried, who were led by many chieftains who were in strife with each other( $he one
Host was similar to the Lebanor, but smaller in body and more swarthy, the 2les called them ;Arhuinir;, the
second Host consisted of men who also were small and stout, but with yellowish 3-in, why the 2les called them
the ;Mileir;( $here was much 3trife among the two peoples and often Mileir tribes allied with tribes of the
Arhuinir to fight against their own brothers and the other %ay around( $his way it happened that the largest part of
the Arhuinir con5uered the Lands around the white Mountains and slew the *r/ people or droe them out( $he
other Arhuinir and Mileir went north into the Lands of 2riador where the tribes fought with each other and tribes
of the Lebanor who had come there before(
)ne part of the Arhuinir , along with flying *r/ who had <oined them crossed the ,lue Mountains , while a part of
the Mileir was drien into the northern %aste by their own brothers( $he remaining Arhuinir now settled in
southern 2riador or went across the ,lue Mountains too with the rest of the Mileir(
)ut of fear of the %arli-e ways of men most of the eles hid themseles and shunned Men, but ery few exceptions(
,ut after much time Men returned from the %estlands and those, according to elish tales, were escaping of heay
earth5ua-es and thunderstorms which s attered the west at the time( $hese men , as the eles say, were part of the
Mileir and they flew into the Lands east of the sea of 4h/n and sub<ugated the mannish tribes who had come to the
west later and were liing in the middle-lands( )f other mortal peoples the eles rarely spea-, as they say it is hard
to them to distinguish between mortals and their peoples change to fast to learnhow to ma-e out any
differences between them(
Note (about Angmarim) :
I always thought of the Angmarim not as a distinct racial group that existed before Angmar was founded( *ue to the
unfortunate climate in the region there should be only small groups of hunter-gatherers #e(g( Lossoth and Hillmen'
roaming the region(
I find it far more fitting that after Angmar=s founding, large waes of immigrants came to Angmar #brought there
through arious means such as the promise of a better life for all enemies of the *unedain'( $hese immigrants would
be drawn from many ethnic groups and formed into the Angmarim by the %itch--ing and his lords( After Angmars
defeat they were wiped out, so the Angmarim as a distinct people should be a relatie short-lied phenomenon(
2asterlings and other fol- of 4hoonian would be the larger part of the Angmarim ancestry( $here would li-ely be
2riadorian clans liing along the subarctic frontier mar-ed by the mountain ridge at the site of "arn *um( ,ecause
of the Lossadan life style, they would hae a ery scattered population and would be smaller genetic contributors to
the Angmarim than een the !orthmen(
*r/ghu #%ilde Menschen'
*r+edain #%asa'
,effraen #7uc-el men'
Honnin #,o.isha-Mira.'
"haialla #3een Lands'
>atali-Gan #3?rayn'
>arulma #Iba'
I had included the Angmarim because I thought to li-n- them with the lossoth,
but they themseles dont appear in the text itself anyway so it was <ust a
thought(
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A( Haradrim
Gondorians and others in the *unadan cultural tradition tend to use the label ;Haradrim; for anyone liing south of
the 4ier 7oros, een to the southernmost shores of the continent( 0or purposes of this listing, we will consider only
the true Haradrim #the cultures and peoples of the Haradwaith ' and their close cultural relations( $he Apysani, a
people of the early 3econd Age, are the ancestral cultural group for most of the Haradrim( $hey were neer a nation,
<ust a collection of related #foot-bound' pastoral clans liing <ust north of the 2red Harmal at the time of the %ar of
%rath( A thousand years later, their descendants had migrating through and populated most of the southwestern
5uarter of 2ndor( $heir ancestors, still herders of sheep, cattle, and camels and growers of wheat and dates, still hold
most of these lands at the beginning of the 0ourth Age( In addition to the Apysani-descended Haradrim, seeral
other ethnic groups hae contributed to the racial ma-e-up of Harad( $he most important of them are noted below(
0irst Group9 -- !ear Harad #Har/.e of Haru.an, "hel-ar, and 7e.arsan and Lurmsa-un'
7easants, herdsmen, 1rban 0ol-
3mall, sturdy, light ,rown 3-in #!umidian8,erber8$ur-ish "ulture'
All of these peoples spea- the Haru.e tongue or a related dialect( $he Haru.e of Lurmsa-un hae traces of Bariag
bloodlines and cultural influence(
#!ote on changes9 the :ibic are a military religious order important in the foundation of Haru.e culture( $he
1mbareans and 3a-alai and are detailed under the ;2ighth Group,; below( ;1rdwan; is a Haru.e term meaning
;nomad; and, li-e ;:ibic,; is not a true ethnic description, as described below('
3econd Group9 -- "entral-Harad # Celut, 1rdwan Haru.e, Au-uag'
*esert nomads and pastoralists, horsemen
3mall, slim, light brown to brown 3-in #,erber8Mauritanian "ulture'
$hese peoples occupy a ast stretch of desert country and spea- many languages, all of them drawn from Apysaic
roots( $hose liing near the Harnen spea- dialects of the Haru.e tongue( $hose liing in the borders of ,ella-ar
spea- ariations of that speech( $he Celut culture was born of desert clans tributary to 1mbar and spea- their own
language, which includes elements of classical Adunaic and $hird Age %estron(
$hird Group9 -- #,ella-a.e, ,ella-arai, ,ellanarod, Au-uag tribes of the ,ella-arai frontier, Dlu.an, Earsag'
3hort to middling tall, light brown s-in 0armers, fishermen, herdsmen, desert nomads, urban fol-
,ella-ar has a distinctie set of religious beliefs and a language and culture that borrows many elements from mid to
late-3econd Age !umenor( Its ruling aristocracy prides itself on its *unadan ancestry and are noticeably
taller than other Haradrim(
#!ote on changes9 2ric went to a great deal of trouble to differentiate ,ella-ar from ,o.isha-dar, and I thin- we
should respect that'(
0ourth Group9 -- 3outhwestern Harad and the Metharn #Adena, $ande, $ulwany'
0ishermen, sub-tropical and tropical farmers, and saanna and desert nomads 3hort to middling tall, slim, dar-
brown to grey s-in #west-African8 3udanic "ulture'
A wide ariety of groups of Apysaic ancestry, sharing a common history of !umenorean colonialism in the 3econd
Age and Aruwanai rule in the early $hird Age(
0ifth Group9 -- 3outhern #Greater' Harad #3?ranians, Ayten, *ana-'
0armers, desert nomads, urban fol-
3hort, light brown to brown s-in #Abyssinian8 :ush "ulture'
%ith the Haru.e, the most populous of the Haradon peoples( $he Ayten are the nomadic clans dwelling in the drier
regions of 3irayn, spea-ing ariant dialects of the primary 3?ranians tongue(
#!ote on changes9 the writer of the Greater Harad bungled his peoples section, failing to describe the rier-alley
peasantry who ma-e up the mass of the population of this country( $he *ana- would appear to be blood descendants
of slaes from Gondor, 4hoanian, and other places, but they probably spea- a 3?ranians dialect as well('
3ixth Group9 -- "oastal !ear Harad #1mbareans and 3a-alai'
7easant farmers, fishermen, herdsmen, urban fol- Middling height and build, brown to blac- hair, tanned to light
brown s-in(
#!umidian and Magreb cultures'
$he original 3a-alai were the southernmost of the *aen peoples who reached the coasts of the ,ay of ,elfalas in the
later 0irst Age( As the second millennium of the 3econd Age began, these peoples were in danger of being
absorbed by the Haru.e, but the !umenoreans came to the coasts of 2ndor and gradually too- the 3a-alai under
their protection( ,y the late 3econd Age a new language, %estron, had arise between 1mbar and 7elargir, based on
Adunaic salted with elements of the old *aen tongues( %hile %estron usage eentually spread northward to 2riador
and 4hoanion, the larger number of %estron-spea-ers dwelt in Gondor and 1mbar until after the :instrife in the
mid-$hird Age( $he 1mbareans were slowly absorbed by the Haru.e thereafter( $heir language and culture
eentually melded with those of the rest of northern Harad(
3eenth Group #,o.ishnarod, !arodbri<ig, "oshe--7ust, 7oacaod'
3hort, light brown s-in #%est-African 3ahel "ulture8$uareg'
0armers, fishermen, herdsmen, desert nomads, urban fol-
$he people of 0ar Harad hae always made it a point to -eep their society distinct from those Haradrim, li-e the
people of ,ella-ar or Haru.an, who boast of being the cultural heirs of !umenor ( $he settled peoples of the *ar
share a common religion with the surrounding of desert clans, most of whom spea- the ,o.ishnarod language or a
related dialect(
2ighth Group #2tulian, 0ari<in, 3ori<an'
a light gray s-in, flat faces, long and steep hair #usually brown or blac-', a muscular constitution
$hey hae a distinctie set of religious beliefs and a language and culture that borrows many elements from mid to
late-3econd Age !umenor( Its ruling aristocracy prides itself on its *unadan ancestry and are noticeably taller than
other Haradrim( $hey lie in $ulwang, and Anbalu--h&r(
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F( 2asterlings

It was a bit hard to define which peoples belong to the "ategory ;2asterling;( I defined 2asterlings as the standard
Gondorian %ord for any "ulture of "entral Middle-2arth(If a Gondorian would meet a "hey he would probably
<udge him as a Haradrim after his appearance and clothing, een if in Language he is much more a-in to %estern
2asterlings as the %ainriders(
I do not 3pea- of the 7eople of the 0ar 2ast as easterlings here, since they represent "ultures of which the
Gondorians had no ague impression or Idea( $he only "hara-ter eer mentioned by $ol-ien is :ham/l, the ,lac-
2asterling( 3o if the 7eople of the 0ar 2ast would be serants of the *ar-ness we could call them all collectiely
;,lac- 2asterlings;( Howeer I will mention here only the ;2asterlings; and Im going to wor- on the ;!orthern-
7eoples; or ;3now peoples; and the ;7eoples of the 0ar east; or ;,lac- 2asterlings; later(
Ie grouped the peoples as far as they are mentioned by $ol-ien together as in his ,oo-s, so the ,alchoth and
%ainriders are now together in one Group while the 2asterlings of 4h/n and 3ea-2asterlings are an own Group now(
$he same I dis with the Bariags the Men of !+rn and the !/riags( ,y this I followed $ol-ien close and ignored the
existing I"2 scheme( $he other peoples consits mostly of $alatherim , from which Ie ta-en the Iba, "hy and
"hey away and added instead the Ade-dar from the Linerim( $he "hy and "hey are going to be
,ay 7eople now while the Iba and the other Linerim #Horl and 4aliani' will become "ultures of the 0ar 2ast( As
!omads Ie also added the 2s-am to the 2asterlings, but maybe I can put them together with the 4h/n 2asterlings
or ,alchoth8%ainriders since they should be 3-ythians( In that case I propose to inent $ibetian8,irman peoples
since they would fit geographically to !orthern )rmal(
2asterlings9
0irst Group9 -- 4h/n #4h/n 2asterlings, 3ea-2asterlings'
Gathmarig,,rygath,1rgath
0armers, Herders, 0ishermen, "orsairs
middle heigh, slim, light ,rown 3-in #3-ythian8"immerian "ulture'
3econd Group9 -- :hand8Mordor #Bariags, !+rnoth, !/riags, Lothrag'
0armers, Herders, 1rban, %arli-e
middle-height, slim, *ar- 3-in #Anatolian8 Hittiche "ulture'
!ote 9 the Lothrag lie in Lotan
$hird Group9 -- 2ast of 4h/n #,alchoth #Asdriags,)dhriags,Magriags,:y-uria',
%ainriders, :y-uria, $ed<in'
%ain !omads, Horse !omads, 0armers, %arli-e
middle-height, slim , light ,rown 3-in #3armatian83auromatian "ulture'
Ahar #0ifth Group'9 -- #:argagis Ahar, 4elmether, 4ycolis, *alpygis,
)rgothraath, >ilgaathi'
Herders, 0armers, !omads
small, 3tout, light ,rown 3-in #$ur-8:asachian "ulture'
Ade- #3ixth Group'9 -- #Ade-dar, Aldurya-nar, ,urs-ade-, Gaathgy-ar'
breeders, Herders
small, 3lim, yellowish 3-in # Hunnish8Hiung-!u "ulture'
Lin #seenth Group'9 -- 2ast 7alisor #*ald/nairi, Gsteri, Lygar, Cendiar'
farmers, hunters, herders
small, 3trong, *ar--yellowish 3-in #Mongolic-"ulture'
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H( 3wertings 8 ,lac- 7eoples9
first Group -- Go to the 2ast #$sdan, :prur'
%arli-e, 3eafarers #later', >ellowish-*ar- ,rown s-in
second Group -- come to the 3unlands #3harae-e, GeshInians'
befriend the Aari, build "ities
small, yellowish-dar-brown 3-in #%est-African, 3udanic culture'
A-anli #third Group' -- come to the 3unlands #M/ma-anril, Gsa-anil,
M/lamburil, $ant/ra-im'
%arli-e, tall, Musculous
*ar- ,lac- 3-in #3outh-African, ,antu culture'
2besan #fourth Group' -- come to the Hyarnustar #Adena, 3edJre, *rJl,
7el, 3wasan'
tall, slim, warli-e
"opper-,lac- 3-in #%est-African, 3udan-"ulture'
#this group is distantly related to the Apysaic spea-ing Haradrim of 3?rayn'
3ixth group #fifth Group' -- come to the Hyarnustar #Magri, $umagri,
!andran, 3anIr, $andJ'
a coloured people and hae dar- coloured s-in, broad faces, blac-
deeply-inset eyes
:ir #sixth Group' -- come to the 3unlands #:?ranai, Ganim, *rJnim, Ahaa,
$u-tanai, 3e-I-'
tall, slim, peaceful
,lac- 3-in #2ast-African, ,antu "ulture'
$u- #seenth Group' -- come to the Archipelago #3Ire, $ulthan, 4I-he, 3e-I-'
%arli-e, tall, bony , 3eafarers #primitie'
*ar- ,lac- 3-in #Melanesian "ulture'
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K( 7eoples of the far 2ast9
As for the 2asterlings of the 0ar 2ast the Aarim "ultures are especially sundered, because at first they are relatiely
close in culture but in the late third Age are not that closely a-in anymore(((
Aarim9
0irst Group 9-- #%&maw, 4&law, %Jraw, GLa-aw, MLa-aw, :aelaw, Haenaw'
0armers, breeders, 0ishermen, 3eafarers
Middle-tall to small, 3lim, >ellowish-reddish 3-in #"hinese 83hang "ulture'
second Group 9-- #L&chaw, Argaw'
0armers, 0ishermen, 3eafarers
Middle-tall to small, slim, >ellowish-reddish 3-in #Capanese 8Malaian "ulture'
third Group 9-- #Aegaw'
,reeders, Herders, 0armers, 0ishermen
small to middle-tall, slim, yellowish-reddish 3-in #:orean 8 !orth "hinese "ulture'
fourth Group 9-- #1ra-han'
0armers, ,reeders, Mountainmen
middle-tall to small, slim, yellowish-reddish 3-in #,irman 8!orthern Indian "ulture'
fifth Group 9-- #Bulmaw'
0armers, 0ishermen
middle-tall to small, stout, yellowish-reddish 3-in #Indonesian 8Caanese
"ulture'
)ther 7eoples9
,rIrim #sixth Group' 9-- #%&lim, ,r&dim, $Inim, La-hab'
0armers, fishermen
small, stout, yellowish 3-in #Bietnamese "ulture'
seenth Group 9-- #Ibaai, !argaathi, 3haya, 1nirnay'
0armers, ,reeders
small, 3lim, yellowish 3-in #$hai 8 3iamese "ulture'
eight Group 9-- #H&rl, 4aliani'
0armers
small, stout, yellowish 3-in #:hmer8:abod<an "ulture'
ninth Group 9-- #$arlai, Monam'
0armers, 0ishermen
small to middle-tall, slim, yellowish 3-in #Malaian8 Malaysian "ulture'
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M( 3outhearners or ,ay 7eople
2s-am #0irst Group'9 -- #Aca, *ili-hran, 0irusey, "harax, 7hrashara'
Herders, !omads, %arli-e
small, stout, yellowish 3-in #7arthian8 ,a-trian "ulture or
$ibetian8,irman "ulture'
3econd Group9 -- 2red )rmal #"hey, "hy, 1lshyan'
0armers, urban fol-, shepherds, horsemen(
3hort to middling height, slim, mid-brown s-in #Iranian87ersian "ulture'
"enturies after the Apysaic peoples had become the first nations of Harad, another wae of related immigrants
crossed the southern 2red Harmal and con5uered much of the eastern Haradwaith( $hose who settled and built
ciili.ations in Harad became the "hy( $heir relations who stayed on the high plains north of the mountains became
the "hey and related nations(
$he 1lshyan are related to the "hey and the "hy, but they were forced to migrate to the north(
$hird Group 9 !iss alley people #IdurI-, Beri-is, Lyn?r'
!ote 9 Lyn?r are distantly related to the Lintanor
0ourth Group9 -- 2astern Harad #M+ranians, 2linse'
0armers, fishermen, nomads
3mall, slim, light brown s-in #Arabian8 3emitic "ulture'
$he Muranians may hae been the first farmers and city-builders among the Haradrim, but most of them were
oerrun by the "hy at the end of the first millennium of the 3econd Age( $he fol- of Harshandatt considered
themseles the proper ancestors of the Muranians( A number of desert tribes spea- similar languages( $he 2linse of
Anari-e are a former !umenorean colony and hae Adunaic elements in their language(
#!ote 9 )ne 5uic- note about relationships between 2linse and !umenoreans( Anari-e is still a !umenorean realm
in the $hird Age( And there is by the end of 3econd Age, Lynir in Anari-e, who melt with !umenorean and 2linse'(
#this fourth group is the connection with Haradrim people'
0ifth Group -- come to the Lands of )rmal #C&pe, Nurgh?r, Icuddin'
tall, slim, warli-e, *ar- ,rown 3-in #*rawida8%edda "ulture'
)riginally the C&pi and Nurgh?r were defined as :insmen of the ,lac- peoples of Ardor, but together with the $sdan
and :prur we could ma-e up another #eastern' branch of ,lac- peoples or declare them splintergroups who hae
strongly intermixed with the 3outheasterners( $he Nurgh?r are pretty much Indo-*rawida influenced, een if they
are coloured we could count them to that group(
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O( 0ar !orth people
>stPP $ala #first Group' 9-- #Lumimiehet or Lossoth, CPPmiehet, MerimetsPstP<Pt'
0orodwaith - they lie in !orthern %aste
Mornerin - 3econd Group #1rdar, Agrina-, *urana-, 3yr-a-ar'
for most of their history, these people are aside the 3hadow people Mornerin 1rdar
Mornerin - $hird Group
Angcla, Agnica, one people related to these two and who fled the 3hadow and directs themseles to ,arl 3yrnac,
Mornerin - 0ourth Group #0ree 7eople'
3harta, Qma
Mornerin - 0ifth group
:ubor, Is-ahu, Aigar, 4ubor, Ayelma
$yr #0irst group'9 -- #Myri, Lusturangsuri, Lu $yr 3+, Borgani, *yrians, *esdursya, :y=taari'
Herders, Hunters, Horse !omads, %arli-e
small, 3tout, yellowish 3-in #%est- 3ibirian "ulture'
$yr #3econd group' #Bothrig, :y=taari'
portrayed li-e the Bi-ing for the Bothrig(
"onclusion 9
I beliee were pretty fine now with the %estern Men for the Lands west of the 4h/naer and north of the Harnen,
$he Haradrim south of the Harnen and west of the 2red Harmal, the ,lac- men south of the >ellow mountains, the
2asterlings in the central 3teppes of 7alisor, $he !orth-7eoples in the !orthern $aiga %oods and $undras of
0orodwaith and 1rd and the 0ar eastern 7eoples beyond the )rocarni and %indmountains( 2ery Ma<or group has a
lot of subgroups which are pretty differentiated from each other now, I li-e that(
I beliee that most of the new 3outheasterners are aguely Indo-iranic "ultures, but theres still alot of freedom with
interpretations #as Gree- or )ld "rete influence'