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Dnedain
Dominions
Nmenor (early)
Arnor and Gondor (later)
Languages
Adnaic(early)
WestronSindarin
Height
over 6'4 (Nmenreans)
Skin Color
Fair
Hair Color
Black, brown, blonde, grey or white (in later years)
Lifespan
150-180 years of average except the Kings of the Dnadan who live longer up to in
between 240-250 years.
Distinctions
Mortality, Wisdom
Members
Amandil, Tar-Palantir, Elendil, Argeleb I,
Aragorn II

The Dnedain (singular: Dnadan) were Men descended from the Nmenreans who
survived the fall of their island kingdom, Nmenor, and migrated to Eriador in
Middle-earth, led at first by Elendil and his sons. They were known as the "Men of
the West" and the "Men of Westernesse" (direct translations of the Sindarin term).
They settled mainly in Arnor and Gondor, but during the Third Age only in the
Gondor-region.
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HistoryEdit
Dunedain
Depiction of a Dnedain ranger from Tales of the Cards.com
The term Dnedain designated the "Edain of the West", the Nmenreans, although the
term came out of use amongst the Kings Men and came to denote especially the
descendants of the Elendili, the Nmenrean Colonists in Arnor and Gondor or
Dnedain of the North and Dnedain of the South. The Noble Families of high-blood
continued to consider themselves Dnedain while they denominated the mixed-blooded
common people as "lesser Dnedain" or Tergil (Haeranedain in Rhudaur).
After the fall of Arnor and then Arthedain, some of the northern Dnedain became
the Rangers of the North in Evendim. The surviving Dnedain population of Arnor
retreated to the Angle south of Rivendell. In the meantime the southern Dnedain
intermarried more and more with so-called Middle Men, except in some regions (such
as Dol Amroth).

Kingdomsofthedunedain
The kingdoms of the Dnedain in Middle-earth
During and even before the War of the Ring, Dnedain Rangers went through a variety
of different duties. Some were stationed around the Shire, protecting it from the
forces of darkness. Others simply patrolled the northern lands, hunting and
defeating any enemies they found. In general, Dnedain Rangers mainly took care of
themselves and of lands of the Free Peoples, though if they were called upon to
battle (by Gondor or some other land in need) they were quite willing to do so.
Rangers used a variety of weapons to achieve victory in battles. Non-canonical
information hints that they preferred bows and archery as their primary weapons,
though this is not always the case (Aragorn, for example, used a sword). They also
used swords to engage in close combat if necessary. The Dnedain mainly rely on
stealth as an advantage rather than an actual face-to-face confrontation. It is
also hinted that their battle skill was greater than that of a standard Gondor
soldier or archer.

In the Fourth Age, the Dnedain of Gondor and Arnor were reunited under king
Aragorn II Elessar (who was also called the Dnadan).[citation needed]
Dwarves at the Ruin City of Fornost
Dunedain at the city of Fornost, in The Battle for Middle-earth II
CharacteristicsEdit
Direct descendants of the Dnedain are known to have lived longer than normal Men.
A good example is Aragorn who, in the movies, tells owyn he is 87 years old,
although he appears to be relatively young. It is said that Dnedain live three
times longer than normal men. That would translate that the Dnedain's average
lifespan is up 240 to 250 years, given normal human lifespan. It is possible with
the blood of the Dnedain renewed by Aragorn and Arwen's marriage that some
generations thereafter would experience lifetimes similar to that of the
generations following Elros - between 400 and 500 years of life - however, Aragorn
did have the longest uninterrupted reign of all his descendants.
EtymologyEdit
The Westron name for Dnadan was simply Adn, "westerner", but this name was seldom
used. This name was reserved to those Nmenreans who were friendly to the Elves:
Tergil (Sgl."Targil" Q."Tarkil") or Torfiriath were the descendants of Dnedain who
had intermarried with other peoples (usually middle-men). They were also known as
Lesser Dnedain. Most Men of Gondor and of Eriador were of this race.

Known DnedainEdit
Argeleb I
Arathorn I
Aragorn I
Arador
Araglas
Arahad I
Aragost
Eradan
Aragorn II
Halbarad
Translations around the WorldEdit
Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ????? ?
Arabic ??????
Armenian ?????????
Belarusian Cyrillic ????????
Bengali ????????
Bosnian Dnedaini
Bulgarian Cyrillic ?????????
Chinese ???
Czech Dnadani
Georgian ????????
Greek ?t???e?t???
Gujarati ?????????
Hebrew ???????
Hindi ????????
Hungarian Dnadanok
Japanese ???????
Kannada ??????????
Kazakh Cyrillic ????????
Korean ????
Kurdish ????????? (Arabic script) Dunedayin (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic ????????
Macedonian Cyrillic ????????
Marathi ?????????
Mongolian Cyrillic ????????
Nepalese ????????
Persian ???????
Polish Dnadainowie
Russian ????????
Sanskrit ?????????
Serbian ???????? (Cyrillic) Dunedain (Latin)
Sinhalese ?????????
Tajik Cyrillic ????????
Tamil ????????
Telugu ???????
Thai ????????
Ukrainian Cyrillic ????????
Urdu ???????
Uzbek ???????? (Cyrillic) Dunedain (Latin)
Yiddish ????????
The People of Middle-earth
Men:
Edain | Dnedain | Nmenreans | Haradrim | Easterlings | Variags | Northmen |
Dunlendings | Dredain
Elves:
Vanyar | oldor | Teleri | Sindar | Eldar | Avari
Dwarves:
Durin's Folk | Firebeards | Broadbeams | Ironfists | Blacklocks | Stonefoots |
Stiffbeards
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