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Dunland Factbook

Labalui
19-08-2006, 16:05
Types of Soldiers
.Wildmen of Dunland 30,000

.Archers of Dunland 2,000

.Wildman Beserkers 8,000

Capital
.No Capital

Leader
.Snal the Beastly.

Population
.105,000

History of Dunland


At the end of the Second Age, these people (and their land) were known to others as the "Enedwaith", which meant both 'Middle-folk' and 'Middle-land', as they lay between the newly founded
Numenorean successor states of Gondor and Arnor. They were largely ignored despite the fact that a busy
Numenorean city — Tharbad — arose nearby,
and in fact, these Hillfolk kept their hatred of the descendants of Numenor
and remained an isolated people, and as a result never learnt Westron, which
developed from Adunaic as the 'lingua franca' of Middle-earth in the
Third Age. Despite this, the Hillfolk were able to slowly colonise Calenardhon,
the nearby sparsely populated province of Gondor, as the Dúnedain slowly dwindled in numbers and power, and had already reclaimed all the land between the Adorn and Isen when Gondor decided to give Calenardhon to
the numerous people of Éothéod in TA 2510.

The newcomers, who renamed themselves Rohirrim, named the foot-hills of their western neighbours 'Dunland', the Hill Country, and its inhabitants 'Dunlendings'. For their part, the Dunlendings felt threatened by these Forgoil "Strawheads" (a demeaning reference to the blond hair of the refugees from Calenardhon), although open war was not waged until the reign of Helm Hammerhand (TA 2741–2759). Freca, a lord of mixed Rohirric/Dunlending blood, tried to obtain the throne of Rohan for himself by petitioning for the marriage of his son Wulf to the daughter of Helm. Freca was consequently killed by Helm after insulting him upon being refused, and Freca's son Wulf led the Dunlendings into open war with Rohan. They unsuccessfully besieged the Hornburg during the Long Winter of TA 2758–2759, although Wulf captured Edoras, killing Helms son and heir. Helm's nephew Frealaf recaptured Edoras at the end of the Long Winter and killed Wulf personally, and the Dunlendings were then driven out of Rohan.

Guarding the Gap of Rohan was the fortress of Isengard, where a hereditary guard watched for Gondor. However, by the time of the Steward of Gondor Beren, these guards had mixed with Dunlendings, and it had become hostile to Gondor. To remedy this situation, Beren gave Saruman the keys to Orthanc to guard Isengard for Gondor


Snal

Snal the Beastly has recently come into power. With his leadership he has united most of the tribes of Dunland. It is said he is a decendant of Wulf and like Wulf he has a burning hatred of Rohan. Not much else is known about him.