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| position=Head of the [[House of Hador]]
| location=[[Estolad]]
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| birth={{FA|282}}
| birthlocation=East of the [[Ered Luin]]
| rule=Unknown - {{FA|376}}
| death={{FA|376}}
| deathlocation=[[Estolad]]
| age=94
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| house=Founded the [[House of Hador|House of Marach]] (later known as House of Hador)
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| children=[[Malach]], [[Imlach]]
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'''Marach''' ({{FA|282}}-{{FA|376|n}}<ref name="Hador">{{WJ|West}}, ''Commentary, (ii) The [[House of Hador]]''</ref>) was one of the original leaders of the [[Edain]] when they migrated into [[Beleriand]]. He was the father of two sons, [[Malach|Malach Aradan]] the elder, and [[Imlach]] the younger. Marach was the great-great-grandfather of [[Hador|Hador Lórindol]].

==History==
Marach's people were the most numerous of the groups of [[Men]] that moved westward over the [[Ered Luin]] in the [[First Age]] (the [[House of Hador]]). Due to the size of Marach's host they kept together and moved slowly – so much so that although Marach was originally in the lead he was passed by the people of [[Bëor]] and the [[Haladin]]. When the Haladin crossed over the mountains they were turned north by the unfriendship of the [[Green-elves]]. However, when the folk of Marach followed the Haladin a year later, marching in ordered companies of tall, warlike folk, the Elves of [[Ossiriand]] stayed out of their way.

Marach's people did not tarry in Ossiriand for they had heard that the people of [[Bëor]] had found a green and fertile land. Marching down the [[Dwarf-road of Beleriand|Dwarf-road]] they settled to the south and east of the lands of [[Baran]], son of Bëor, in a region called [[Estolad]].

Most of the people of Marach wanted to journey further west, so [[Malach| Malach Aradan]], the son of Marach, led them to the southern slopes of [[Ered Wethrin]]. Marach however chose to remain in Estolad until his death.<ref>{{S|West}}</ref>

==Genealogy==
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{{familytree| BEL |y| ADA | | MAG | | AML |BEL=[[Belemir]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|339|n}}''</small>|ADA=[[Adanel]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|339|n}}''</small>|MAG=[[Magor]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|341|n}}''</small>|AML=[[Amlach]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|337|n}}''</small>}}
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{{familytree| | | BEN | | | | HAT | | | | |BEN=[[Beren (son of Belemir)|Beren]]</br><small>b. ''{{FA|374|n}}''</small>|HAT=[[Hathol]]</br><small>''b. {{FA|365|n}}''</small>}}
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==Other versions of the legendarium==
Originally it was [[Hador|Hador Lórindol]] who led the people of the third house of the Edain across the Ered Luin into Beleriand; this was changed so that Hador became Marach's descendant of the fourth generation.<ref name="Hador"/>

==External links==
*[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2013/10/01/what-is-the-meaning-of-marach/ What Is the Meaning of Marach?] by [[Michael Martinez]]

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