Baran

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This article is about Baran, a Man of the House of Bëor. For the Sindarin word, see baran (Sindarin).
Baran
Adan
Juliana Pinho - Baran and Baranor.png
Baran (left) in "Baran and Baranor" by Juliana Pinho
Biographical Information
Other namesBëor the Young[1]
TitlesHead of the House of Bëor
LocationEstolad
BirthF.A. 289
East of the Blue Mountains
RuleF.A. 311 - 380
DeathF.A. 380 (aged 91)
Family
HouseHouse of Bëor
ParentageBëor
SiblingsBelen
ChildrenBoron and Baranor
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Baran

Baran (F.A. 289 - 380, age 91) was the second head of the House of Bëor.

History[edit | edit source]

Baran was the oldest son of Bëor the Old and brother to Belen.[2] He took over leadership of the House of Bëor in Estolad when his father left to serve as vassal to Finrod Felagund.[3]

During his rule the Haladin, the people of Marach, and the Easterlings crossed over the Blue Mountains into Beleriand.[4]

Genealogy[edit | edit source]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bëor
262 - 355
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BARAN
289 - 380
 
 
 
 
Belen
b. 292
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boron
315 - 408
 
 
 
Baranor
b. 317
 
Beldir
b. 316
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boromir
338 - 432
 
Belegor
b. 340
 
Bereg
b. 340
 
Belemir
b. 339
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beren
432 - 503
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]

In the introduction to The Grey Annals, Christopher Tolkien stated that they were written in the 1930s.[5] This work was laid aside while J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings, after which he returned to his work on the elder days. In his later writings Tolkien relocated the coming of the Edain over the Blue Mountains nearly a century earlier, which occasioned a large-scale overhaul of the chronology and genealogies.[6]

In the older Grey Annals Bëor was followed by his sons Bregolas and Barahir. In the new version four generations (Baran, Boron, Boromir, and Bregor) were inserted after Bëor, with Bregor the father of Bregolas and Barahir.[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", p. 230
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) The House of Bëor
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals", p, 3
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", The new genealogies of the Edain
Baran
House of Bëor
Born: F.A. 289 Died: F.A. 380
Preceded by:
Bëor
2nd Head of the House of Bëor
F.A. 311 - 380
Followed by:
Boron