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| Adan | |
| Hador | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Lórindol, the Golden-haired |
| Titles | Lord of Dor-lómin |
| Position | Head of the House of Hador |
| Location | Dor-lómin |
| Language | Mannish dialect, Sindarin[1] |
| Birth | F.A. 390[2][3] Foothills of the Ered Wethrin |
| Rule | F.A. 416[5] - 455[2][4] |
| Death | F.A. 455[2][4] (aged 65[4]) Eithel Sirion[4] |
| Family | |
| House | House of Hador |
| Parentage | Hathol[2] |
| Spouse | Gildis[2] |
| Children | Glóredhel[2] Galdor[2] Gundor[2] |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair colour | Golden[1] |
| Eye colour | Blue[1] |
| Clothing | Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin[6] |
| Gallery | Images of Hador |
Greatest was the House of Hador Golden-head, peer of Elven-lords. Many of his people were like him, golden-haired and blue-eyed; they were tall and strong, quick to wrath and laughter, fierce in battle, generous to friend and to foe, swift in resolve, fast in loyalty, joyous in heart, the children of Ilúvatar in the youth of Mankind.
Hador Lórindol was the first Lord of Dor-lómin, and the founder of the House of Hador. He was a direct descendant of Marach, the original leader of the Third House of the Edain, and ancestor to Húrin and Huor.[7]
History
Hador's ancestor, Malach, spent 14 years in the Kingdom of Fingolfin, High King of the Noldor, and became friendly with the Elves. Although neither Hador's grandfather Magor nor his father Hathol served under any Elf-lord,[2] Hador entered Fingolfin's household and was beloved by the king.[1] In F.A. 416 Fingolfin granted Hador a hereditary fiefdom in Dor-lómin,[5] where he gathered most of the people of his kin, thus forming the noble House of Hador. To celebrate the event, prince Fingon presented him with the Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin, for whom it was also called the Helm of Hador.[6]
Noble Hador was remembered as an Elf-friend (in his household only Elvish was spoken[7]), the greatest chieftain of the Edain and peer of Elven-lords, and his House became the greatest of the Three Houses of the Edain. He ruled Dor-lómin for 39 years until the Dagor Bragollach. He commanded the rearguard of his liege Fingolfin at the spring of Eithel Sirion, but was slain along with his youngest son Gundor. In his honor, his descendants would call themselves the House of Hador.[8]
Thousands of years later, at The Council of Elrond, Hador was named among "the mighty Elf-friends of old", along with Húrin, Túrin, and Beren.[9]
Etymology
- For the etymology of Hador, see the article hador (word).
Hador's epithet, Lórindol, is the lenited form of Glórindol,[10] which is Sindarin for "Goldenhead", from glaur ("golden") and dol ("head"),[11] a reference to his golden hair. It was a trait shared by many other members of his House.
Genealogy
Other versions of the legendarium
Early legendarium: three generations
On the first introduction of the Edain there was about thirty-five years between their arrival in Beleriand and Morgoth's assault that would become known as the Battle of Sudden Flame. Both the House of Bëor and the House of Hadar were represented with three generations. In this scheme Hador consistently had five functions:
- Last of the "Fathers of Men" to lead his people into Beleriand
- Entered into vassalage under Fingolfin within Hithlum
- Founder of the House of Hador
- Grandfather of Húrin and Huor
- Perished while defending Fingolfin in the Battle of Sudden Flame
On his first conception, Hador "the tall" was the leader of one of two houses of Men which entered Beleriand, arriving shortly after the people of Bëor. His two sons were Haleth and Gumlin, with Gumlin in turn being the father of Húrin and Huor.[12] The people of his son Haleth were the last of the Edain to remain free in Beleriand, being neither penned in Hithlum nor subjugated by Morgoth.[13]
In emendations to the earliest concept, Hador's epithet was changed to "the Golden-haired", Haleth became an unrelated leader of an independent third people (which were the second to enter Beleriand), and Hador's other son became Gundor.[14]
Throughout multiple later revisions the duration of the Siege of Angband increased, and the coming of Men pushed forward with it. Hador's functions thus remained the same.
| Birth | Entering Beleriand | Death | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 120 | 155 | The Earliest Annals of Beleriand (1st version)[15] |
| 190 | 220 | ? | The Earliest Annals of Beleriand (2nd version)[16] |
| 190 > 390 | 220 > 420 | 256 > 456 | The Later Annals of Beleriand[17] |
| 390 | 420 | 455 | The Grey Annals[18] |
In The Later Annals of Beleriand, two introductions were of Hador's folk abandoning their own tongue to take the speech of the Elves, and Hador's daughter Glorwendel.[17]
In The Grey Annals, Hador joined Fingolfin after hearing that there was room and need of folk in Hithlum. His folk are described as having come from a northland people who were hardy to endure cold and long wandering; thus they did not fear to at times to go far into the North and keep watch on any movements of the Enemy. The date of his people entering Dor-lómin is specified as the year 423.[18]
Later legendarium: seven generations
In The Later Quenta Silmarillion the entry of Men into Beleriand was pulled back by over a century to the year 310, and thus four additional generations were required.
In the initial new conception Hador kept his chronologically later functions as grandfather of Húrin, and death in the Battle of Sudden Flame. Hador's function as a Father of Men was now given to Marach and three further generations—Malach, Magor, and Hathol—were inserted between Marach and Hador. In this conception Hador was in Fingolfin's household between the years 405–415, and was granted the lordship of Dor-lómin in 416.[19]
In a final emendation "Hador Lorindol first lord of Dorlómin" was moved up to become the son of Malach, and "Magor Dagorlind the Sword singer in battle" was moved down as the son of Hathol. While Christopher Tolkien did not use this last revision for The Silmarillion, he notes "that this was not an ephemeral change is seen from the Athrabeth, where Adanel is the sister of Hador Lorindol, not of Magor". This was also seen in an emendation where Hador replaced Magor, as joining his father Aradan, in talking many of their people westwards, with Hador leading the greater number of his folk down the Sirion to dwell in the vales on the southern slopes of the Ered Wethrin.[19]
| Marach F.A. 282 - 376 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zimrahin unknown | Malach 307 - 398 | Imlach b. 310 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belemir b. 339 | Adanel b. 339 | HADOR b. 341 | Amlach b. 337 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beren b. 374 | Hathol b. 365 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| unknown children | Emeldir b. 406 | Barahir 400 - 460 | Magor 390 - 455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beren 432 - 503 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 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, (ii) The House of Hador, p. 234
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §123, p. 48
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §147, pp. 52-53
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. 228
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)", "The Departure of Túrin"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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)", Of the Kindreds and Houses of the Edain, §31, pp. 223-224
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑
- ↑ Paul Strack, "S. Glórindol m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon, accessed 7 March 2020
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entries dol, laurë
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "III. The Quenta: [Section] 9"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "III. The Quenta: [Section] 13"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "III. The Quenta: Commentary on the Quenta, [Section] 9"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "VII. The Earliest Annals of Beleriand: [The first version of The Earliest Annals of Beleriand (Text AB I)]"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "VII. The Earliest Annals of Beleriand: The second version of The Earliest Annals of Beleriand [text AB II]"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, III. The Later Annals of Beleriand"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 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)"