Hill-men
Related Terms: Angmar
In the Ettenmoors in Eriador there lived an evil race of Hill-men who served the Witch-king of Angmar in the Third Age of the Sun.These barbarian Hill-men were fierce and numerous and they were allied with the Orkish legions.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries they subdued the provinces of Rhudaur and Cardolan of the Dúnedain of the North Kingdom.
In 1974, after six centuries of intermittent war this alliance finally brought down Arthedain, the last of the proud Dúnedain provinces of the North. But this too was the time of the Hill-men's own ruin.
Hardly had the Hill-men and the Witch-king taken Fornost, the last citadel of the Dúnedain, when they were attacked by a great army led by Eärnur of the South Kingdom of Gondor, Círdan of Lindon and Glorfindel of Rivendell.
In this last battle of Fornost the power of the Hill-men was broken, the Orcs exterminated and the kingdom of Angmar was destroyed.The Hill-men became a hunted scattered people.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries they subdued the provinces of Rhudaur and Cardolan of the Dúnedain of the North Kingdom.
In 1974, after six centuries of intermittent war this alliance finally brought down Arthedain, the last of the proud Dúnedain provinces of the North. But this too was the time of the Hill-men's own ruin.
Hardly had the Hill-men and the Witch-king taken Fornost, the last citadel of the Dúnedain, when they were attacked by a great army led by Eärnur of the South Kingdom of Gondor, Círdan of Lindon and Glorfindel of Rivendell.
In this last battle of Fornost the power of the Hill-men was broken, the Orcs exterminated and the kingdom of Angmar was destroyed.The Hill-men became a hunted scattered people.
Encyclopedia entry originally written by High_King_Of_Gondor