Hador

Hador Goldenhead, known also as Hador Lórindol, was a great chieftain of the Edain in the First Age of Middle-earth, and a revered Edain among many of the greatest Elf-friends of the Eldar. He became the first Lord of Dor-lómin and was accounted mighty even among the Eldar. Hador and his wife Gildis had three children: Glóredhel the first child and only daughter, Galdor the second child and elder son, and Gundor the last child and younger son.
== Biography==
Hador was the son of Hathol and the great-great-grandson of Marach, (who first led the people of the Third House into Beleriand and was their first chieftain), and heir to the House of Marach. He entered the service of Fingolfin, the High King of the Ñoldor, at a young age. Hador was loved by the King, and he rose high in the esteem of many of the Eldar. Eventually, Hador would even become a part of Fingolfin's own council. Realizing the need for the Edain to live under their own lords and have lands of their own, Fingolfin granted as a fief to Hador the land of Dor-lómin (land of echoes) which thus made him the first Lord of Dor-lómin. Hador gathered most of the people of the Third House into that land, which lay in Hithlum. There, Hador's people became numerous; and he encouraged the use of the Sindarin tongue.
Hador continued to win renown among the Eldar as the Lord of Dor-lómin, as well as among Men. Two of Hador's children, Galdor and Glóredhel, were wedded to two of the children of Halmir, Chieftain of the Haladin, respectively Hareth, his daughter, and Haldir, his son of the House of Haleth, when the two peoples met for a great feast. Fingolfin also gave to Hador a great helm made by Telchar of Nogrod. It was made in the likeness of the dragon Glaurung, and came to be known as the Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin; it could only be borne by one of great stature and strength. In the year 455 of the First Age, Morgoth broke the Siege of Angband in the Dagor Bragollach. Hador fought alongside Fingolfin with what few warriors of the Third House he could gather against the swift onset of Morgoth's forces. He was slain, however, defending the retreat of his lord. His younger son, Gundor, fell beside him before the fortress of Barad Eithel. It was said that their deaths were greatly mourned by the Eldar.
Hador was the forefather of many heroes. His grandsons were Húrin and Huor. His great-grandsons were Túrin and Tuor, and his great-great grandson was Eärendil the Mariner. Aragorn Elessar, as well as all the Kings of Númenor, Gondor and Arnor were descended from Hador.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVII: "Of the Coming of Men into the West" Perhaps the greatest testament to the legacy of Hador was that which was later written about his descendants:
"The Men of the Three Houses throve and multiplied, but greatest among them was the house of Hador Goldenhead, peer of Elven-lords. His people were of great strength and stature, ready in mind, bold and steadfast, quick to anger and to laughter, mighty among the Children of Ilúvatar in the youth of Mankind."
==Other versions of the legendarium==
In earlier accounts Fengel was the father of Indor, the grandfather of Peleg and grand-grandfather of Tuor. However, later was replaced by Hador.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, chapter I: "Prose Fragments Following the Lost Tales"
==See also==
*Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ሓዶር
Arabic 	حادور
Armenian 	Հադոր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Hадор
Bengali 	চাদর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Хадор (Hador)
Хадор Лориндол (Hador Lórindol)
Catalan 	Hàdor
Chinese (Hong Kong)	哈多
Georgian 	ჰადარი
Greek 	Χαντόρ
Gujarati 	હોડોર
Hebrew 	(Hador) חאדור
(Hador Lórindol) האדור לורינדול
Hindi 	हदोर
Japanese 	ハドル (Hador)
ハドル・ローリンドル (Hador Lórindol)
Kazakh 	Һадор (Cyrillic) Hador (Latin)
Korean 	하도르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Hадор
Macedonian Cyrillic	Хадор
Marathi 	हॅडर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Hадор
Nepalese 	हदोर
Pashto 	حادور
Persian 	حادور
Punjabi 	ਹਾਦਰੋ
Russian 	Хадор (Hador)
Хадор Лориндол (Hador Lórindol)
Sanskrit 	हदोर्
Serbian 	Хадор (Cyrillic) Hador (Latin)
Sinhalese 	හදොර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҳадор
Tamil 	ஹதொர்
Telugu 	హదొర
Thai 	ฮาดอร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Гадор
Urdu 	حادور
Uzbek 	Ҳадор (Cyrillic) Hador (Latin)
Yiddish 	האַדאָר
==References==
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