Hill-men

Hill-men were a race of Men who lived in small tribes disparately across northern Middle-earth in the Third Age.
==History==
=== First Age ===
The Hill-men were a group of indigenous Men of the West-lands, descended from the second host of the Edain that reached the White Mountains along with the Drúedain. Thus, they were close relatives of the House of Haleth that lived in Beleriand. These Men were scattered communities of forest-dwellers without central leadership and they spread in Eriador (Bree-land, Enedwaith and Minhiriath), where they lived alongside some descendants of the House of Marach, and Gondor.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter X: "Of Dwarves and Men"
=== Second Age ===
After the War of Wrath, some of the surviving Easterlings of Beleriand fled to the hills of Rhudaur and the mountains of Angmar. These Men terrorized and ruled the people among whom they settled. The languages of the people who inhabited Eriador and Gondor during this period are collectively called "Pre-Númenórean", because they were spoken there before the Númenóreans arrived with their language from across the Sea. Among these people were also the towns-folk of Agar and the Udul-folk.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, chapter XVII: "Tal-Elmar" When the Númenóreans colonized the shores of Middle-earth they didn't recognize their kinship with the Hill-men because they didn't speak Taliskan languages. Thus, some of the Hill-men where recruited by Sauron during his war against the Free Folk of Middle-earth. However, not all the Pre-Númenóreans were hostile to the Dúnedain; in fact, the two races of Men mingled when the Realms in Exile were established after the Akallabêth.The Silmarillion, Akallabêth
=== Third Age ===
During the Third Age tribes of Hill-men were located in the Ettenmoors, Trollshaws, and foothills of the Misty Mountains in northeast Eriador. The Hill-men gained control of the Kingdom of Rhudaur around TA 1300 and allied themselves with the Witch-king of Angmar, who ruled the Men of Carn Dûm, joining his war against the Dúnedain of Arnor. Rhudaur was annexed to Angmar in TA 1409 and the Hill-men were presumably wiped out at the end of the War with Angmar. The regions where they had lived were uninhabited by the end of the Third Age.
==Tribes ==
*Men of Dunharrow
*Dunlendings
*Bree-men
== In adaptations==
===The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king===
In EA's video game The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king, the Men of Rhudaur are corrupted Hill-men who ended up serving Angmar and the Witch-king. Their warriors were Rhudaur Spearmen (who bear sharp spears), Rhudaur Axemen (who throw sharp axes), and Thrall Masters (who in gameplay can summon them, Gundabad Orcs, or Wolf Riders). Hwaldar the Chieftain of Rhudaur was their leader, and was disloyal to Arnor's royalty. He was defeated by the Men of Arnor once becoming hostile, but Angmar came to free him, as Morgomir, the Witch-king's second, recognized a valuable ally to control the forces of Men of Rhudaur. Angmar then destroyed two camps of Arnor and of the Dúnedain. King Argeleb I and his army were all slain, and Rhudaur was now of Angmar's dominion.
==Gallery==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Heuwel mense
Albanian 	Njerëz të kodrave
Amharic 	ኮረብታ ህዝብ
Arabic 	سكان التلال
Armenian 	Բլուր-Ժողովուրդը
Azerbaijani 	Təpə Adamları
Basque 	Muino-herri
Belarusian Cyrillic	Узгорак-народ
Bengali 	পাহাড় সম্প্রদায়
Bosnian 	Brdo-narod
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Хълм-народ
Cambodian 	ប្រជាជននៅលើភ្នំ
Catalan 	Gent dels turons
Chinese 	丘 人民
Croatian 	Brdo-narod
Czech 	Vrchovci
Danish 	Bakke folk
Dutch 	Heuvelvolk
Esperanto 	Popolo de la montetoj
Estonian 	Küngas-rahvas
Finnish 	Vuorilaiset
French 	Gens du collines
Friulian 	Omis des Colinis
Galician 	Pobo dos outeiros
Georgian 	ბორცვი ხალხი
German 	Bergmenschen
Greek 	Οι άνθρωποι των λόφων
Hebrew 	אנשי הגבעות
Hindi 	पहाड़ी लोग
Hungarian 	Domb-emberek
Icelandic 	Hóllfólk
Indonesian 	Bukit-rakyat
Irish Gaelic 	Daoine Sléibhe
Italian 	Uomini delle Colline
Japanese 	丘 人民
Javanese 	Paredèn-wong
Kannada 	ಬೆಟ್ಟ ಜನರು
Kazakh 	Төбе халық (Cyrillic) Töbe xalıq (Latin)
Korean 	언덕인
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дөбө-эл
Laotian 	ປະຊາຊົນເຂດພູ
Latvian 	Paugurs-tauta
Lithuanian 	Kalva-žmonės
Luxembourgish 	Hiwwelleit
Macedonian Cyrillic	Брдо-луѓе
Malaysian 	Bukit-orang
Marathi 	टेकडी लोक
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гүвээ-ард түмэн
Nepalese 	पहाड मानिसहरु
Norwegian 	Ås folk
Occitan 	Gents del colinas
Pashto 	غونډۍ خلگ
Persian 	تپه مردم
Polish 	Wzgórze-lud
Portuguese 	Povo do colinas
Punjabi 	ਪਹਾੜੀ ਲੋਕ
Romanian 	Oamenii dealurilor
Russian 	Люди Холмов
Sardinian 	Òmines de sos Collinas
Serbian 	Брдо-народ (Cyrillic) Brdo-narod (Latin)
Sicilian 	Uomini di li Cullini
Sinhalese 	කන්ද මහජන
Slovak 	Kopec-ľudia
Slovenian 	Grič-narod
Spanish 	Gente del colinas
Swahili 	Kilima watu
Swedish 	Kulle folk
Tajik Cyrillic 	одамони теппа
Tamil 	குன்று மக்கள்
Telugu 	కొండ ప్రజలు
Thai 	ประชาชนเนินเขา
Turkish 	Tepe Adamları
Turkmen 	Depe Erkekleri
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Пагорб-народ
Urdu 	پہاڑی لوگ
Uzbek 	Адирлар-халқ (Cyrillic) Adirlar-xalq (Latin)
Venetian 	Uomini de le Colline
Vietnamese 	Đồi-nhân dân
Welsh 	Pobl Bryn
Yiddish 	בערגל פאלק
==References==
it:Uomini delle Colline
ru:Люди Холмов
 
Category:Middle Men
Category:Minions of Angmar
Category:Servants of Sauron
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