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| '''Hill-men''' were a race of Men who in the [[Third Age]] were found in [[Eriador]] and became subjects of [[Arnor]].
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| ==Origins==
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| The Hill-men were likely [[Pre-Númenóreans]] historically descended from the mountain tribes of the [[White Mountains]], who spread northward across [[Middle-earth]] during the [[Second Age]]. The [[Dunlendings]] and the [[Men of Bree]] were of this stock, as were the [[Oathbreakers|Men of the Mountains]].{{fact}}
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| It is also possible that they descended from the people of [[Bór]] or other [[Swarthy Men]] of the [[First Age]] who came from [[Beleriand]].<ref>[[Andreas Moehn]], ''[http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Ind.html The Indigenous People of Middle-earth]''</ref>
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| ==Third Age==
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| During the [[Third Age]] the Hill-men were to be found near the [[Angle]] or the [[Ettenmoors]]<ref>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]''</ref> and were subjects of the [[Númenórean]] Kingdom of the North. From the 14th century the hills were occupied by their dark fortresses<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}</ref> and they learned sorcery,<ref>{{PM|Third}}</ref> perhaps from [[Angmar]].
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| In the [[Angmar War]], '''Hill-men''' from [[Rhudaur]] secretly allied themselves with the [[Witch-king]] and about {{TA|1350}} one of their evil lords usurped the throne of Rhudaur, slowly sending the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] fleeing to [[Cardolan]] and [[Arthedain]] until all the kingdom was occupied by evil men.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> The kingdom allied with Angmar against the other two kingdoms.
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| Most of the '''Hill-men''' were later wiped out during the [[Battle of Fornost]],<ref>{{HM|FR}}</ref>{{fact}} except for those who lived in Bree and the surrounding area.
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| [[Category:Men]]
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| [[category:Pre-Númenóreans]]
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