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| {{people infobox
| | #REDIRECT [[Hillmen]] |
| | name=Hillmen
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| | image=[[File:Jan Popisil - Hillmen and Wolfdogs.jpg|250px]]
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| | caption="[[:File:Jan Popisil - Hillmen and Wolfdogs.jpg|Hillmen and Wolfdogs]]" by [[:Category:Images by Jan Pospíšil|Jan Pospíšil]]
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| | location=[[Rhudaur]]
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| | affiliation=[[Witch-king]], [[Sauron]]
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| | rivalry=[[Dúnedain of Arnor]]
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| | lifespan=shorter than Númenórean
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| The '''Hillmen''' 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 Hillmen 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 [[Easterlings (First Age)|Swarthy Men]] of the [[First Age]] who came from [[Beleriand]].<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Andreas Moehn]]|articleurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120211145606/http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Ind.html|articlename=The Indigenous People of Middle-earth|website=Lalaith}}</ref>
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| ==Third Age==
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| During the [[Third Age]] the Hillmen were to be found near the [[Angle (Eriador)|Angle]] of [[Eriador]] or the [[Ettenmoors]]<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 196</ref> and were subjects of the [[Númenóreans|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]], '''Hillmen''' from [[Rhudaur]] secretly allied themselves with the [[Witch-king]] and one of their evil lords usurped the throne of Rhudaur, slowly sending the [[Dúnedain of Arnor]] fleeing to [[Cardolan]] and [[Arthedain]], and then fighting with Angmar against them until all the kingdom was occupied by evil men.<ref>{{App|Eriador}} (here spelt "Hill-men" with hyphen).</ref> The kingdom allied with Angmar against the other two kingdoms.
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| Most of the '''Hillmen''' were later wiped out during the [[Battle of Fornost]],<ref>{{HM|FR}}</ref> except for those who lived in Bree and the surrounding area.
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| {{references}}
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| [[Category:Men]]
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| [[category:Pre-Númenóreans]]
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| [[Category:Servants of Sauron]]
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| [[de:Bergmenschen]]
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| [[fi:Vuorilaiset]]
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