A family name of the Big Folk of Bree.Only one member of the family appears in Tolkien's works - Rowlie Appledore,who was killed in fighting at Bree during the War of the Ring.
Butterbur :
An old family of Bree,that had kept the inn there,the Prancing Pony,for years beyond reckoning.The innkeeper at the time of the War of the Ring was Barliman Butterbur.
Bill Ferny :
A typically 'botanical' family name of the Men of Bree.At the time of the War of the Ring,it was held by the suspicious ruffian Bill Ferny,a minor agent of Saruman in the north.
First House of the Edain (B�or) :
One of the houses of Men that had travelled westward in the First Age,through the lands that would later be called Eriador.For much of the journey,they followed the people of Marach but they overtook that more numerous people to become the first of Men to cross the Blue Mountains.It was in the western glens of those Mountains that B�or and his companions became the first of mortal Men to encounter one of the Eldar and he later entered the service of the High Elves.The Men of the First House dwelt mainly in the northern lands of Dorthonion,ruling the fief of Ladros under the lordship of Finrod Felagund.The greatest hero of the House was Beren son of Barahir,who journeyed with L�thien to recover a Silmaril from Morgoth's Crown and later dwelt with her for a time on Tol Galen.
Goatleaf :
A family of the Men of Brehe.As was typical among the Men of that region,the name comes from a plant. Its precise origins are uncertain but it is perhaps linked to honeysuckle,whose French name, ch�vrefeuille not only means 'goat leaf' but gives its name to a medieval lay and would therefore presumably have been familiar to Tolkien.Only one member of the Goatleaf family appears in Tolkien's works - Harry Goatleaf,who at one time watched the West-gate of Bree but threw in his lot with Bill Ferny and Saruman's thugs during the War of the Ring.
House of B�or :
The oldest of the Three Houses of the Edain,the descendants of B�or the Old,who entered the household of Finrod Felagund.Barahir and his son Beren Erchamion were members of this House.
House of Elendil :
Elendil the son of Amandil was one of the greatest heroes of Tolkien's tales.With his two sons Isildur and An�rion,he escaped the Downfall of N�menor and founded two kingdoms in Middle-earth;Arnor in the north and Gondor in the south.He ruled both of these as High King and from his descendants came the line of Kings in both the North- and the South-kingdoms.Elendil himself was lost in the Siege of Barad-d�r and his elder son Isildur inherited the High Kingship.Two years later,Isildur himself,together with his three elder heirs was lost in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.His only remaining heir,Valandil,was only a boy and so Arnor was effectively left without a King.Thus,the House of Elendil split into two lines. In the south,Isildur's nephew Meneldil had been left to rule Gondor in his uncle's name.Meneldil now took up the full Kingship of Gondor and it was ruled by his descendants for more than two thousand years.When Valandil came of age,he inherited the northern lands of his father,Arnor.Valandil and his descendants ruled the North-kingdom for many generations until dissent arose among the sons of the tenth King,E�rendur.This conflict ultimately saw Arnor divided into three kingdoms;Arthedain,Cardolan and Rhudaur.E�rendur's eldest son and true heir,Amlaith,took control of Arthedain,while his brothers took up rule in the other new lands.Arthedain endured for more than a thousand years but eventually all three kingdoms of the Northern D�nedain fell to the armies of Angmar.The line of Elendil was not broken in that defeat.The heir of Arvedui,the last King of Arthedain,was Aranarth.He took the title Chieftain of the D�nedain and his descendants led a proud but scattered people through the last millennium of the Third Age.The last Chieftain was Aranarth's heir through many generations:Aragorn, who united the Two Kingdoms after the War of the Ring and became the first King of the Reunited Kingdom.
House of Eorl :
The house of the descendants of Eorl the Young,including all eighteen of the recorded Kings of Rohan (excluding Eorl himself).
House of Hador :
The most renowned of the Three Houses of the Edain;the house of the descendants and followers of Hador L�rindol.H�rin Thalion,T�rin Turambar,Huor and Tuor were all descended from this House.
House of Haleth :
Second of the Three Houses of the Edain;the descendants of Haldad;the House was named for Haldad's daughter Haleth,who led the Haladin (as these people were known) from East Beleriand into the Forest of Brethil.
The descendants of H�rin of Emyn Arnen,the Steward to King Minardil of Gondor.After H�rin's time it became traditional for the Steward to be chosen from among his descendants and ultimately the post became hereditary.After the loss of Gondor's last King,E�rnur,the Stewards of the House of H�rin took up the rule of the South-kingdom.Denethor,Boromir and Faramir were all descended from this House.
House of Isildur :
The descendants of Isildur,eldest son of Elendil.The House came close to destruction at the beginning of the Third Age,when Isildur and his three eldest sons were lost at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields.His youngest son Valandil was kept safe in Rivendell,however,and from him came the line of the Kings of Arnor that led over three thousand years to Aragorn II Elessar.
Line of Elros :
The line of the descendants of Elros Tar-Minyatur,Kings and Queens of N�menor through the Second Age.The Lords of And�ni� and their descendants,including Aragorn Elessar,represented a branch of this Line.
Royal House of Gondor :
The extended house of the nobles and royalty of Gondor,descended from its first Kings.The house included the Kings of Gondor and their heirs,of course,but also their siblings and their descendants.On several occasions,the direct line of descent failed in Gondor and other members of the house were called on to take up the Kingship.Most notable among these was Meneldil himself,the first King to rule Gondor in his own right,who took up the throne on the death of his uncle Isildur.There are examples of members of the Royal House being granted important military roles.For example,the great Gondorian general E�rnil was a member of the Royal House,being a descendant of Telumehtar,great-grandfather to the reigning King Ondoher.Indeed,when Ondoher and his heirs were lost,E�rnil eventually succeeded to the Kingship himself.One important political role,however,was closed to members of the Royal House:that of Steward.When R�mendacil I created the Stewardship,he specified that no member of the House should ever take the role.The descendants of the House of H�rin,who would eventually take on the hereditary Stewardship of the realm,were noted as being of high N�men�rean blood but they were not members of the Royal House itself.
Telcontar :
The name of the royal house established in the Reunited Kingdom by Aragorn Elessar after the War of the Ring.The name Telcontar is a translation into Elvish of Aragorn's common nickname in the north; 'Strider'.
Third House of the Edain :
The house of Men most commonly known as the House of Hador,though in fact its roots went back four generations before Hador's time,to his ancestor Marach,who led his people across the Blue Mountains and into Beleriand.In Appendix A to The Lord of the Rings,the Third House is called '... the most renowned in the wars with Morgoth' and this is no exaggeration:besides Hador,it counted H�rin,T�rin, Huor,Tuor and E�rendil himself among its descendants.
Thistlewool Family :
A family of the Men of Bree.
Three Houses of the Edain :
The Houses of B�or,Haleth and Hador;the three Houses of Men who remained faithful to the Eldar in the Wars of Beleriand and were rewarded by the gift of the island of N�menor.
Three Houses of the Elf-friends :
The descendants of the Men who crossed into Beleriand in the fourth century of the First Age;the three allied Peoples of B�or,Marach and Haldad,collectively called the Edain.
