three houses of the edain ⬟ drûghu ⬟ headcanon disclaimer
Ghân was a chieftain of the Drûghu who inhabited the Drúadan Forest in the Third Age. Like his ancestors before him, he kept his people hidden from the other realms of men, fearing Sauron’s evils and the Rohirrim who hunted them for sport. The wife of Ghân was Rughâl, a hunter, and together they had a son to whom Ghân passed his own name. Ghân-buri-Ghân inherited his father’s chieftainship, and during the War of the Ring he put aside his people’s ancient feud with the Rohirrim to aid King Théoden and his riders through the Stonewain Valley, avoiding an army of orcs and allowing them to arrive in time to fight in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. In return, Théoden vowed that the people of Rohan would trouble the Drûghu no longer and that they would drive away the orcs that hunted them. Among the first acts of King Elessar of Gondor was to decree the Drúadan Forest an independent realm belonging solely to Ghân-buri-Ghân and his people, forbidding anyone to enter without their permission. At last granted a reprieve from the cruelty of the outside world, the Drûghu lived alone in peace ever after.








