three houses of the edain ➴ house of haleth ➴ headcanon disclaimer
Ebor was the chief henchman of Manthor, utterly loyal to his lord and rewarded by a promotion to the Captain of the Guards at the Ford of Brithiach. It was Ebor who discovered Asgon and his companions trespassing in Brethil, and though he was reluctant to arrest them he knew he must follow the orders of Chieftain Hardang in the absence of his own lord. After Hardang cast Asgon and his men out of Brethil, Ebor followed Manthor’s example of kindness and returned their weapons to them against Hardang’s commands. At the same time, Manthor was guarding the Crossings of Teiglin with three subordinates. One of these was Sagroth, who was the first to spot the sleeping Húrin upon the Haudh-en-Elleth. His companion Forhend remarked that Sagroth could always be trusted to find trouble, as they knew that Hardang would be ill-pleased by Húrin’s presence, and he suggested that they thrust the old man out of Brethil immediately. Avranc, the third guard, went a step further and insisted they kill him, but at this point Manthor stepped in and showed Húrin mercy, waking him and offering him food. Avranc ran ahead to warn Hardang of Húrin’s arrival, while Manthor and Forhend guided Húrin to Ephel Brandir and Sagroth was left behind to guard the Crossings. Following Húrin’s arrival in Brethil, chaos erupted among the in Ephel Brandir and many of the Haladin forsook their homeland and fled south to the Havens of Sirion. Among these refugees were the family of the child Glírhuin, who would grow to manhood by the sea, dreaming of the forests of his youth. Glírhuin was gifted with foresight, an uncommon trait in mortal men, and as an old man he was granted a vision of his homeland. He put his prophecy to song, saying that the Stone of the Hapless where Húrin’s family were buried would never be defiled by Morgoth nor sink below the sea. Indeed, after Beleriand was drowned beneath the waves of Belegaer, the isle of Tol Morwen stood alone above the waters.
