three houses of the edain ✾ house of bëor ✾ headcanon disclaimer
Baranor was the younger son of Baran, head of the House of Bëor. He was closer to his father than his brother Boron, though it was Boron who was Baran’s heir. Baran confided in his son his resentments toward the elves who had pressed his father, Bëor, into their service, and Baranor grew to share those bitter feelings. He passed down that distrust of elvenkind to his own son, Bereg, despite his wife Canneth’s personal admiration of the elves with shining eyes and clever tongues. Bereg was unsatisfied with only quiet mutterings about the treachery of the elves, and when he came of age he (along with Amlach of the House of Marach) began to organize an unrest among all the Men of Beleriand, stirring them up against their overlords. He claimed that their journey westward had been in vain, for the Light of the Gods was beyond an impassable sea, and danger was yet all about them. Many hearts were swayed, and not even the revelation of the Dark King’s tricks and treachery in causing these dissensions could change the will of Bereg. Though Amlach repented of his malcontent, Bereg would not, and led a thousand of his House east across the mountains. None in Beleriand knew what became of them, but some say that the forest-people of Eryn Vorn are their descendants.