The Dunedain houses of Rhudaur were primarily founded by adventurous souls who led ambitious expeditions to carve out their own petty kingdoms. Such only occurred in the late Second Age however, and Elendil's kingdom of Arnor allowed for the stabilization of their lands, with Elendil's own decrees placating the Hillmen and Dunedain alike. They were however the region of Arnor least well-integrated into the broader whole, and over time came to feel neglected by Annuminas in favor of the lands of Cardolan and Arthedain. As a result, the chance to support a King who would owe them his throne (Galadhion) was a chance too great to pass up.

1. Galadhion

First King of Rhudaur, Galadhion was known as a vigorous and ambitious king. Galadhion -> Sindarin equivalent of Aldarion.

T.A. 745-951

2. Orodreth

T.A. 882-988

3. Elenthorn

Elenethron the Strong, who led the Rhudaurim against both Cardolan and Arthedain. It is from him that the later Ruadcara would claim descent.

T.A. 922-1031

4. Edhelion

Edhelion the Scholar, he was renowned for spending more time in Imladris than in his own capital, and only reluctantly married and had his son Forodagnir. Many propose his late marriage and relative lack of attention for his son led to the later flaws of Forodagnir.

T.A. 950-1107

5. Elmanadh

Elmanadh the Indulgent (Born as Elmanadh of Rhudaur, 'Star-Fortune'), a weak king of Rhudaur who focused more on courtly ritual and his own pleasures than on governance. Proclaimed himself as 'Forodagnir' after driving off encroaching Angmarin peasants in the north. Slain and usurped by Ruadcara. Later known as Forodagnir/Forodacil.

Names himself 'North-Victor' after driving off encroaching Angmarin on the northern border and the Trollshaws. This self-aggrandizement infuriates many Hillmen chiefs, who feel he did little while they fought off the invaders.

T.A. 1069-1176

6. Ruadcara

Usurper-King of Rhudaur, Ruadcara was of part-Dúnedain descent, claiming he was descended from king Elenethron and seizing the throne from the indolent Forodagnir.

T.A. 1148-1231

7. Êlwen

Dúnedain Queen of Rhudaur, she went into hiding upon the death of her father, eventually managing to reclaim the throne from Ruadcara by rallying support from the Dúnedain nobility. However, her harsh nature and hatred of the Hillmen she ruled (engendered in part by the death of her father at the hands of the half-Hillman Ruadcara) greatly alienated the Hillmen, making them fertile ground for Angmar.

T.A. 1168-1307

8. Aldor

Last Dúnedain King of Rhudaur, Aldor attempted to atone for the cruelties of his mother's reign, and was known personally as gregarious and good-natured, but instead was beset nigh-constantly by revolts from the Hillmen, ultimately being slain by Hwaldar the Hill-Chief.

On account of the constant revolts he faced, Aldor grew more depressed as his reign progressed, was later slain in battle by Hwaldar, marking an end to the Dúnedain kings of Rhudaur

T.A. 1278-1339

9. Hwaldar

Hwaldar, High-Chief of Rhudaur and the Hill-men, lieutenant of Angmar.

T.A. 1304 - 1367

• Cameth Brin - One of the oldest Dúnedain fortifications in Middle-Earth, Cameth Brin has a deep and storied history.

In the later centuries of the Second Age, even in Eriador many new settlers were somewhat rapacious and keen to rule over lesser [conceptracemen|E] . These they found in the northeast, where a small Numenorean elite, ruling from fortified manors, subjugated the Hillmen tribes.

The oldest and greatest Númenórean settlement in the area was Amon Raen - the Twisted Hill - known to the Hillmen as ‘Cameth Brin’. A tall citadel was built atop the hill, from which the lands thereabout could be surveyed and controlled over a great distance.

Absorbed into Arnor upon the coming of Elendil, in later years Cameth Brin became the capital of the breakaway kingdom of Rhudaur, whose strength was undermined by the legacy of difficult relations with the Hillmen. It remained one of the last areas of Dúnedain settlement in that petty kingdom before all was swept away by the machinations of the Witch King of Angmar, whose Hillmen puppet-kings took their revenge and made Cameth Brin a place of fear, its great storerooms converted to dungeons of terrible repute.

• Ruins of Cameth Brin

Now abandoned for long centuries, Cameth Brin is little more than a shell. Yet it remains the mightiest of the castles that scatter the hills of Rhudaur and being built by the Dúnedain in their prime its walls remain proud and uncrumbling, even if its dark and empty windows give it an evil aspect.

• Cameth Brin Renewed

Once again the ancient tower of Cameth Brin is a centre of power and culture for the Dúnedain of the North, a lynchpin for administration, learning and military might across Rhudaur.

• Athaircuile - The Tomb of the Ancestors

‘The Tomb of the Ancestors’ was one of the great barrows of northern Eriador. Though less storied than the ancient sites of Tyn Gorthad or Nelvorin, its origins can still be traced as far back as the late Second Age. Its founding burial was likely that of the first Hillmen king, who through conquest and long rule united the local Angmarrim and Daen into one people after years of conflict. Though the hillmen tribes often fought among themselves in the generations after, they still revered the Athaircuile, and later Hillmen kings earned a burial in the barrow’s cavernous sepulchre.

• Cameth Brin
• Hithaeglir Harad
• Dor En Egladil
• Hithaeglir Forn
• Dol Tiriamon
• Dul Glandagol
• Dyr Eldanaryon