Brandir the Lame

A gentle, club-footed Adan of the Second House  (the Haladin), Brandir was the son of Handir and the Lord of the People of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil. He hated war and hoped to hide his folk from their enemies. During the Wars of Beleriand, he avoided the conflict and fortified his small, hidden realm, erecting the palisade refuge of Ephel Brandir on Amon Obel. His people stayed out of the fighting during his reign but, with the arrival of the wounded Turin,son of Hurin, they briefly faced the spectre of war. Brandir healed Turin but refused to assist him in his quest to slay the Dragon Glaurung. Two of Brandir's subjects, however, accompanied the great Warrior, and many of the Haladin  lost respect for their Lord (see "Turin"below). Believing Turin slain and fearing the Drake, Brandir later attempted to flee with Turin's pregnant wife Niniel. Niniel rejected his advances and fled, only to commit suicide after discovering that Turin was her brother. Brandir then went home to confess his transgressions before his forgiving subjects. When Turin returned to Brethil following the slaying of Glaurung, though, he was not so kind. He confronted Brandir in the belief that the Healer was responsible for his wife's death, and killed the Lord of the Haladin in the ensuing struggle.