Beleriandic Easterlings

Baradhrim or Swarthy Men was a term applied by the elves to several clans of Easterlings who entered Beleriand in the first Age.

The two most important clans or groups among these Baradhrim were the Bórians and the Uldorians or Uldorim, the latter of whom became also known as the Ulbandim or Wolf-folk.

After the drowning of Beleriand the surviving Baradhrim settled in the north of Eriador or fled to the lands surrounding the Rhunaer making themselves Overlords of formerly independent kinsmen.

Appearance
The Baradhrim were small and stout, with swarthy or yellowish skin and dark hair.

Culture
The Baradhrim had ancient ties to the eastern Khazâd tribes and had learned smithcraft by them and even had been influenced by their language.Later the House of Uldor befriend the Orcs of Morgoth and took over some of their customs as breeding dogs of war, slavery and manhunting.They lived mostly in large wooden Halls sometimes collectivated to larger wooden settlements.They had once revered the voice (Eru) but later fallen to serve the great man (Morgoth, although most of them had rebelled against the dark worship, the house of Uldor later fell back into their old ways.

speculations
The Baradhrim were survivors of those men who rose against the dark worship in Hildorien just as were the Edain of the three houses, however they were closer related to the later easterlings, especially the Talatherim and the eastern Fale.

The Szreldor and Vulszev were two of those clans who settled around the lands of the Rhûnaer while it is debated if the surviving Bórians may have been the ancestors of the Forodwaith, the Hillmen of Rhudaur or the folk of Angmar.