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(Weitergeleitet von 3. Volk der Edain)
Das dritte Volk der Edain (Atani) wurde von den Elben das Volk von Hador genannt. Hador war der spätere und berühmteste Anführer jenes Teiles dieses Volkes, das im mittleren Ersten Zeitalter Beleriand erreichte und dort auf der Seite der Eldar an den Kriegen gegen Morgoth teilnahm. Marach führte dieses zahlreichste der Völker der Edain nach Beleriand, daher wurde es auch anfangs das Volk von Marach genannt.
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- Not long after the first of the three hosts of the Folk of Hador came up from southward, and two others of much the same strength followed before the fall of the year. They were a more numerous people; each host was as great as all the Folk of Bëor, and they were better armed and equipped; also they possessed many horses and some asses and small flocks of sheep and goats. They had crossed Eriador and reached the eastern feet of the Mountains (Ered Lindon) a year or more ahead of all others, but had not attempted to find any passes, and had turned away seeking a road round the Mountains, which, as their horsed scouts reported, grew ever lower as they went southwards.
- ---The History of Middle-Earth Vol XII, Peoples of Middle-Earth, S.307
- The Folk of Hador were ever the greates in numbers of the Atani, and in renown (save only Beren son of Barahir descendant of Bëor). For the most part they were tall people, with flaxen or golden hair and blue-grey eyes, but there were not a few among them that had dark hair, though all were fair-skinned. (No doubt this was due to mingling with Men of other kind in the past; and it was noted that the dark hair ran in families that had more skill and interest in crafts and lore.) Nonetheless they were akin to the Folk of Bëor, as was shown by their speech. It needed no lore of tongues to perceive that their languages were closely related, for although they could understand one another only with difficulty they had very many words in common.
- ---The History of Middle-Earth Vol XII, Peoples of Middle-Earth, S.307/308
