Not as long-lived as Elves, sturdy as dwarves, or resilient as hobbits, Men are renowned for their courage and resourcefulness.
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Diminishing of Mankind | Decreased Will - Men have weaker wills than the other races. |
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Easily Inspired | Increased Morale Restoration- Men are more quickly emboldened than the other races. |
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Gift of Men | Improved Fate - Men have the greatest destiny of all the Free Peoples. |
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Strong Men | Improved Strength - The feats of strength that men such as Boromir could accomplish are worthy of song. |
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Balance of Man | The Race of Man grows eerily proficient at the art of war. |
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Duty-bound | You provide a bonus to your fellowship's Morale. |
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Man of the Fourth Age | You are destined to greatness -- a Man for the Fourth Age -- but for now you must secure the Third. Your Will is improved. |
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Man Sword-damage Bonus | Man Sword-damage Bonus |
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Return to Bree | This enables you to quickly return to Bree. |
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Strength of Morale | In combat, the Race of Man is known for its unquenchable spirit. |
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Tactics and Might Bonus | You receive a bonus to Stallion's Spirit and Ent's Strength contributions. |
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Upper-cut | You gain a short-distance melee attack. |
Men
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| Other Names: | Atani, Big Folk, Big People, The Mortals | ||||||||||||||
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The descent of the major branches of the race of Men and related peoples. Note that, though the Woses and Hobbits are established as belonging to branches of the race of Men, and must therefore have descended from the first people to have awoken, the precise details of their descent remain unknown.
The descent of the Northmen was rather more involved than this simple diagram can show. For more on this subject, see the entry for 'Northmen'.
The youngest of the races of the World (with the possible exception of Hobbits), the first Men awoke in a far eastern land as the Sun first rose and the Noldor returned from Valinor. Seeing the sunrise, many of the first Men set out westwards, and so came eventually to Beleriand after some three hundred years of wandering.
Men are unique in possessing the Gift of Men, Death, by which they leave the world after an allotted time and go beyond it.
