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BoronThe elder son of Baran
Neither Boron's brother Baranor, nor his younger son Belegor, are mentioned in the published Silmarillion, and they only appear in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth. As such, their canonicity is open to question, though Baranor's son Bereg does make a brief appearance in The Silmarillion as the leader of a discontented faction of Men. Neither Boron's brother Baranor, nor his younger son Belegor, are mentioned in the published Silmarillion, and they only appear in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth. As such, their canonicity is open to question, though Baranor's son Bereg does make a brief appearance in The Silmarillion as the leader of a discontented faction of Men. Boron was the son of Baran and grandson of Bëor the Old, who had led the first Men across the Blue Mountains into Beleriand. As the eldest son of the eldest son, Boron was heir to the leadership of his house. We have little direct detail about Boron's life, but he seems to have taken up this leadership, as he would be succeeded in turn by his own elder son, Boromir. According to our best available sources, Boron was born in the year I 314, shortly after his famous grandfather had led his people into Beleriand, and he was therefore probably born in the great Encampment of Men at Estolad. He had two sons, Boromir the elder (born in I 337 when Boron was twenty-three years old) and Belegor the younger, born three years later. After the birth of his sons, Boron's history becomes a little difficult to disentangle. The greater part of the Men at Estolad only remained there for about fifty years in total (that is, about twenty years after Belegor's birth) before spreading to other lands across Beleriand. Boron's own people, the Men of the House of Bëor, went northward to settle in Ladros in Dorthonion, which they ruled as vassals of Angrod and Aegnor of the House of Finarfin. This causes a complication of dating, because the migration could not have taken place long after I 360, when the House of Bëor was still led by Boron's father Baran (with Boron succeeding in I 380). We might therefore presume that either Baran or Boron led the Bëorians into Dorthonion, but we're told that the first of Men to be made lord of Ladros was Boron's son Boromir. This is curious, because Boron lived until I 403, so as the leader of his people, we might have expected him to become the first lord. No explanation is given for this apparent discrepancy. We do know that some Men chose to stay at Estolad rather than travel away, so perhaps Boron was one of these, remaining behind and choosing to give up the leadership of his people to Boromir. Alternatively, perhaps Boron (or his father Baran) did indeed lead the People of Bëor into the northern lands, but they never become lords. On this interpretation, the title of 'lord of Ladros' would only be created several decades later, after Boron's death, which would explain why his son Boromir became the first of these lords.4 Notes
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