Dúnedain

The Dúnedain were the men who descended from the Númenóreans. Thanks to their ancestry they lived longer than the average humans; the most common term was three times as long (given a normal lifespan of 240-250 years). They originally lived both in the south and the north of the Magic Realm, but many of those living in the south were killed in a certain battle when a group of orcs appeared and tried to take the Ring from their King, Isildur. The few that survived fled north and became known as the Rangers. Those that stayed in the south soon lost their long life due to marriage with regular humans while those in the north managed to keep the old culture.

As most of them were trained hunters the Dúnedain often preferred to use bow and arrow when fighting, but most were also trained to use swords.

In the Valinorian Chronicles, the Dúnedain are featured in several battles around the Boundary as they had taken it upon themselves to guard it from an early stage.