Rían was an Edain of the House of Bëor.

Rían was the daughter of Belegund and was born around 450 of the First Age. She was only a young child during the Dagor Bragollach (Battle of Sudden Flame) in FA 455, when Belegund became a companion of Barahir. Then, she was led to safety with the other women and children with Emeldir. Rían's father died in FA 461.

Around 470, when Rían was 20, she wedded Huor of the House of Marach, whose brother Húrin was married to Rían's cousin Morwen.

In FA 473, Huor was slain in combat with a poison arrow in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (Battle of Unnumbered Tears). Soon after that, Rían gave birth to a son, Tuor and during the winter months she entrusted him to the Sindar of Mithrim for fosterage. Afterwards, she went to the Haudh-en-Nirnaeth (Hill of the Slain) sometime later in 473 and fell into grief upon seeing the horror of the losses of the battle where her husband was killed, and then laid herself on the mound and died. She was only 23.

References Edit

• Unfinished Tales pgs. 17 & 68
• The Complete Guide to Middle-earth

External link Edit

• Rían at Tolkien Gateway