The common rural folk of Eriador, the region between the Ered Luin (S. "Blue Mountains") in the west, the Misty Mountains in th east, and the Greyflood River in the south. Includued in this area are the lost kingdom of Arnor, as well as more prosperous places, such as the Shire and Bree. The folk are mostly honest farmers, with a strong town-centred culture much affected by contact with the Hobbits (witness the popularity of pipe weed throughout the region). Although there are plenty of dark places within Eriador's natural boundaries, Rivendell is also lies within this land, and Lindon and the Grey Havens are just over it's western border.

The Men of Eriador are a mixed lot, descended from Edain, Dunlendings, Hillmen, and Northmen. Hair and eye colurs vary wildly, but whatever their natural complexion, faces tend to be tanned from a life in the sun.

Attributes:				Westron & Eriador Westron is the colloquial tongue of the north-west, from Eriador to Gondor. The Westron spoken in Eriador is less cosmopolitan than the dialect of Gondor's cities, better suited to the rustic pursuits of farming, brewing, and a pipefull of decent weed. Eriadoran Westron has much in common with Hobbitish, for though those short folk travel less than their ancestors, the Shire is a prosperous centre of trade within the region.
	Roll	Avg.
STR	2d6+6	13
CON	2d6+6	13
DEX	2d6+6	13
SIZ	2d6+7 {m} 2d6+5 {f}	14 12
INT	2d6+6	13
POW	2d6+6	13
CHA	2d6+6	13
Age	(2d6)x4	28 years old

Skills
Agility Skills = POW+DEX Communication Skills = INT+CHA Knowledge Skills = INT	Manipulation Skills = STR+DEX Perception Skills = INT+POW Stealth Skills = INT+DEX-SIZ
one Craft or Lore = Knowledge x2 Human Lore = Knowledge x2 one melee attack = Manipulation x2 one melee parry = Agility x2 one missile attack = Agility x2	Westron (spkn) = Communication x3 one other language (spkn) = Communication x2
Background Options
Languages (1 point) Literacy (1 point) Stat Boost (1 point per increase) Skill Boost (1 point per increase) Status - Wealthy Family (1 point) Status - Noble Family (2 points) Status - Royal Lineage (3 points)	Wealth (1 point per roll) High Quality Items (1-3 points each) Minor Magical Item (3-5 points) Healing (2 points) Foresight (1 point) Sense (2 points)

Outfitting Eriadoran Characters
Eriadoran characters begin with two weapons, one set of 'going into town' clothes and one set of day-to-day clothes, and 20 silver pieces worth of livestock or goods.
Clothing Warm locale: knee-length tunic and wide leather belt, or short tunic belted over a linen shirt; boots; short wool cape Cold locale: linen shirt under a woolen tunic; wide leather belt; woolen breeches or long woolen skirt over woolen leggings; long hooded woolen cloak Colours: Linens are undyed, unbleached, off-white. Woolens are a subdued green, grey or brown.	Weapons Dagger, handaxe, club, sling, quarterstaff. Eriadorans are not a warlike people, and would rather be left to their own devices than go to war. In this, they owe much more than they know to the Rangers of the North.
	Armour None or soft leather; heavy winter clothes give 1 or 2 points of protection.