Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25129884-20150812175509/@comment-27723099-20150814222353

99.232.231.155 wrote: 173.224.98.180 wrote: Sorry to burst bubbles in advance: I've suddenly realized this: Tauredain and Moredain can't have the names they currently have in the mod. Edain was the term given only to the three houses of Men that crossed the Ered Lindon(Ered Luin, for you Dwarf-lovers) and fought alongside the Eldar against Morgoth. The rest were referred to with rim, like the Haradrim. Therefore the Tauredain and Moredain could not possibly have the names they have now. They would be Taurerim and Morerim. And while that doesn't sound as cool, it's more lore-friendly.

Sorry to burst bubbles, again.

I thought Edain referred to all men.. Edain was used by the elves in the first age to refer to all men. Afaik, edain means something like "second born", where the elves are the first born children of Ilúvatar.

But all men they knew back then were the ones who made it to Beleriand. When the elves learned that there are many more men in the east, they only used the word edain for the three houses who went to Beleriand. Since these men were closer to the light (Valinor and the Noldor), they were usually wisewr and more powerful.