Since they had learned a lot of elven vocabulary in their language, it didn't take long for Finrod to be able to communicate with Beo; While he was still living among them, the two of them often talked together. But when Finrod asked Beo about the origins of humanity and their journey, Beo said only a little; Because in fact, he only knew a little, and the ancestors of his people rarely mentioned their past, and there was always a silence that fell in their memories. "There is a darkness behind us," said Bio, "and we must turn our backs to it, and we do not want to go back there, not even to think about it." Our hearts turned to the West, where we believe we will find the light. ”

But then Elda's legend is that when the sun first rose and humans woke up in Hildorion, Morgoth's spies found out, and the news soon reached his ears, and it was a big deal for him.

So, he secretly left Angban in the shadows, handed over the war to Sauron, and came to Middle-earth in person. Elda's dealings with humanity were known to Elda, not at the time, and very little afterwards; But they could clearly see a darkness lurking in the hearts of the Humans (just as the Noldor had the shadow of killing their relatives and the curse of Mandus and Jiang Ning), even the first humans they met who became Friends of the Elves.

Morgoth's greatest desire is to corrupt or destroy all that is new and good; This is undoubtedly part of his mission - to turn humanity into Elda's enemies through fear and lies, and to lure them from the East against Beleriand.

But his plan matured slowly, and never quite succeeded; Because the human race was (supposedly) very few in the beginning, and Morgoth feared Elda's union and strength, he hurried back to Angban, leaving only a few servants to live among the humans, who were not as powerful and deceitful as he was.

Finrod learns from Beo that there are many other like-minded humans who are also heading west. "There are others of my race who have crossed the mountains." "They shouldn't have gone too far," he said; The Haradins, who spoke differently to us, were still in the valleys at the eastern foot of the mountains, and they wanted to wait and see before they acted. There are also humans who speak more like us, and we have dealt with them a few times. They were ahead of us, but we overtook them; Because they were numerous, they always moved together, and they advanced slowly, and the leader who ruled them was called Ma Ruihe. (Haradin, the second family of the Edenians, was first led by Haldad and later led by his daughter Hareth.) (The name of the human being, Attani in Quunya, Eden in Sinda.) (Malehe, the third family of the Edenians, later became the most powerful, initially led by Maleh and later led by his descendant Hado, who later became known as the Maleh family, also known as the Hadoe family.) ）

However, the Green Elves who lived in Osirian were distressed by the crowds of humans, and when they heard that a group of King Eldar had crossed the sea, they sent messengers to Finrod and poured out their bitterness on him. They wanted Finrod to persuade humans to leave the West and go back and forth, because humans cut down trees and hunted animals, much to the displeasure of the Green Elves. And to put it bluntly, if humanity does not go, then they will make humanity's life even more miserable.

So, at the suggestion of Finrod, Beo gathered all the families and people who had migrated with him, and they crossed the Gillian River and settled in the land of Anrod and Anrith on the east bank of the Kron, south of the forests of the Valley of Amos, near the border of Doriath; Thereafter, the area became known as Istorad, "the place where the camp was encamped." After a year had passed, Finrod wanted to return to his homeland, and Beo asked to go with him; Therefore, he spent the rest of his life at the side of King Nagothlund. Because of this, he got the name Beo, and before that, he was originally named Balan; In the language of his people, "Beo" means "retainer". He handed over the responsibility of ruling the clan to his eldest son, Balaam, and never returned to Istolad.

Not long after Finrod's departure, another group of Beoti humans arrived in Belland. The first to arrive were the Haradins, but after encountering the unfriendly Green Elves, they turned north and settled in Shaqarian, under the jurisdiction of Felnor's son Calanhill; They settled there for a while, and the people of Calanhill did not pay any attention to them. A year later, Ma Ruihe led his people across the mountains; They were a tall, warrior-like people, marching in orderly formations, and the elves of Osirian did not dare to stop them, so they took refuge themselves. However, when he heard that Beau's people lived in a verdant and fertile land, he went down the dwarven path, and settled in the east and south of the area where Beo's son Balaam and his people lived; The two peoples have established a very good friendship.

Finrod himself often returned to visit the humans, and many other elves living in the western regions, including the Noldor and Sindar, had come to Istorad in a hurry to see the prophesied Edenians who had long been said to appear. Originally, when Valinor's narrative referred to the coming humans as Attani, the "Second Ones", the name is now Eden in Bellan's language, but this name only includes the three families that became the Friends of the Elves. (Hado, Hulin, Túrin)

As the supreme king of the Noldor, Finn sent messengers to welcome them; As a result, many young and eager Edenites joined the command of the prince of Elda. Among them was Marach, the son of Mareh, who lived in Heslum for fourteen years; He learned the language of the elves, the elves, and named him Aradan.

The Ishun were not content to live in Istolad, and many of them still wished to continue westward; But they don't know the way. Standing in front of them was the protective ring of Doriath, and to the south was the impenetrable swampy area of the West Ryan River. The three royal families of Noldor, seeing the promise of the power of humanity and its descendants, sent a message to the Edenites that they could move in with their own people if they wished.

Thus began the migration of the Edenites; At first they left in pairs, then entire families and clans left Istorad, and by about fifty years later, thousands of humans had moved into the Elven King's territory. Most of them walked long distances north, and they knew the roads well.

Beau's people moved to Dosonian and lived in the lands ruled by the Finafines. The vast majority of Aradan's people moved westward (Malach lived in Istolad until his death); Some reached Heslon, but Aradan's son Margar and many other people crossed the Sirian River into East Belland, where they lived for some time in the valley on the southern slopes of the Wesling Mountains.

It is said that no one but Finrod went to consult with King Eru Singh in this whole matter; Singh was upset, partly because no one knew him, and partly because he had dreamed of the presence of the humans before the news of their appearance reached his ears, and he was very distressed about it. Therefore he commanded that men should not dwell anywhere but the north, and that the princes they served should be responsible for all their words and deeds; And he said, "As long as my kingdom exists, no human beings will be allowed to enter, not even the Banu Beo, who serves my beloved Finrod." ”

At the time, Merian didn't say anything to him, but afterwards she said to Galadriel: "There will be a lot of great things going on soon." There will be a human, none other than the Beo family, who will indeed break in, and even the Ring of Beauty will not be able to stop him, and it is the fate that has sent him in greater strength than me; The ballad that emerged from this event will remain here for as long as Middle-earth exists. (Referring to Belen, the future son-in-law of Singh and Mirian, the son of Barahir and Emetir, a human of the Banu Beo.) His love story with Lucian, Singar's daughter, has been sung in Middle-earth. ）

And the news of the arrival of humans in the Western Lands was naturally learned by Morgoth, who also learned that humans lived with the Noldor royal family and made friends with elves. Because, in the hearts of men, lurks the shadow left by Morgoth. 10