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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc
Not so sure. The Rohirrim, if I am not mistaken, were presumed to have some connection to the First-Age Edain, even though a small one. Faramir said something like that, unless I am mistaken.
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I believe the quote is something along the lines of the Rohirrim being 'kin from afar'. They (and the Men of Bree and Dale) apparently came from the same stock in their origin as the Edain, but lacked the direct contact and influence of the Eldar that elevated the latter to their higher state. They may have met with Silvan Elves occasionally, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence that the Elves had much influence on them.
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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc
As for the second part of your post: here I think is another problem. We don't know what it would have been like if for example the Haradrim were on good terms with Gondorians, for example if they were in place of the Rohirrim. There is this question of the possible connection of Rohirrim to the Edain, however, connection or not, the Men of Dale, the Dunlendings, the Haradrim, the Easterlings... all were still Men, just some of them stopped on the journey earlier and some later, during the journey to Beleriand. Breelanders were also just "normal Men", and they were being quite nice. Even though, on the contrary, it was mostly the "lesser Men" of Arnor who joined the WK (men of Rhudaur), but people like the Breelanders seemed still good.
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why were the Rohirrim already friendly toward Gondor and aiding it in war, even though free of any oaths or bonds to them, if not because of some innate 'goodness' or nobility? Their remote kinship to the Edain may have been a factor, but then, doesn't it seem that those who made the journey westward during the First Age (whether making it all the way into Beleriand or not) did so because of some quality that set them apart from the other Men in the East and South?