Brodda was an Easterling lord aligned with Morgoth who ruled Dor-lómin for a while. He took Aerin as his wife, and was later killed by Túrin Turambar.
Biography[]
Brodda was a chief of those Easterlings in league with Morgoth in the First Age. After the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, their master sent them to Hithlum, "to plunder and harass" what remained of the House of Hador.[1] With Húrin imprisoned in Angband, Brodda usurped the lordship of Dor-lómin and also forcefully wedded Aerin, a kinswoman of Húrin, to try legitimize his rule. After Morwen's flight, he seized the opportunity to claim the rest of Húrin's possessions.[2] A little while before the coming of YS 499, Túrin, son of Húrin, returned to his homeland and confronted Brodda in his wooden hall. After an argument, Túrin killed Brodda by grabbing and throwing him in his rage, breaking his neck. His death, however, only intensified the Hadorians' persecution by the Easterlings.
In other versions[]
In the earliest version of the story, while the concept of invading Easterlings was not present, Brodda was a lord of Men in Hísilómë and was a horrible husband to Airin. Before she left, Mavwin gave him her properties to steward. In his greed, however, Brodda seized the chance to increase his own properties and neglected the land. He was regarded by many of the people as a thief and a bad lord. When Turambar heard about this, he became enraged and went to Brodda's hall. Brodda was decapitated during a dinner party in his own hall by Turambar for his treachery.[3]
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| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | برودا |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Брода |
| Chinese | 布洛達 |
| Gujarati | બ્રોડ્ડા |
| Hebrew | ברודה |
| Japanese | ブロッダ |
| Nepalese | ब्रोड्डा |
| Russian | Бродда |
| Serbian | Брода (Cyrillic) Broda (Latin) |
| Tamil | ப்ரோடா |
| Telugu | బ్రోడ్డా |