Rhiannon
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I was in the process of laying out these storylines almost exactly the same way. I included the Green-elves coming to Finrod to complain about the House of Beor between them meeting Finrod and moving to Estolad and Beor moving to Nargothrond with Finrod in 312 before the other two houses cross the mountains.Okay, so I'm starting to put the information together for the (eventual) GANTT chart for Season 5. I started with the storylines of the Men:
5 House of Bëor 5.1 Bëor meets Finrod and agrees to go to Nargothrond (FA 311) 5.2 Encampment at Estolad 5.3 Fighting at Maglor's Gap 5.4 Death of Bëor (FA 355) 5.5 Boromir moves to Ladros in Dorthonion (FA 410) 5.6 Andreth (young woman) meets Aegnor (c. FA 380) 5.6.1 Andreth (middle aged woman) and Finrod discuss Aegnor 5.6.2 Death of Andreth (elderly woman) 5.7 Death of Bregolas in Dagor Bragollach (FA 455) 5.8 Emeldir leads women and children to safety in Brethil? 6 House of Hador 6.1 Enters Beleriand in multiple hosts 6.2 Settles in Estolad 6.3 Council (FA 369) 6.3.1 Fake!Amlach and Bereg speak against joining the elven war 6.3.2 Amlach joins Maedhros 6.3.3 Bereg leads Men from Beleriand to Eriador, not taking part in the war 6.4 Magor moves to Hithlum/Ered Wethrin (does not serve elf-lord) 6.5 Hador becomes Lord of Dor-lomin 6.5.1 Death of Hador in the Dagor Bragollach (FA 455) 7 House of Haleth (Haladin) 7.1 Conflict with the Green Elves of Ossiriand 7.2 Settle in Thargellion 7.3 Attack on their camp (FA 375) 7.3.1 Death of Haldad and Haldar at stockade 7.3.2 Caranthir meets Haleth 7.4 Haleth leads her people through Nan Dungortheb 7.5 Settle in Forest of Brethil 7.6 Beleg assists them in fighting off Sauron's forces (FA 456)
Based on this, it seems the Human storylines will be (in this order):
Bëor
Marach (renamed Hador?)
Amlach
Bereg
Magor
Haldad/Haldar
Haleth
Andreth
Boromir
Hador
Bregolas
Emeldir
My guess is that no human will be alive for more than 3 episodes this season. So, we will have to tie all their stories together in a way that makes sense over the course of the season. Am I forgetting anyone who does something significant enough to be called out as part of this? The italicized names are more supporting characters, but will be named on screen at some point, as they all do something significant (not just born/have kids/die)
The date of the Athrabeth is FA 409, and Andreth dies in FA 455.
In regards to the human storylines, I suggest focusing on Marach's son Malach (a.k.a. Aradan, but we could choose just one of these names for him to go by) because he is the one who goes to live in Hithlum and serves Fingolfin. Marach could be more of a supporting character in his son's story since he remains in Estolad.
Adanel may be a supporting character to include if we want to have some scenes of Andreth with someone other than Finrod or Aegnor.
Boron of the House of Beor may be a supporting character in as much as his death is a topic of conversation between Finrod and Andreth. I'm not sure he needs to be listed here, though.
We may want to mention Haldan, who will lead the Haladin after Haleth's death. He would be 9 years old when his father and grandfather are killed and 54 when he assumes leadership. I think he would be more of a supporting character, just someone among the Haladin to whom Haleth could talk so she doesn't have to soliloquize about where she plans to lead her people, but he would probably still be named.
Barahir and Beren should be on that list since Barahir will save Finrod in the Dagor Bragollach, and I expect Beren will be with him at that time. Plus, if we do anything with Emeldir, we should have her husband and son as well.