A gentle, club-footed Adan of the Second House (the Halethrim), Brandir Halad (S. "Noble-man Watchdog") was the son of Handir and the Lord of the People of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil, Beleriand. He hated war and hoped to hide his folk from their enemies. During the Wars of Beleriand, he avoided conflicts and fortified his small, hidden realm, erecting the palisaded refuge of Ephel Brandir on Amon Obel. His people stayed out of the fighting during his reign but, with the arrival of the wounded Túrin son of Húrin, they briefly faced the spectre of war. Brandir healed Túrin, but refused to assist him in his quest to slay the Dragon Glaurung. Two of Brandir's subjects, however, accompanied the great Warrior, and many of the Haladin lost respect for their Lord. Believing Túrin slain and fearing the Drake, Brandir later attempted to flee with Túrin's pregnant wife Níniel. Níniel rejected his advances and fled, only to commit suicide after discovering that Túrin was her brother. Brandir then went home to Nen Girith to confess his transgressions before his forgiving subjects. When Túrin returned to Brethil following the slaying of Glaurung, though, he was not so kind. He confronted Brandir in the belief that the healer was responsible for his wife's death, and slew the Lord of the Haladin in cold blood.