Ubain was situated along the southwestern flank of the Orocarni (Q. "Red Mountains"). It was home to Linerin-speaking farmers and herders. Many lived in the highly defensible "Butte-lands" on the central Ubain Plain.The Ubain were the descendants of a Second Age tribal group from the North, which had moved into the lands near the Orosûli and befriend the dwarves of Ruuriik.Their ancestors had originally been known as the Arklu-shen.