Fram son of Frumgar became Lord, or Allthegen of the Éothéod in T.A. 2001. He took over as High Chieftain in a troubled time, for Dragons had awakened in the Withered Heath and the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain (S. "Erebor") challenged the Northmen in the northeastern Anduin Valley for the right to use the southern vales of the Grey Mountains (S. "Ered Mithin"), Fram reordered the pastoral realm founded by his father and erected a fortified capital and trade center, Burh Fram (Rh. "Framsburg"), above the northern bank of the River Langwell. Later, when Scatha the Cold-drake ravaged the Northman hamlets near the headwaters of the River Greylin, he organized his Knights into hunting groups and relentlessly stalked the Dragon. Scatha slew dozens of the bold Northmen, but eventually Fram caug