Most Donath were direct descendants of the early Daen that migrated to the Inland Sea. They discovered and settled a strip of fertile land they named Dacranamel (Do."Greenlands") along the southern coast of the Sea in the First Age. They dwelt in relative seclusion throughout the Second Age, largely escaping service on either side during the War of the Last Alliance. In the early years of the Third Age, their settlements experienced an influx of Eriadoran Northmen migrants, fleeing the failed watch at Algiwidaus, which was established by Elendil to guard against bandits. Over theyears, this small Northman minority had been absorbed by the Donath culture, and only an occasional Northman name remained to remind the people of the southern shore that their ancestry was a mixed one.