Berubaur (old Rh. "Beer-born") was one of the three great Men or Waldanaberos among the dozen shapechangers in southern Mirkwood.Hwe was the oldest of the ones who possess the gift of Shape-changing. He had become the most revered of his kind south of the Old Forest Road. Only the Waldanabero who lived in the North beside the Carrock held sway over this kind patriarch. From his Haim (R. "Home, Manor") at Sarn Lothduin he roamed the river valley and forest paths, taking care to visit the isolated Beiabarnae families. For many, he is a sort of grandfather; he had no power over the individual Frathiamanae (Rh. "Wise Men"), but his authority was unsurpassed. Of the dozen Southern Beijabar who could Shape-change (Rh. Sciftialaic), he was the only one considered to be the religious and political