"In the years between the Battle of Five Armies and the War of the Ring, possibly spurred by his interaction with Thorin's company, Beorn emerged from his reclusion and rose to become a leader of the woodmen living between the Anduin river and the fringes of Mirkwood.As stated by Glóin in "The Fellowship of the Ring", the Beornings also "keep open the High Pass and the Ford of Carrock."