Feb 20
@tolkienfemfeb day 20 | found family | haleth and her bodyguards
There were many who loved the Lady Haleth and wished to go whither she would.
—The Silmarillion, “Of the Coming of Men into the West”
One of the strange practices spoken of was that many of their warriors were women, though few of these went abroad to fight in the great battles. This custom was evidently ancient; for their chieftainess Haleth had been a renowned amazon with a picked bodyguard of women.
—The History of Middle-earth: Volume XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, “Of Dwarves and Men: The Atani and their Languages”