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Three Houses of the Edain Edit Series: Appendix C

Continued from Appendix B. This section will contain information on the House of Haleth and the Drúedain.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: House of Bëor Appendix B: House of Hador Appendix C: House of Haleth, Drúedain (you are here!)

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HOUSE OF HALETH

Note: The Haladin language is almost entirely untranslated, so in order to come up with etymologies for their names I’ve just kind of made stuff up. Many of these names mix Sindarin and the Haladin tongue, which is...not ideal? but I think it has enough canon precedent that I’ll give it a pass.

HALADIN GLOSSARY av || “sharp” || real element, made up meaning dad || “dog, hound” || semi-canonical meaning! the name “Haldad” means “watchdog”; I isolated the element from there dan || “battle” || real element, made up meaning dar || “lord” || real element, made up meaning dor || “vassal, servant” || real element, made up meaning; ironically dor means “lord” in Sindarin -eth || feminine suffix || likely canonical meaning? this is what it means in Sindarin hal || “chief, guard” || canonical meaning! used for the prefix of the first few Chieftains’ names har || “fist” || entirely made up; related to hard hard || “fierce” || real element, made up meaning; related to har lar || “land” || real element, made up meaning nach || “arrow” || real element, made up meaning ranc || “sword” || real element, made up meaning thor || “storm” || entirely made up

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Halthor the Hunter ft. Halthor the Hunter (OC-adjacent), Hardeth (OC), Haldad I have adapted the concept of “Haleth the Hunter” from Tolkien’s earlier drafts to create Halthor, a leader of the Haladin before Lady Haleth (now his granddaughter) was born. The Haladin are different from the other Houses of the Edain, both culturally and linguistically, and they were not led by a singular person but traveled west in smaller groups. I am simply having Halthor lead the largest of those groups. Haldad was canonically born 3 years after the Haladin arrived in Beleriand. Haldad’s name is one of the few we have canonical basis for—we know that in the language of the Haladin, hal means “chief/guard,” but we also know that “Haldad” means “watchdog,” implying that dad means “dog/hound.” Aside from the hal- prefix and the -dad suffix, the other elements of Haladin names are all made up. I’m not exactly sure where I first came across the headcanon that Haldad was trans, but I love the concept, especially since he’s a Hal-DAD! :D

Haldad ft. Haldad, Danhar (OC), Haleth, Caranthir, Haldar The bulk of this is canon. Haldad and Haldar being trans is my headcanon, as it the Haladin’s matrilineal custom (which is retired in just a few generations). As an OC, Danhar’s role is entirely headcanon. I also made up the bit about the Haladin celebrating a festival at the time of the orc attack; I just wanted most of them in the same place to justify Haldad and Haleth’s claim to leadership over them all. Haleth suggesting a stockade is a headcanon; Haldad and Haldar’s fall is canon; Caranthir’s rescue is canon, but his interest in a friendship with Haleth is headcanon. (You’ll see some more Halenthir in future edits.) It is canon that the Haladin spent some time in Estolad before traveling to Brethil; everything about that move is also canon. Finally we get to a last bit of headcanon at the end: while we know the year of Haleth’s death (and thus her age), we don’t know how she died, but it’s my headcanon that she fell in battle; the raising of the Ladybarrow is canon, but the rumor of an “elf shadow” paying its respects at her grave is entirely my invention (and another nod to Halenthir).

Haldar ft. Haldar, Thordan (OC), Haldan, Aveth (OC), Halmir A lot of this is headcanon. The canon bits include the manner of Haldar’s death, Haldan being young when his father died (only 9 years old!), and his son Halmir being born the same year that the Haladin arrived in Brethil. Most other details are my headcanon, including the thing about the Haladin shifting from being matrilineal to patrilineal.

Halmir ft. Halmir, Fendis (OC), Haldir of Brethil, Hundar, Hareth, Hiril This is mostly canon, though the details regarding any OCs (Fendis and Astoriel) are all headcanon. Fendis is albino, and I thought that might be something the Haladin saw as strange/holy, leading her into the role of wise-woman.

Haldir of Brethil ft. Haldir of Brethil, Glóredhel, Handir, Beldis, Brandir the Lame This is a pretty solid mix of canon and headcanon. Glóredhel passing her golden hair to Handir is a headcanon; her death from grief is canon. The whole thing with Beldis being a half-elf was covered in a previous edit. The manner of her death and Brandir’s injury is headcanon; all we know from canon is that he was lamed as a child. Pretty much everything involving Túrin is canon.

Hundar ft. Hundar, Astoriel (OC), Hunleth, Hundad, Brognil (OC), Hardang The first part of this edit is mostly headcanon; we don’t know anything about Hunleth other than her name, and pretty much all we know about Hundar is the manner of his death. Canon states that neither Hundad nor his son were “men of mark or gallantry” so I interpreted that as Hundad being a deserter from the Nírnaeth. Pretty much everything about Hardang is canon, taken from the Wanderings of Húrin.

Hiril ft. Hiril, Enthor, Meleth, Agathor, Hunthor, Himmeth (OC), Manthor Almost all of this has been covered elsewhere. Everything about Hiril, Enthor, Meleth, and Agathor is guesswork; we do have names for all those characters, but all details about them are made up, though I do think it likely the men died in Nírnaeth. Hunthor did canonically have a wife, who was one of the people who followed Niënor when she went after Túrin, but we don’t know her name or anything else about her. Manthor’s story is pretty much entirely canon.

Dorlas ft. Dorlas, Daneth (OC), Avranc, Nachiel (OC) Dorlas’ story is pretty much all canon, as is Avranc’s. Everything about their wives is made up. I had fun coming up with Nachiel leaving Avranc for his rival’s wife!

Larnach ft. Larnach, Doreth (OC), Thoriel (OC) This has its basis in canon, but I’ve greatly embellished the story and given Larnach’s wife and daughter names.

Misc. Haladin ft. Glírhuin, Ebor, Forhend, Sagroth Everything about Ebor, Forhend, and Sagroth is canon. We know about Glírhuin’s occupation and his prophecy, but I made up everything else about him.

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DRÛGHU (DRÚEDAIN)

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Aghân ft. Aghân, Barach, Lareth (OC), Dannach (OC), Ranceth (OC) This is a mostly-canon retelling of The Faithful Stone, a story found in UT. I gave Barach’s family names and emphasized the legendary aspect of the story.

Ghân ft. Ghân, Rughâl (OC), Ghân-buri-Ghân This is basically all canon, though I made up the name meanings (we do know “buri” means “son of” but that’s pretty much it) and extrapolated Ghân’s backstory from what we know of the Drûghu at the time.

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My Peoples of Arda Edit Series continues with the Men of Middle-earth Series!

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Three Houses of the Edain Edit Series: Appendix B

Continued from Appendix A. This section will contain information on the House of Hador.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: House of Bëor Appendix B: House of Hador (you are here!) Appendix C: House of Haleth, Drúedain

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HOUSE OF HADOR

Note: With regard to name translations, I took inspiration from this article; specifically, I used some of the suggestions for name meanings of the early Hadorians and assigned them to elements in my Taliska glossary (see Appendix A).

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Marach ft. Marach, Legen (OC), Malach Aradan, Imlach It is canon that while they were the third House to enter Beleriand, Marach’s people were originally in the lead; also canon is the attitude of the Green-elves toward them and Marach’s decision to remain in Estolad even though his son led many of his people further west. Since Imlach’s son Amlach is still in Estolad during the time of dissent, it is highly probable (though not explicitly stated afaik) that Imlach remained with his father. Everything else is headcanon. Also, Marach is trans because I said so <3

Imlach ft. Imlach, Amar (OC), Amlach The basic structure of this story is canon: Malach remained in Estolad; Amlach was a dissenter who was impersonated and became an elf-friend in his anger at the deception, entering into Maedhros’ service. I added a lot of details to flesh out the story, especially Amlach’s confusing night in the forest. I think Sauron (or one of his servants) stranded him in the woods and stole his likeness, though I doubt Amlach ever really figured out exactly what happened.

Malach Aradan ft. Malach Aradan, Zimrahin Meldis, Adanel, Magor Malach did enter Fingolfin’s service, and the basic details of his familial relationship are canon. Much of the rest of this is headcanon, however.

Magor ft. Magor, Amathal (OC), Hathol, Thevril (OC), Hador Lórindol We don’t know much about Magor or Hathol; the only canonical detail here is that Magor did move his people away from Hithlum and served no elf lord (though we don’t have details on why). Everything else is headcanon.

Hador Lórindol ft. Hador Lórindol, Gildis, Glóredhel, Galdor of Dor-lómin, Gundor This is mostly canon, though it has been embellished, and everything about Gildis other than her name is headcanon. Gundor’s life is also mostly headcanon, though the manner of his death is canon; I’ll go into his story soon.

Gundor ft. Gundor, Angreneth (OC), Indor, Padrion (OC), Aerin, Peleg We don’t know anything about Gundor other than the manner of his death; we also don’t know how Aerin is related to Húrin, so I decided to expand on both of those unknowns with the same story. Aerin’s father is said to be Indor, who is elsewhere said to be the father of Peleg (who was himself the father of Tuor in an early draft), so I made him the son of Gundor. Since Peleg obviously can’t be Tuor’s father anymore, I killed him off at the Nírnaeth...just like Huor, oops. I think Brodda took Aerin to wife before Morwen disappeared, but I couldn’t figure out how to word that concisely, so I left it kind of vague/misleading in the caption. Oh well.

Galdor of Dor-lómin ft. Galdor of Dor-lómin, Hareth, Húrin Thalion, Huor This is mostly canon, though it has been embellished to give Hareth a bit of personality. Ylmir is the Sindarin name for Ulmo, used by Tuor in his song “The Horns of Ylmir.”

Húrin Thalion ft. Húrin Thalion, Morwen Eledhwen, Túrin Turambar, Beleg Cúthalion, Urwen Lalaith, Niënor Níniel Boy howdy this is a long one! It’s almost entirely canon, though I’ve added some embellishments here and there. Beleg is included because he and Túrin were definitely married (at least by elven standards); I’ll go more into that, and the details of Túrin’s time with the Gaurwaith, in a future edit, but for now I settled just using the gayest possible language. Same deal for his time in Nargothrond.

Huor ft. Huor, Rían, Tuor Eladar We don’t know that Galdor took an arrow specifically to the eye, but I thought it would be poetic if both he and Huor died in the same manner so I added that detail to the canon that Galdor was killed by an arrow. The rest of this is pretty much all canon, with some embellishments. Tuor’s story will continue in another edit.

Tuor Eladar ft. Tuor Eladar, Idril Celebrindal, Eärendil Ardamírë The meat of this story is canon, but I’ve added in some of my headcanons as well. I definitely embellished Annael’s departure from Mithrim to show my perspective on his decision to leave Tuor behind (I really do think he thought Tuor was dead or as good as it, and that as a leader he had the responsibility to keep the rest of his people safe). I’m a little foggy on why Tuor was already so obsessed with Gondolin when he met Gelmir and Arminas, because why would the Sindar of Mithrim be so excited about a Noldorin city? I guess maybe they had friends from way back when who went with Turgon? Or maybe they just wished they could be “safe” like the Gondolindrim were, idk. I was kind of vague there. Ylmir is the Sindarin name for Ulmo; Yssion is a Sindarin name for Ossë (the other one is Gaerys, which I think sounds cooler but isn’t as close to a literal Sindarization as Yssion). The bit about Voronwë teaching Tuor Quenya on the road is headcanon, but I think it makes a lot of sense. Telpevontál is my Quenya translation of Celebrindal. I skimmed and skipped a lot of Tuor’s time in Gondolin, since I went over that in another edit. “The Horns of Ylmir” is a real song that Tolkien wrote (Adele McAllister has a cover of it); I added the bit about it triggering Idril’s foresight, though the song is absolutely foreshadowing no matter how you look at it. Eärendil did canonically get married the same year that Tuor and Idril left for Valinor; we don’t have much info on that otherwise, so I made it as bittersweet as possible. The bit about the Elessar is a lot of convoluted headcanon in my attempt to make sense of its 3 bajillion different origin stories. The name Ardamírë is prophetic because, you know, the whole Silmaril thing, but I liked the idea that Idril made the connection with the Elessar before the Silmaril came into the picture. All we know about Idril and Tuor’s fates in canon is that people ~believe~ they made it to Aman and that Tuor was counted as an elf, but that last bit never sat right with me since elsewhere it’s very clearly stated that the Gift of Men is not something that can be refused or taken away. The alternate legend is my own headcanon for what happened to them (I also think they had more peredhil kiddos); in my mind, the Valar let Tuor live the rest of his days in Valinor (all 500 years of them, I just think it’s poetic and connected to his grandson Elros’ fate) before he died peacefully and willingly, able to get closure with Idril before he went.

Storytellers ft. Eltas, Dírhaval Eltas is a character from the Book of Lost Tales, who tells Eriol the “Tale of Turambar.” Supposedly, he once lived in Hísilómë (Hithlum) and came to Tol Eressëa and the Cottage of Lost Play by the Straight Road. That story does not add up at all when you look at it through the lens of Tolkien’s later Legendarium, so I took the name and his origins in Hithlum and crafted an entirely different story for him. Dírhaval is canonically the poet who wrote the Narn i Chîn Húrin; he only wrote that one poem because he was killed at the Third Kinslaying before he could finish any of the other Great Tales like Narn i Leithian (The Lay of Leithian; from his Tolkien Gateway article I think that’s what he was working on after CoH? but I’m not totally sure. But Tolkien never finished the Leithian either, so I think it’s poetic to have Dírhaval do the same). Andvír was one of his sources in canon, I added in the others (Eltas, Nellas, Celebrimbor, Glírhuin), though it was conceivable (and canon, in Nellas’ case) that they knew Túrin enough to report his story (though we don’t know anything in canon about Nellas’ fate). These name translations are my own; I thought “sitting man” worked as a meaning for Dírhaval since I imagine that storytellers like him were known as folk who sat around a lot writing or telling tales.

Servants of Morwen ft. Morwen Eledhwen, Gethron, Grithnir, Ragnir the Blind, Sador Labadal Morwen sending her servants to talk to the elves is headcanon, and so is Gethron knowing some Sindarin, though I think that makes sense considering he did canonically travel across Beleriand and was the one who spoke to Thingol when they arrived in Doriath. We don’t know anything in canon about Ragnir except that he was blind. Sador’s story is canon, though I have added some embellishments here and there. Aside from Sador and Morwen, these name translations are all my own and extremely dubious, but I did my best.

Companions of Húrin ft. Húrin Thalion, Asgon, Ragnir the Outlaw, Dringoth (OC), Dimaethor (OC), Negenor (OC), Tondir (OC), Haedirn (OC), Orthelron (OC) This edit tells the beginning part of “The Wanderings of Húrin,” an unfinished manuscript that was cut from the final published Silmarillion. Húrin’s role in this tale is canon up through his departure from Brethil (that was where Tolkien left off); the way that he left his companions a final time is my headcanon. Asgon and Ragnir are the only names of his companions we know from canon; Asgon’s role as a former outlaw who had known Túrin when he returned to Dor-lómin and started a rebellion is canon, and Ragnir’s pessimism (asking to go home) and his relative youth is also from canon. Everything else about these outlaws is my headcanon, including my reasons for why they weren’t present at the Nírnaeth where literally all the able-bodied men of the House of Hador had perished (except for Húrin). Húrin did go to Nargothrond after Brethil, but I made up everything past that point. We know that there were some Edain at the Havens of Sirion (and presumably there were Men present in the War of Wrath that Elros mingled with before becoming their King), so I thought this could be a way for the remnant of the Haladin (and some of the House of Hador) to get there. I’ll go over the rest of “The Wanderings of Húrin” in future edits, when we get to the relevant Haladin characters.

Gaurwaith ft. Neithan, Beleg Cúthalion, Forweg, Andróg, Andvír, Algund, Ulrad, Orleg, Blodren This is largely a canon-compliant overview of Túrin’s life among the outlaws. The stories of Forweg and Andróg (and Beleg and Túrin/Neithan) are canon (though I did take that extra step and marry off Túrin and Beleg). Orleg’s story is canon, though it’s one that I had overlooked on my various readthroughs of Túrin’s Silm chapter & CoH. Algund and Ulrad’s stories are presented in a slightly tweaked/condensed form; Andvír’s origins as the son of Andróg (??? when did he have a son and why is it never mentioned in the main story???) are canon but (as expressed in parentheses) rather baffling, so I didn’t really emphasize him. Blodren is a character who isn’t in the later drafts of this story; he was an Easterling who was tortured by Morgoth because he “withstood Uldor the Accursed,” and eventually turned into a spy for Morgoth. (As with all Easterling names, his etymology is entirely made up.) He “served Túrin faithfully for two years” before fulfilling the role later taken up by Mîm and betraying the Gaurwaith to the orcs. He was killed by a “chance arrow in the dark” during the battle. I altered his story so that he wasn’t personally tortured by Morgoth and thus did not turn; since he was an Easterling and the rest of the Gaurwaith were Edain, I decided they probably treated him poorly, and threw in a bit of a friendship with Mîm as a nod to how Mîm took over his role. Also, I think Easterlings having pre-existing relationships with dwarves is a cool concept—especially since Bór’s people and Azaghâl’s people both served under Maedhros at the Nírnaeth, and could possibly have had the chance to interact!

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CONTINUED IN APPENDIX C

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Three Houses of the Edain Edit Series: Appendix A

PEOPLES OF ARDA

Line of Elros

Three Houses of the Edain (you are here!)

Men of Middle-earth

Elves of Arda (work in progress)

Dwarves of Middle-earth (work in progress)

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Continuing from my Line of Elros edit series and now falling under the umbrella of my Peoples of Arda edit series, this is a guide to the information presented in my Three Houses of the Edain edit series. These appendices are meant to provide demystifying information about distinctions between canon and my headcanon, as well as providing an index of links to each edit. 

I have linked to the Tolkien Gateway articles for each canon (named) character so you can do your own research on them. For OCs, I have linked to my personal tag for each OC.

My OC names are made with help from RealElvish.net and Parf Edhellen. If a canonical name is not given a translation, I try my best to make my own translation; sometimes I have to make things up entirely, but I will always indicate when that is the case. If I use another source to find names, I will link that source also.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: House of Bëor (you are here!) Appendix B: House of Hador Appendix C: House of Haleth, Drúedain

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HOUSE OF BËOR

Note: The first few leaders of the Houses of Bëor and Hador (known then as the House of Marach) had names in Taliska, a tongue they both spoke. Most of Taliska is untranslated (though there are apparently some unreleased notes out there...give us the forbidden Edain language, Tolkien estate!!!), so in order to come up with etymologies for their names I’ve just kind of made stuff up wholecloth. Here is a glossary of name elements I used for the Houses of Bëor & Hador (the Haladin had their own language); more detailed/relevant information will be in the notes for each of the relevant characters.

TALISKA GLOSSARY ach, lach || “leader” || real element, made up meaning; lach happens to also mean “flame” in Sindarin am || “valiant” || real element, made up meaning -an, -en || masculine suffix || real element, made up meaning -ar, -er || feminine suffix || entirely made up bal || “bright” || real element, made up meaning bar || “warm” || real element, made up meaning bel || “strong” || real element, made up meaning bem || “swift” || entirely made up bëor || “vassal” || canonical meaning! -hin || “child” || canonical meaning! im || “marsh” || real element, made up meaning leg || “cold” || entirely made up mal || “message” || real element, made up meaning mar || “wise” || real element, made up meaning mav || “water” || entirely made up talag || “leap” || entirely made up zimra || “jewel” || canonical meaning! this element survived all the way into Adûnaic :)

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Balan ft. Bëor the Old, Bemen (OC), Baran, Belen This is a lot of headcanon! I made Balan trans just because I think that would be neat :) Though gender in Arda is not the same as it is here, especially in populations like Men before they make contact with elves. We don’t know much about Balan’s life before he meets Finrod; everything there is my headcanon. The misunderstanding that led to the name Bëor is also a headcanon, as is the nature of his and Finrod’s relationship.

Belen ft. Belen, Talag (OC), Beldir, Meren (OC), Belemir We don’t know very much about any of these characters, so most of this is headcanon.

Belemir ft. Belemir, Adanel, Tereth (OC), Echadril (OC), Thilior (OC), Rostiel (OC), Beren Belemirion I’ve chosen to go with the version of canon that gives Belemir and Adanel five children, four of which are older than Beren, rather than the version where only Beren is mentioned as their child. I figured that since he was the only “important” one, he was probably their only son. Adanel’s story is canon, but the rest is headcanon since we don’t have many details on the other characters.

Beren Belemirion ft. Beren Belemirion, Geldil (OC), Laldir (OC), Berior (OC), Emeldir the Manhearted This is almost entirely headcanon. We’ll get more on Emeldir later. Also, shoutout to @absynthe--minded for the Emeldir facecast!

Baran ft. Baran, Mavar (OC), Boron, Baranor Aside from Baran succeeding Balan, this is all headcanon.

Baranor ft. Baranor, Canneth (OC), Bereg Bereg’s story is canon, but Baranor’s is headcanon. The bit about Bereg’s people being the ancestors of the Men of Eryn Vorn is my own invention, but I think it’s an interesting and possible idea.

Boron ft. Boron, Lenniel (OC), Boromir of Ladros, Belegor This is pretty much all headcanon.

Boromir of Ladros ft. Boromir of Ladros, Pelinel (OC), Bregor, Andreth Saelind, Beril The story of the Battle of Aglon Pass is adapted from a draft where it was Bëor and his sons who fought alongside Angrod, Aegnor, Maedhros, and Maglor. Since Tolkien changed the timeline of that battle, I changed it to the appropriate descendants of Bëor instead. This battle took place in F.A. 402; Boromir did not inherit until 408, and he was not given the title “Lord of Ladros” until 410. I figured that he was the one in charge of the fighting since his father would’ve been 87 at the time, and my headcanon is that his people were given the land of Ladros right after that battle, but he wasn’t officially “ennobled” for a few years (probably due to A&A’s elven perspective on time being different from Men’s). Everything about Boromir (and Pelinel)’s relationship to Bereg is headcanon, though Boromir and Bereg were first cousins and only a few years apart in age. Andreth’s story is mostly canon, though it has been embellished; I have a lot of headcanons about her, Aegnor, and Finrod, which I’ll get to later in this series.

Bregor ft. Bregor, Díneloth (OC), Bregil, Hirwen, Bregolas, Gilwen, Barahir The order of Bregor’s children is canon, as his possession of a bow that survived to Númenor, but pretty much everything else is headcanon.

Bregil ft. Bregil, Arachon, Brandir Bregilion, Beldis This is, quite obviously, almost entirely headcanon! Arachon is stated to be a Bëorian Man, not a Noldorin elf, but we know literally nothing about him other than that. For a long time, I was baffled by the age difference between Beldis and her husband Handir—when they married, she was 54 and he was 24, and they had a son afterward! You could say that his mother’s age at Brandir the Lame’s birth is what led to his condition, but Brandir is specified to have been lamed by an injury, not some congenital factor. Tolkien apparently never acknowledged this unusual detail and gives no explanation for it, so I decided to come up with my own. There are other possible reasons I considered for the age gap (Handir just really likes older women? a one night stand that ended in a surprise pregnancy and therefore a marriage for political reasons? a missing generation; Handir was supposed to marry Beldis’ daughter but that got omitted?), my gears were turning, and you know I’m a slut for peredhil. Why not make Beldis a part elf? We know her mother’s ancestry, but we have next to nothing on her father. And Bregil is Andreth’s niece—wouldn’t that be ironic, for her to have a happy marriage to an elf (in the service of Aegnor, of all people!) in contrast to Andreth’s tragic love story? (More on that to come...eventually...) The whole concept is a little out there, I admit, but I had fun inventing it! Other notes: Arachon being the brother of Gelmir (the messenger, not the son of Guilin) doesn’t have any canon basis, I just thought it would be a nice connection, since Gelmir was canonically of A&A’s people before he was with Círdan. We don’t know the canonical fates of Arachon or the first Brandir; I decided to kill them off in the Bragollach, because honestly it just makes sense. Bregil and Beldis meanwhile get to escape with Emeldir—we know Beldis ends up in Brethil eventually; this is a reasonable way to get her there. I also thought Beldis would be more likely to name her son after her brother if said brother is dead. (That bit—that Brandir the Lame was named after his uncle—is a canonical detail.) As for Bregil, I assume she lived out the rest of her days in Brethil.

Bregolas ft. Bregolas, Rónil (OC), Beleth, Narweth (OC), Baragund, Belegund This is about half-and-half canon and headcanon. It is canon that Aegnor and Angrod were the only ones worried about the Siege breaking (well, Fingolfin was too, but he wasn’t on the frontlines), that Bregolas died in the Bragollach, and that Beleth was ancestress of Beregar. Everything else is headcanon, though I do think most of those embellishments are completely reasonable and based in canon.

Arasdil ft. Arasdil (OC), Heledir (OC), Eglessor (OC), Elior (OC), Maglor, Ídhron (OC), Ordil (OC), Tharaneth (OC), Edhelvain (OC) A brief interlude for OC Week...and these folks fit here chronologically as well. These are all OCs (except for Maglor, of course) so obviously none of this is canon!! I haven’t written a fic about Arasdil (yet), but I did make another edit about her which you can see here :)

Baragund and Belegund ft. Baragund, Reniel Angren (OC), Morwen Eledhwen, Belegund, Redoron (OC), Rían, Orlin We will return to Baragund and Belegund (and their inevitable demise) when we get to Barahir’s outlaw band. The stories of Angren and Redoron are entirely my invention. Orlin was a real character in the story of “Turambar and the Foalókë” (BoLT II), a kinsman of his mother who he slew when he returned to Dor-lómin. I think it likely that poor Orlin got caught in the crossfire of Túrin’s anger and Brodda’s usurpation; he was probably trying to step up and calm people down, some sort of latent sense of responsibility rearing its head, but Túrin was in no state to listen to him. The rest of this story is mostly canon, though it has been greatly embellished.

Barahir and Emeldir ft. Barahir, Emeldir the Manhearted, Beren Erchamion Barahir’s story is pretty much all canon; Emeldir’s is almost entirely headcanon, though she did canonically lead her people away from danger. Since the Bëorians ended up in two different places after the Bragollach, I had a smaller group led by Beleth head to Dor-lómin (including Morwen & Rían), while Emeldir led the majority to Brethil (including Bregil & Beldis). Her name and epithet just screamed trans rights; she’s a genderless ex-lady who can and will kick your ass. Including yours, Barahir. (Which I’m sure he enjoyed, most of the time.) I think it’s a shame we don’t know about what happened to her after heading to Brethil, and I like the idea that she decided to track down her son after word got around about his crazy quest. (And yes, I do think she made it, but never made it back. And it’s not like Beren and Lúthien were super communicative with the outside world after they came back to life.)

Gorlim ft. Angrim, Lumorn (OC), Gorlim the Unhappy, Eilinel The basics of this story are true, though we don’t actually know much about Gorlim’s pre-war life, or really anything about Angrim besides his name. The bit about Sauron engaging in some failed necromancy is my headcanon, but I think it makes sense given his later role in the Hobbit and the vision of Gorlim’s wraith that appeared to Beren.

Companions of Barahir ft. Barahir, Beren Erchamion, Belegund, Baragund, Gorlim the Unhappy, Eilinel, Gildor the Outlaw, Urthel, Dagnir, Ragnor, Radhruin, Dairuin, Arthad, Hathaldir the Young Except for Barahir, Beren, Belegund, Baragund, and Gorlim, everything about all of these characters is headcanon. I made Urthel a woman because -el is generally a feminine suffix and I couldn’t figure out how else to translate her name. I translated Radhruin as “avenging flame” but it’s more properly “flame returned”...though pretty much all of these translations are my own, and are mostly guesswork. Hathaldir’s name means “axe man” (that’s a translation that’s pretty cut and dry, actually) but I decided to include his epithet rather than the translation.

Beren Erchamion ft. Beren Erchamion, Lúthien Tinúviel, Dior Eluchíl This is literally just a retelling of the Lay of Leithian. It’s entirely canon and I’m honestly impressed I managed to condense it so much.

Dior Eluchíl ft. Dior Eluchíl, Nimloth, Eluréd, Elurín, Elwing This is mostly canon, though the details of who killed who at the Second Kinslaying are my headcanon, except for Dior killing Celegorm. And of course “no tale tells” about Eluréd and Elurín, but you know I’m coming back to them later ;)

Elwing ft. Elwing, Eärendil, Elrond, Elros This is mostly canon, though some details (like Gereth and Evranîn) were pulled from older drafts and others have been embellished with headcanon (for example, we don’t know exactly when Elwing first wore the Silmaril openly). I’ve made up my own convoluted version of the story of the Elessar; this is only part of its long (headcanonical!) history. The parallel of Eärendil having sea-longing despite being the more Mannish of the two, and Elwing not despite being the more elvish of them, is something I didn’t realize until I wrote it in! I will of course be returning to this story and finishing up Elwing and Eärendil’s roles in her life, as well as diving into the story of the Kidnap Fam :)

Elrond Peredhel ft. Elrond Peredhel, Celebrían, Elladan, Elrohir, Arwen Undómiel The structure of this one is firmly based in canon, though (especially when it comes to Celebrían and their children) much headcanon has been added for flavor. The names of Elrond’s children are the most self-indulgent aspect of this edit; other bits of headcanon are Narsil’s origins as Maedhros’ sword and the exact timing of Gil-galad passing Vilya to Elrond. There is, of course, more to this story, but that will be told in another edit. Celebrían’s mother-name is also a headcanon. (Also, I’m not totally sold on this faceclaim for Elrond, but frankly it’s impossible to find someone who is pretty enough to be Elrond!!)

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