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Favourite Female Tolkien Character Poll - Round 2, Match 10

Pick your favourite!

Tar-Ancalimë

Zamîn

Voting ended onAug 24, 2023

Both of these are from the tale of Aldarion and Erendis in Unfinished Tales.

Tar-Ancalimë

The daughter of Erendis and Tar-Aldarion, and first Ruling Queen of Númenor. Strong-minded and determined, she had no desire for marriage, and after a time her father rescinded the rule that by a certain age a female Heir must either marry or refuse the sceptre, due to her determination to do neither.

When she went into hiding as a shepherdess to avoid her suitors, she was courted by a supposed shepherd, and enjoyed his company; when revealed himself to in fact be a Númenorean noble suitor, Hallacar, she was angered at his deception.

“[If I wanted to marry a non-noble], I could lay down my royalty, and be free. But if I were to do so, I should be free to wed whom I will; and that would be Úner (which is “Noman”), whom I prefer above all others.

She did in fact marry him in time, though for political reasons not for love, and their marriage was unhappy. Their son was Tar-Anárion.

She ruled for 205 years, longer than any Númenorean ruler since Elros. After her father’s death she neglected his policies and gave no further aid to Gil-galad.

Zamîn

An old woman who worked for Erendis; had an unruly son named Îbal, and a husband named Ulbar who sailed with Aldarion.

After Ancalimë, as a child, meets her son, the first boy Ancalimë has met:

Zâmin was an old country-woman, free-tongued, and not easily daunted, even by [Erendis].

“What noisy thing was that?” said Ancalimë.

“A boy,” said Zamîn, “if you know what that is. But how should you? They’re breakers and eaters, mostly. That one is ever eating - but to no purpose. a fine lad his father will find when he comes back…he heard of those Venturers, and took up with them, and went away with your father, the Lord Aldarion: but the Valar know whither, or why.”

When Ancalimë, as a young woman proclaimed the King’s Heir, sought to escape from the importunity of her many suitors, Zamîn aided her in going into hiding as a shepherdess on a farm.

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          The Guild of Venturers was an organization of mariners formed by the great Númenórean adventurer Tar-Aldarion while he was still a prince. Its headquarters were on Aldarion’s ship Eämbar, anchored off the island of Tol Uinen in the bay of Rómenna, but its sailors steered their vessels all across the Great Sea to the distant shores of Middle-earth. At its height, the Guild was hundreds of men strong, but only a few were close to its Master, Aldarion.            Among these select few were Henderch of Andustar and Ulbar of Emerië. They accompanied their prince to Middle-earth on the massive ship Hirilondë, and upon their return they journeyed with him to the White House of Erendis his wife. While Ulbar rode on to his own home, Henderch remained with Aldarion and witnessed Erendis’ cold greeting to her absent husband. Finding himself unwelcome in his wife’s home, Aldarion left earlier than he had planned, heading on to the lands of his cousin Hallatan of Hyarastorni.           Ulbar had been a shepherd on one of Hallatan’s farms before he joined the Guild of Venturers, and upon his return his wife Êlukî threw him a gladsome homecoming party, overjoyed to have him home. When Aldarion and Henderch arrived in the midst of the celebration, the prince grew increasingly bitter in his jealousy of Ulbar’s happy marriage. When Ulbar’s son Îbal asked how old one had to be to go to sea, Aldarion snapped, giving him a bitter answer. In his anger, Aldarion decided not to ride on to Hallatan’s house, instead returning alone to Armenelos despite Henderch’s protestation that a prince should not ride unaccompanied. Before he left, however, Aldarion gave Êlukî a ring with a fiery red jewel that had been gifted to him by the Elvenking Gil-galad—a present that had originally been intended for Erendis.           Êlukî treasured this gift, and impressed upon her son to always treat the royal house with honor. It was counsel given too late, for two years previously Îbal had come to the White House of Erendis on an errand and met the young princess Ancalimë, who had never before seen a male and thought him a “noisy thing.” His visit prompted Ancalimë to ask questions of her servant Zamîn, who first told her of her father Aldarion. Zamîn would remain a faithful companion of the princess, aiding her when she went into hiding under the name Emerwen Aranel to escape the attention of suitors who desired her hand for the power they would gain.           In the centuries following the height of Aldarion’s power, the Guild of Venturers was slowly absorbed into the royal navy of Númenor. While they remained a powerful force of exploration, individual mariners became less prominent as their tasks turned to a primarily military role. The last great explorer of what remained of the Guild was Círyatur, who in his youth sailed far and wide, updating the maps made by Aldarion to reflect changes in the land nearly a thousand years later. For his greatness, Ruling Queen Tar-Telperiën named him the Chief Admiral of Númenor’s navy, a title held in name only for many years, as she was uninterested in meddling with the affairs of Middle-earth.           Her nephew and heir Minastir, however, was concerned about the growing threat of Sauron, and convinced his aunt to send aid to the elves of Lindon besieged by the Dark Lord. Telperiën allowed this so long as Minastir oversaw the operation, leaving her out of it, and suddenly Círyatur found himself forced into a military role. Yet with Minastir’s support, Círyatur rose to the occasion and commanded a great fleet in the Battle of the Gwathló, resulting in a resounding defeat of Sauron and his forces—and embittering him against the Númenóreans, desiring to bring about their ultimate downfall.

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Favourite Female Tolkien Character Poll - Round 1, Match 20

Pick your favourite!

Almarian

Zamîn

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

These are minor characters from “Aldarion and Erendis” in Unfinished Tales.

Almarian

The mother of Tar-Aldarion, the fifth king of Númenor, and his two younger sisters Ailinel and Almiel. The daughter of Vëantur, Captain of the King’s Ships under previous kings; though she herself had no especial love for the sea or ships, her father was close to Aldarion and taught him to sail as a child.

She supported Aldarion in his seafaring far longer than did her husband Tar-Meneldur, who feared it “sowed the seeds of restlessness and the desire of other lands to hold.” But she also tried to wean him of it through love, wanting Aldarion to fall in love with and marry Erendis; she hired the young woman when she saw her beauty, and arranged for the two to run into each other often. She became colder to her son for a time when he left Erendis to go voyaging for six years during their engagement. She loved and indulged her granddaughter Ancalimë.

Zamîn

An old woman who worked for Erendis; had an unruly son named Îbal, and a husband named Ulbar who sailed with Aldarion.

After Ancalimë meets Zamîn’s son, the first boy Ancalimë has met:

Zâmin was an old country-woman, free-tongued, and not easily daunted, even by [Erendis].

“What noisy thing was that?” said Ancalimë.

“A boy,” said Zamîn, “if you know what that is. But how should you? They’re breakers and eaters, mostly. That one is ever eating - but to no purpose. A fine lad his father will find when he comes back…he heard of those Venturers, and took up with them, and went away with your father, the Lord Aldarion: but the Valar know whither, or why.”

When Ancalimë, as a young woman proclaimed the King’s Heir, sought to escape from the importunity of her many suitors, Zamîn aided her in going into hiding as a shepherdess on a farm.

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If Morwen is Erendis, Húrin is Aldarion and Ancalimë is a combination of Túrin and Nienor, then does that mean Zamîn is Aerin?

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