Haleth-(V)'s Author's Notes:
I played fast and loose with what Tolkien wrote,
adding a host of new characters. In fact, the only characters that
actually
appeared in the Silmarillion were
Haldad, Haldar, Haleth, and Haldar’s son Haldan. Mareth Haldar’s
daughter never
existed, and there certainly was no mention of Haldar or Haldad’s wife,
although they did have to exist. Malron, Gelvar, Arion, Bríani,
Cullan, and
Kellan were characters I made up.
Dates were a bit unclear. I had no idea how old
Haleth was when Haldad died and she became the leader, and neither do I
know
when Haldar’s child(ren) were born.
I also added some customs that were never
mentioned, as far as I know, in any of the books. The blood-oath is
hardly an
original idea; it has been existing in other books for years, but
Tolkien
probably never used it. Naming-right is something else I added.
As the books I read never mentioned what kind of a
society the Haladin had, I created a warrior society, where warriors
were
revered and male. Women were not
inferior in Haleth’s Song, but they
did have their “place” in society and that was not beside warriors in
battle.
Although it is doubtful that the Haladin had a “lady’s bower,” I added
one for
the sake of the story.
I did borrow a few ideas from other sources. In Unfinished Tales (page 393), Haleth had
a “picked bodyguard of women,” and one of the Haladin’s strange
practices was
that many of their warriors were women. I tweaked that idea as well,
making her
bodyguard part of the warriors. However, in Haleth’s
Song, the Haladin did not allow women to fight until Haleth did.
The standards were both fictitious, but Haldad’s
name had evidently meant “watchdog,” at least according to The
War of the Jewels, which is why the hound was on one banner.
Includes character deaths, some violence.
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