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== Life ==
== Life ==
During his days of youth, Buldar fought in the army of the North King in the valley of [[Ishmalog]] and came back home with "a wound, a sword and a woman". The latter, named [[Elmar]], he wedded mostly against her wish and had many sons, of which the youngest was Hazad.<ref>{{PM|Elmar}}</ref>
During his days of youth, Buldar fought in the army of the [[North King]] in the valley of [[Ishmalog]] against the [[Númenóreans|"Fell Folk"]] and came back home to Agar with "a wound, a sword and a woman". The latter, named [[Elmar]], he wedded mostly against her wish and had many sons, of which the youngest was Hazad. Elmar warned Buldar, however,that though ehe was forced to live with him she would have her vengeance: [[Tal-Elmar|one]] of her bloodline would arise in Agar and bring about the downfall of both Buldar's folk and his king, Sauron. <ref>{{PM|Elmar}}</ref>


== Genealogy ==
== Genealogy ==

Revision as of 16:20, 23 November 2022

Buldar
Man
Biographical Information
Other namesTal-Bulda
LocationAgar
AffiliationNorth King
BirthSecond Age
DeathSecond Age
Family
SpouseElmar
ChildrenSeveral unnamed children, Hazad Longbeard
Physical Description
GenderMale
WeaponrySword

Buldar was a man living in Agar during the Second Age, father of Hazad Longbeard and grandfather of Tal-Elmar, hero of the unfinished story bearing the same name.

Life

During his days of youth, Buldar fought in the army of the North King in the valley of Ishmalog against the "Fell Folk" and came back home to Agar with "a wound, a sword and a woman". The latter, named Elmar, he wedded mostly against her wish and had many sons, of which the youngest was Hazad. Elmar warned Buldar, however,that though ehe was forced to live with him she would have her vengeance: one of her bloodline would arise in Agar and bring about the downfall of both Buldar's folk and his king, Sauron. [1]

Genealogy

BULDAR
fl. S.A.
 
Elmar
fl. S.A.
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
husband
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
children
 
Hazad Longbeard
fl. S.A.
 
unknown
children
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
sons
 
Tal-Elmar
fl. S.A.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Other versions of the legendarium

In a penciled note added to the manuscripts, J.R.R. Tolkien proposed that Buldar should be left out of the story and Elmar to be Hazad's wife. However, in the published version, this change did not occur.[2]

The rejected version of Buldar’s name is Tal-Bulda.

References