Buldar
Buldar | |
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Man | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | Tal-Bulda |
Location | Agar |
Affiliation | North King |
Birth | Second Age |
Death | Second Age |
Family | |
Spouse | Elmar |
Children | Several unnamed children, Hazad Longbeard |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Weaponry | Sword |
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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XVII. Tal-Elmar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XVII. Tal-Elmar", note 5