House of Haleth

Template:Infobox RaceThe House of Haleth (or the "Haladin") was the second of the Three Houses of Men.

History

The men of this House were the descendants of Haldad, but the house was named after Haldad's daughter Haleth, who led her people from East Beleriand to Brethil. They were a reclusive folk, dark-haired but smaller in stature than the people of Bëor. They kept separate from the other Edain, and spoke a different language.

The Haladin first had settled in Thargelion after arriving in Beleriand, since they were unwilling to settle in Estolad with the peoples of Bëor and Marach. They were caught off-guard by an Orc-raid there, and a great part of their people was wiped out. The remnant, fighting under Haleth and her kin, held out for days in a stockade until the Ñoldor rescued them. Impressed by their virtue Caranthir offered them his lands to live in protected, but Haleth refused, and later got permission to settle in the forest of Brethil, part of Doriath but outside the Girdle of Melian. They mostly kept out of the wars.

The Haladin were ruled by Haldad, the father of Haldar brother of Haleth. These people formed a loose alliance of clans rather than a strong nation as did the other Edain. The Haldad was in charge of a council of elders, which took decisions for the entire people. The last Haldad of Haldar's line was Brandir the Lame, who was killed by Túrin Turambar.

Húrin Thalion wrought the final ruin of the Haladin when he came to Brethil. He caused a civil war which killed the last descendants of Haldad, and led a great part of the Haladin away south to Nargothrond. He abandoned them after delivering the treasure to Thingol of Doriath.

After the fall of Doriath the Haladin were nearly completely wiped out, or at least they had disappeared as a separate people. The last Drúedain of Beleriand did go to Númenor, suggesting at least a few Haladin survived as well, as the Drûg formed a part of their people. They must have held out in Brethil forest or fled to the Mouths of Sirion with the other survivors.

Some of the Second and Third Age races of Man, such as Dunlendings, were related to the Haladin, but were not recognized as Middle Men by the Númenoreans because of their hostility and different speech.

House of Haleth

Haldad

Haleth

Haldar

Haldan

Halmir

Galdor

Hareth

Haldir

Glóredhel

Hundar

Hiril

Enthor

Huor

Húrin

Handir

Meleth

Tuor

Túrin

Urwen

Nienor

Brandir

Eärendil

Elwing

Elros

Elrond

Celebrían

Kings of Númenor

Lords of Andunie

Elendil

Isildur

Anarion

Kings of Arnor

Kings of Gondor

Chieftains of the Dúnedain

Aragorn II

Arwen

Elladan

Elrohir

Translations around the World

Foreign Language	Translated name
Arabic	منزل هاليث
Bosnian	Kuća od Halethe
Bulgarian	Къщата на Haleth
Catalan	Casa dels Haleth
Chinese (Hong Kong)	哈拉丁族
Croatian	Kuća Halethe
Czech	Dům Halethiným
Dutch	Huis van Haleth
French	Maison de Haleth
Georgian	ჰალეთის სახლი
German	Volk Haleths
Greek	Οίκος του Χάλεθ
Hungarian	Ház Haleth ?
Italian	Casa di Haleth
Latvian	Māja Haleth ?
Malayalam	ഹൗസ് പോതാൂപ ?
Maltese	Id-dar tal-Haleth
Polish	Ród Halethy
Portuguese	Casa de Haleth
Russian	Дом Халет
Sesotho	Ntlo ea Haleth
Slovak	Dom Halethiným
Spanish	Casa de Haleth
Yiddish	הויז פון האַלעטה