Altáriel Tar-Cálien

Altáriel Tar-Cálien is the wife of Vraisos the Bright in the legend of the City of Umbar's founding, "Finding the Desert Jewel". In the story, she is said to be the mother of Umbar's first Radiant, Ozen Dhovév.

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Current Status

Deceased

Species

Elf

Ethnicity

High Elf

Year of Death

3730 AW

Place of Death

City of Umbar

Family

Clan Vraisoséto

Children

• Radiant Ozen I

Pronouns

she/her

Related Myths

• Finding the Desert Jewel

Founded Settlements

• City of Umbar

Related Historical Events

• Blessèd Day 1 SR to Blessèd Day 29 SR
  Reign of VRAISOS THE BRIGHT

Name Etymology

Altáriel's names come from the high elven dialect of Elvish.

<#> Which I represent using the high elven language Quenya from J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Altáriel can be translated as "glittering garland", "maiden crowned with gleaming hair", and "maiden crowned with a radiant garland".

<#> Altáriel is also the Quenya name of the elf queen of Lothlórien, Galadriel, in the Lord of the Rings.

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Tar-Cálien is comprised of the honorific prefix tar "queen, noble", while cálien is comprised of cálë "light" and the feminine suffix -ien.

<#> "Tar-Cálien" is also the feminine form of Tar-Calion, the Quenya name of the last King of Númenor, Ar-Pharazôn, in the Silmarillion.