Elven hair colors

2019-01-20T03:58:53Z

The Vanyar all followed the Valar to Valinor, and dwell closer than any others to the Trees on Ezellohar . Their hair is the gold of Laurelin.

The Teleri, the Sindar, the Avari - call them what you will, there are many of them and they have made many choices - love the stars best. Their hair is the silver of starlight scattered by the waves.

The Noldor though think little of either the stars or the Trees; they love best the works of their hands. Their hair is as black as the iron they shape.

A few of the Noldor have hair the color of rust. This is an ill omen, a hard life with none to care for you is surely in store, your spirit and body weathered away until they snap.

Nerdanel refuses to believe it. She has tarnished hair, yet she has also the love of the crown prince. When her eldest son is born with red hair, she calls him “well made”, and stares down any who say it would be better if he more greatly resembled his father. For the twins, she names one “red haired” and the other “cursed”, synonyms in the eyes of many, making all say to their faces what was said for years behind her back.

When Feanor is banished to Formenos and she stays behind, she refuses to think of fate. She can’t help the thoughts that come when all her sons go with Feanor across the sea, and she is Doomed to be alone.

When she hears of Amras and Amrod dying as their own people turn on them at Sirion, and of Maedhros dying in the fire with only one witness after living for centuries with the memory of torture, she admits to herself that perhaps the portent was right. But only to herself, as she has her pride - and besides, who is left for her to tell?

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Elven hair colors