Rhiannon
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A few scenes this season happen at Caranthir's fortress, which the script team decided to call Keep Helevorn. According to The Silmarillion, "... the people of Caranthir fortified the mountains to the east of Maglor's Gap. There Mount Rerir, and about it many lesser heights, stood out from the main range of Ered Lindon westward; and in the angle between Rerir and Ered Lindon there was a lake, shadowed by mountains on all sides save the south. That was Lake Helevorn, deep and dark, and beside it Caranthir had his abode ..."
In the scripts, Caranthir's fortress has the road on one side of it and a steep slope to the lake on the other, which forces the Dwarves who want to use the road for trade to go right by Keep Helevorn and allows Caranthir to gate the road and demand tolls. Caranthir's fortress should be strong but smaller and rougher than the other Feanorian fortresses, which Curufin teases him about.
In the scripts, Caranthir's fortress has the road on one side of it and a steep slope to the lake on the other, which forces the Dwarves who want to use the road for trade to go right by Keep Helevorn and allows Caranthir to gate the road and demand tolls. Caranthir's fortress should be strong but smaller and rougher than the other Feanorian fortresses, which Curufin teases him about.