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(Before we continue, please, if you haven't, read the first part of the History of Arda: https://forums.damenspike.com/view/55064 and part two of the History of Arda: https://forums.damenspike.com/view/55104 )
Now there was a man named Beren, son of Barahir, who had come from Beleriand and passed through the girdle of Melian.
If you don't already know, Melian was the wife of Thingol, whom went into the forest away from his people, to come back with Melian the Maiar. To protect their land, Melian created the girdle of Melian, which was an accursed place with many trials that caused most men or elf to die so they could not enter.
Beren wore the Ring of Barahir, which made him close to invincible. Beren, whom passed through the girdle, found the daughter of Melian and Thingol, whom was Luthien. Luthien, too, had a curse upon her, so that any but the elves of her kind (The Sindar) would fall in deep love with her, and would fall asleep in this love. She was a maia herself, until she came close, looking upon Beren, and Beren touched her. This made her Mortal, a mortal elf, and she would grow old and pass like the race of men.
This, of course, angered Thingol, and Beren thought he was surely to be killed. However, Thingol spared Beren, and when Beren said he wished for the hand of his daughter in marriage, Thingol told Beren to come back with a Silmaril in his hands, believing Beren was unable to do this, and Beren departed almost immediately.
Beren left Doriath and set out on his quest to Angband, the enemy's fortress. Although Thingol tried to prevent it, Lúthien later followed him. On his journey to the enemy's land Beren reached Nargothrond, an Elvish stronghold, and was joined by ten warriors under the lead of King Finrod, who had sworn an oath of friendship to Beren's father. Although Fëanor's sons, Celegorm and Curufin, warned them not to take the Silmaril that they considered their own, the company was determined to accompany Beren.
On their way to Angband they were seized by the servants of Sauron, despite the best efforts of Finrod to maintain their guise as Orcs, and imprisoned in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
Sauron was originally a Maia of Aule the Smith; his name then was Mairon, meaning "the admirable." He learned much from Aule in the ways of forging and crafting, becoming a great craftsman, and mighty in the lore of Aule's people.Although he was a Maia spirit, and not as mighty as the Valar, Mairon was one of the most if not the most powerful Maiar, being far stronger than others such as Olorin and Curumo (who was also a servant of Aule.)
During this time, Mairon was as Eru had created him: good and incorrupt. His greatest virtue was his love of order and perfection - his dislike of anything wasteful. However, this would also prove to be the cause of his downfall, for in the Dark Lord Morgoth, Mairon saw the will and power that would help him achieve his own goals and desires faster than if he had pursued them on his own. So great was his allegiance that even in later days, after Morgoth was defeated and locked outside the confines of the world, Sauron encouraged and coerced some Men to worship Morgoth as the one and true god. However, while Morgoth wanted to either control or destroy the very matter of Arda itself, Mairon's desire was to dominate the minds and wills of its creatures.
After allying himself with Morgoth, Mairon maintained his appearance of being faithful to the Valar, but secretly fed Morgoth information about their dealings. It was only when Morgoth established his strongholds in Middle-earth that Sauron left the Blessed Realms and openly declared his allegiance, and ever after remained a foe of the Valar and the Free Peoples of Middle-earth.
Sauron was become now a sorcerer of dreadful power, master of shadows and of phantoms, foul in wisdom, cruel in strength, misshaping what he touched, twisting what he ruled, lord of werewolves; his dominion was torment.
One by one they were killed by a werewolf until only Beren and Finrod remained. When the wolf went for Beren, Finrod broke his chains and wrestled it with such fierceness that they both died.
When she was following Beren, Luthien was captured and brought to Nargothrond by Celegorm and Curufin. Aided by Huan, Celegorm's hound (which according to prophecy could only be defeated by the greatest werewolf ever), she was able to flee. With his aid she came to Sauron's fortress where Huan defeated the werewolves of the Enemy, Draugluin the sire of werewolves, and Sauron himself in wolf-form. Then Luthien forced Sauron to give ownership of the tower to her. She freed the prisoners, among them Beren. Meanwhile, Sauron took the form of a vampire and fled to Taur-nu-Fuin (the former Dorthonion).
Beren wanted to try his task once more alone, but Lúthien insisted on coming with him. However they were attacked by Celegorm and Curufin, who had been exiled from Nargothrond. Beren was wounded by Curufin, but Lúthien healed him. Through magic they took the shapes of the bat Thuringwethil and the wolf Draugluin that Huan had killed. Thereby they were able to enter the enemy's land and at last came to Angband and before Morgoth's throne. Morgoth was able to see through her disguise, but she was undaunted by his eyes, and offered to sing for him. As she sang, Morgoth conceived a lust and an evil more abominable than any he had yet committed, and allowed her to continue singing. But as he delighted in his thought, suddenly shadow hid her, and she sang a song of great and terrible power that cast a spell of sleep.
All Morgoth's court was cast down in slumber by her song, but the Silmarils burned, and became so heavy that the head of Morgoth sagged upon his chest. He fell from his throne, the Iron Crown rolled away from him, and Beren cut a Silmaril from it. However, rather than leaving immediately with his prize, he tried to take another of the Silmarils. As he attempted to pry the second jewel loose, his knife snapped. One shard struck Morgoth's face, and he began to awaken. Beren and Luthien fled in terror, but were not chased as Morgoth and his court had not yet woke. However, at the gates of Angband the werewolf Carcharoth was aware of them, and later bit off Beren's hand, and took with it the Silmaril. Burning from the inside at the touch of the holy jewel, Carcharoth went mad and fled in wrath from Angband, slaughtering all who stood in his path. Then Morgoth awoke, and in a rage he and his court roared up in pursuit, only to see Thorondor carrying off the raiders. Morgoth's rage at the loss of the Silmaril caused the Iron Mountains to begin erupting, terrifying all those who could see it. Ultimately however, he was unable to recover the gem.
Beren and Luthien returned to Doriath, where they told of their deeds and thereby softened Thingol's heart. He accepted the marriage of his daughter and the mortal Man, although Beren's task had not been fulfilled. Beren and Huan participated in the hunt for Carcharoth, who in his madness had come into Doriath and caused much destruction there. Both of them were killed by the wolf, but Carcharoth was also slain. Before he died, Beren handed the Silmaril, which was recovered from Carcharoth's belly, to Thingol.
Grieving for Beren, Luthien also died, and came to the halls of Mandos. There she sang of her ill fate, that she would never again see Beren, who as a mortal Man had passed out of the world. Thereby Mandos was moved to pity. He restored Beren and Luthien to life and granted mortality to the Elf. Luthien left her home and her parents and went to Ossiriand with Beren. There they dwelt for the rest of their lives, and both eventually died the death of mortal Men.
Soon after, Morgoth became aware that Maedhros was making a great league against him, and driving his orcs off the northern heights. As such, he took council against them and prepared his forces for a major confrontation. When the elves eventually made it to Angband, the Battle of Nirnaeth Arnoediad began. Ultimately, the battle was a complete and decisive victory for Morgoth. The power of the elves and their Edain (Men) compatriots to make war against Morgoth was utterly and permanently broken. All of the great kingdoms of the Noldor in Beleriand besides Gondolin, were destroyed, and Hithlum was at last taken as well. The Edain who did not flee were enslaved by Easterlings, and Hurin was taken captive. This was Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Morgoth imprisoned Hurin of the House of Hador during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, In the last hours of the battle, Hurin and his kin defended Turgon, for he was the last heir to the thrones of Gondolin and Fingolfin after his brother Fingon fell in battle. Turgon narrowly escaped the clutches of the host of orcs due to the valor of Hurin, Huor, and their men.
Unfortunately, all but Hurin fell after the onslaught of Morgoth's forces. After slaying untold numbers of trolls and orcs single-handedly, Hurin was captured by Gothmog and taken to Angband. Morgoth knew that Hurin had been to Gondolin, and therefore knew the city's location. He sought to extract the information from him but, despite inflicting terrible torment upon his captive, he was unsuccessful.
Hurin had a son and a daughter, Turin and Nienor.
When Turin was eight years old Morwen sent him to the Elven realm of Doriath, where he was adopted by Thingol as a son, after meeting the Elf-maiden Nellas in the woods. After this Turin's second sister, Nienor was born. Turin was restless, and as soon as he was permitted he joined Beleg Cuthalion on the marches of Doriath, fighting the orcs of Morgoth. He wore the Dragon-helm of Dor-lomin, In his early battles his helm protected him from many injuries as he was inexperienced. The helm was an heirloom of the house of Hador and because of it the orcs feared him above all others.
Túrin accidentally caused the death of Saeros, one of Thingol's counselors who provoked and attacked him. Before he could be either punished or forgiven, he fled, eventually encountering a band of outlaws that dwelt south of Brethil. There he identified himself only as Neithan (the wronged). The men of the band realized heir leader in his place. During his rule, he stopped the outlaws from raiding houses of free folk, and only hunted Orcs.
In the meantime, Beleg Cuthalion obtained leave by Thingol to seek out his friend. In FA 487, Beleg found Turin's outlaws at the outskirts of Amon Rudh and was held tied up in question by them until Turin returned. Androg who was a prominent member of the group mistrusted Beleg even after Turin declared him a friend and begrudge him Turin`s friendship. Beleg tried to persuade Turin to return Doriath held innocent by the king he refused. When Beleg could not persuade his friend to leave the outlaws, he left to return to Doriath. Turin's band later captured Mim the Petty-dwarf while Beleg and Turin were parted. Mim was forced to share his halls on Amon Rudh with his company while Turin promised to repay Mîm for the accidental death of his son Khim.
At Doriath, Beleg asked to be able to join his friend. Thingol allowed this and also gave him the sword Anglachel, and Thingol's wife Melian gave him Lembas. Beleg returned to Turin that winter, healing those of the band that had become sick with cold. Beleg brought with him the Dragon-helm, after Turin agreed to take the Dragon-helm, the area around Amon Rudh became known as Dor-Cuarthol, "The Land of Bow and Helm" (since Beleg was known as a mighty bowman). There Turin took the name Gorthol, "The Dread Helm". Many warriors joined them, and much of the West of Beleriand was freed from evil for a while. Mim however, was greatly jealous of Beleg`s friendship with Turin.
Eventually, Turin was betrayed by Mim the dwarf. He allowed a pack of Orcs to have information with which they could destroy the company if he was allowed to kill Beleg himself. Turin was captured at the top of Amon Rûdh and all his men were slain about him. Beleg was saved by Androg who killed Mim with his last action before dying. Beleg then rescued Turin from the orcs in Taur-nu-Fuin with the help of Gwindor, an escaped slave of Morgoth, but Turin accidentally killed Beleg with Beleg's sword Anglachel. Beleg , who was trying to cut Túrins bonds, was mistaken by Turin as one of the orcs tormenting him. Thus, he roared in fear and killed Beleg and awoke the camp, Gwindor and Turin then fled. Gwindor led Turin whose mind was lost in a silent sadness, to the Pools of Ivrin, where he then cried and his madness was cured.
Gwindor then led Turin to Nargothrond, where once he had lived. In Nargothrond, Turin hid his name, calling himself by the alias Agarwaen son of Umarth (Sindarin for "Bloodstained son of Ill-fate"), while hoping to hide his identity and escape Morgoth's curse upon his kin. He had Anglachel reforged and named it Gurthang, "Iron of Death". Finduilas, daughter of Orodreth, fell in love with him, but he avoided her because she had previously been the beloved of his friend Gwindor. Turin declined to tell her his name, so that she called him Thurin (the secret). He was also called Adanedhel (Man-Elf) because he was so like an elf, though he was human. Gwindor later revealed Turin's true identity to Finduilas when anger and sadness over took him and it eventually reached Finduilas' father, King Orodreth.
The revelation of his identity resulted in Turin becoming a chief counsellor of Orodreth, and was extremely influential in Nargothrond. He encouraged the Nargothrondrim to abandon their practice of secrecy, and they built a great bridge before the gates. Because of his prowess with Gurthang, he himself became known as the Mormegil (Black Sword), or the Black Sword of Nargothrond. In FA 495, with Orodreth now deep in the council of Turin, the Elves of Nargothrond marched out from their secret city with an army of some thousands of elves to confront the enemy massing beneath the Ered Wethrin (Mountains of Shadow) and in the Pass of Sirion. They were overwhelmed and driven into the Plain of Tumhalad and utterly defeated in the Battle of Tumhalad. Only Turin, who wore the Dragon Helm of Dor-lomin was able to survive the hot fiery blasts of Glaurung and escaped. There was a desperate attempt to destroy the bridge Turin has ordered to be built for swifter actions of the army, alas it was too well made and the enemy arrived and Glaurung the father of dragons destroyed the gate and the sacking of the once mighty Nargothrond, began.
Turin was caught by the powerful gaze of Glaurung at the smashed gate of the city, and stood by idly as Finduilas and hundreds of captives was dragged away, Finduilas called to him, once her cries were drowed out in the distance Turin was released from Glaurung's spell of which deceived Turin into believing Morwen and Nienor were suffering in Dor-lómin, and Turin abandoned Finduilas to seek out his kin. In actuality, Morwen and Nienor were safely in Doriath, as Turin's own efforts had made the way passable.
Once in Dor-lomin, Turin found his old home empty. He went to the halls of the Easterling lord Brodda, who had taken Húrin's kinswoman Aerin as a wife and many a time beaten her and enslaved Túrin's people, Brodda had also taken Hurin's lands and possessions to which also rightfully belonged to Turin. From Aerin, Turin learned that Morwen had left, and in his rage, he held Brodda up like a dog and threw him in a group of men, breaking Brodda’s neck and killing him, thereby also sealing Aerin's fate. As Turin left again, Aerin burnt herself alive in Brodda's halls, and the remainder of the House of Hador now was persecuted even more cruelly. There he also met Sador once again before he died. Adding to the list of people who's lives rash actions ended.
Turin next tried to find Finduilas, but by the time he picked up the Orc's trail he came too late: the woodsmen of Brethil informed him she had been killed as they had tried to rescue the prisoners of Nargothrond. Turin collapsed on the mound she was buried in, and was brought to Brethil.
In Brethil Turin again took up his life, now calling himself Turambar (Master of Doom) in an act of bravado, deciding that his curse was now finally over. One night in the middle of a fierce storm he and his men found a naked young woman on Finduilas's grave, and called her Niniel " Maiden of tears" for she cried for she knew nothing. Turin years later took her as his wife. Turin did not know that this was indeed his sister, whose memory had been erased by Glaurung. Brandir, out of jealousy or forecast, told Niniel that a shadow was cast above Turin, and that instead of being Master of Shadow, the Shadow would inevitably master him.
Turin's happiness ended when Glaurung came near Brethil, burning miles and miles of forest so that he could reach where the woodsmen lived. Turin with two others set out to kill the dragon, but he was the only one to reach the drake. Dorlas, being too cowardly, abandoned Turin, but Hunthor the faithful went on. As Turin passed underneath the dragon, he nearly toppled into the waters due to the dragon's stench had it not been for Hunthor, who steadied him. Unfortunately as a result of this action a stone moved by Glaurang's passing hit Hunthor on the head, and he fell into the ravine. With his black sword and bitterness in his heart, Turin then stabbed the dragon's belly with all his hatred and power; killing Glaurung at Cabed-en-Aras, but as he retrieved his sword the foul blood of the Dragon fell on his hand and he was hurt and fell in a swoon. As Niniel came to search for him, Glaurung with his last words revealed to her she was his sister. Nienor in her grief thought Turin dead. Horrified, Nienor Niniel killed herself by leaping into the ravines of the river.
When Turin awoke he was told by Brandir the Lame, lord of the Haladin of Brethil what had happened, he killed Brandir in anger in front of many people, refusing to believe the truth. When he learned from Mablung of Doriath who had come to seek him that Brandir was telling truth and that he had wrongfully slew him, he could no longer live with the pains and misfortunes of his life and decided to take his life. Just before his death, he revealed that he had been 'blind'; Morgoth's curse had him groping in the dark since childhood.
Then, Turin said to Gurthang: "Hail Gurthang, iron of death, thou alone now remainest! But what lord or loyalty dost thou know, save the hand that wieldeth thee? From no blood wilt thou shrink! Wilt thou take Tùrin Turambar? Wilt thou slay me swiftly?"
And from the blade rang a cold voice in answer: "Yea, I will drink thy blood, that may I forget the blood of Beleg my master, and the blood of Brandir slain unjustly. I will slay thee swiftly." Then Turin set the hilts upon the ground, and cast himself upon the point of Gurthang, and the black blade took his life.
An alternate interpretation of Turin's revelation mirrors that of his father's in the Silmarillion, that all that he had seen was twisted by the malice and might of Morgoth, and so as if blind, he stumbled through life.
Turin was buried near Finduilas' grave, in a high mound where he had fallen, and the shards of Gurthang were set beside him.
'And thereon the Elves carved in the Runes of Doriath: TURIN TURAMBAR DAGNIR GLAURUNGA
(Túrin, Master of Fate, Slayer of Glaurung).
and beneath they wrote also:
NIËNOR NÍNIEL
From a distance Morgoth put the son and daughter of Hurin, Turin and Nienor, under a species of diabolic oppression: his thought followed them and gave them bad luck, though they were not possessed. By this means he drove them at last to madness and despair; though there is doubt as to whether in the extremity of his malice he cheated himself, as their madness saved them from damnation.
And so Hurin stayed and was chained atop Thangorodrim, watching his homelands fall under the shadow of Morgoth until he released him. Turin, who was valiant and powerful, nearly escaped the curse, as feared by Morgoth, but in the end did not. He and his sister Nienor Niniel perished. Thus, the curse of Morgoth on the Children of Hurin was fulfilled.
Continued in Part 4!
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