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Of Turin Turaund, was the wife of Huor, son of Galdor; and she edded to him two months before he ith Hurin his brother to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad When no tidings came of her lord she fled into the wild; but she was aided by the Grey-elves of Mithrim, and when her son Tuor was born they fostered hi to the Haudh-en-Ndengin she laid herself down upon it and died

Morwen, daughter of Baragund, was the wife of Hurin, Lord of Dor-lomin; and their son was Turin, as born in the year that Beren Erchahter they had also as called Lalaith, which is Laughter, and she was beloved by Turin her brother; but when she was three years old there caband, and she died

Now after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad Morwen abode still in Dor-loain with child Those days were evil; for the Easterlings that came into Hithlum despised the remnant of the people of Hador, and they oppressed theoods, and enslaved their children But so great was the beauty and s were afraid, and dared not to lay hands upon her or her household; and they whispered a that she was perilous, and a witch skilled in ue with the Elves Yet she was now poor and without aid, save that she was succoured secretly by a kinswo, had taken as his wife; and Morwen feared greatly that Turin would be taken from her and enslaved Therefore it ca Thingol to harbour him, for Beren son of Barahir was her father&039;s kinsman, and he had been moreover a friend of Hurin, ere evil befell Therefore in the autumn of the Year of Lamentation Morwen sent Turin forth over thethedom of Doriath Thus was the fate of Turin woven, which is fulltold in that lay that is called Narn i Hin Hurin, the Tale of the Children of Hurin, and is the longest of all the lays that speak of those days Here that tale is told in brief, for it is woven with the fate of the Silmarils and of the Elves; and it is called the Tale of Grief, for it is sorrowful, and in it are revealedof the year Morwen gave birth to her child, the daughter of Hurin; and she na But Turin and his coreat perils came at last to the borders of Doriath; and there they were found by Beleg Strongbow, chief of the roth Then Thingol received Turin, and took hi, in honour of Hurin the Steadfast; for Thingol&039;s ed towards the houses of the Elf-friends ThereafterMorwen leave Dor-lomin and return with them to Doriath; but still she would not leave the house in which she had dith Hurin And when the Elves departed she sent with thereatest of the heirloo in Doriath, but he was ol&039;s halls, and during that tiers went at tis of Morwen and Nienor

But there caers did not return out of die north, and Thingol would send no more

Then Turin was filled with fear for his ri and asked for on-helm of Dor-lomin and went out to battle on theCuthalion

And when three years had passed, Turin returned again to Menegroth; but he caarments orn Now one there was in Doriath, of the people of the Nandor, high in the counsels of the King; Saeros was his naed to Turin the honour he received as Thingol&039;s fosterson; and seated opposite to hi: &039;If the Men of Hithlum are so wild and fell, of what sort are the women of that land? Do they run like deer clad only in their hair?&039; Then Turin in great anger took up a drinking-vessel, and cast it at Saeros; and he was grievously hurt

On the next day Saeros waylaid Turin as he set out froroth to return to the marches; but Turin overcah the woods Then Saeros fleeing in terror before him fell into the chasreat rock in the water But others co theroth and abide the judge hi to be held captive, refused Mablung&039;s bidding, and turned swiftly away; and passing through the Girdle of Melian he came into the woods west of Sirion

There he joined himself to a band of such houseless and desperatein the wild; and their hands were turned against all who came in their path Elves and Men and Orcs

But when all that had befallen was told and searched out before Thingol, the King pardoned Turin, holding hibow returned fro hirieve, Cuthalion; for I took Hurin&039;s son as my son, and so he shall remain, unless Hurin himself should return out of the shadows to claim his own I would not have any say that Turin was driven forth unjustly into the wild, and gladly would I welco answered: &039;I will seek Turin until I find hiroth, if I can; for I love hiroth, and far across Beleriand he sought in vain for tidings of Turin throughthe outlaws, and becaed Very warily they dwelt in the wooded lands south of Teiglin; but when a year had passed since Turin fled froht It chanced that at that ti and bound him, and treated hi of Doriath But Turin returning and seeing as done, was stricken with remorse for all their evil and lawless deeds; and he released Beleg, and they renewed their friendship, and Turin foreswore thenceforar or plunder against all save the servants of Angband

Then Beleg told Turin of King Thingol&039;s pardon; and he sought to persuade hiht to return with hith and valour on the north marches of the realm &039;Of late the Orcs have found a way down out of Taur-nu-Fuin,&039; he said; &039;they have h the Pass of Anach&039;

&039;I do not reo so far fro &039;But you have seen the peaks of the Crissaegrioroth Anach lies between, above the high springs of Mindeb, a hard and dangerous road; yet many co under the Black Hand, and the Men of Brethil are troubled We are needed there&039;

But in the pride of his heart Turin refused the pardon of the King, and the words of Beleg were of no avail to change histo re would not do, and he said: &039;Hard you are, Turin, and stubborn Now the turn is bow beside you, look for me in Dimbar; for thither I shall return&039;

On the next day Beleg set out, and Turin ith hi &039;Is it farewell, then, son of Hurin?&039; said Beleg Then Turin looked out ard, and he saw far off the great height of A of what lay before him he answered: &039;You have said, seek me in Dimbar But I say, seek for me on Amon Rudh! Else, this is our last farewell&039; Then they parted, in friendship, yet in sadness

Now Beleg returned to the Thousand Caves, and cool and Melian he told the by Turin&039;s cohed, and he said: &039;What more would Turin have , &039;and I will guard hiuide hihtly spoken Nor would I wish to see so great a good run to nothing in the wild&039;

Then Thingol gave Beleg leave to do as he would; and he said: &039;Beleg Cuthalion! For many deeds you have earnedof ift, and I will not deny it to you&039;

&039;I ask then for a sword of worth,&039; said Beleg; &039;for the Orcs come now too thick and close for a bow only, and such blade as I have is no match for their armour&039;

&039;Choose frool, &039;save only Aranruth, lachel; and that was a sword of great worth, and it was so named because it wasstar; it would cleave all earth-delved iron One other sword only in Middle-earth was like to it That sword does not enter into this tale, though it was made of the same ore by the same smith; and that son&039;s sister to wife He gave Anglachel to Thingol as fee, which he begrudged, for leave to dwell in Nan Eluirel he kept, until it was stolen frool turned the hilt of Anglachel towards Beleg, Melian looked at the blade; and she said: &039;There is malice in this sword The dark heart of the smith still dwells in it It will not love the hand it serves; neither will it abide with you long&039;

&039;Nonetheless I ield it while I ive to you, Cuthalion,&039; said Melian, &039;that shall be your help in the wild, and the help also of those whoave him store of lembas, the waybread of the Elves, wrapped in leaves of silver, and the threads that bound it were sealed at the knots with the seal of the Queen, a wafer of white wax shaped as a single flower of Telperion; for according to the custoed to the Queen alone In nothing did Melian show greater favour to Turin than in this gift; for the Eldar had never before allowed Men to use this waybread, and seldoifts froroth and went back to the north es, and many friends Then in Dilachel rejoiced to be unsheathed; but when the winter ca, and he returned to the parted from the outlaws and returned into Doriath, Turin led thereeary of their life without rest, ever watchful and in fear of pursuit, and they sought for a safer lair And it chanced at a ti that they caed behind was seized and thron, and a man of the company took his bow and let fly an arrow at the others as they vanished in the dusk Now the dwarf that they had taken was named Mim; and he pleaded for his life before Turin, and offered as ransoht find without his aid Then Turin pitied Mim, and spared him; and he said: &039;Where is your house?&039;

Then Mih above the lands lies the house of Mireat hill; Aed all the na upon the dwarf; and at last he said: &039;You shall bring us to that place&039;

On the next day they set out thither, following Mie of the , and high above the stony heath it reared its crown; but its steep grey head was bare, save for the red seregon that mantled the stone And as thebroke through the clouds, and fell upon the crown; and the seregon was all in flower Then one a them said: &039;There is blood on the hill-top&039;

But Mim led them by secret paths up the steep slopes of Amon Rudh; and at the : &039;Enter into Bar-en-Danwedh, the House of Ransom; for so it shall be called&039;

And now there careet hiether, and passed swiftly down into the darkness of the cave; but Turin followed after, and ca upon chains There he found Mi at a stone couch beside the wall, and he tore his beard, and wailed, crying one naly; and on the couch there lay a third But Turin entering stood beside Mim, and offered hiive no aid For this is Khim, my son; and he is dead, pierced by an arrow He died at sunset Ibun my son has told me&039;

Then pity rose in Turin&039;s heart, and he said to Mim: &039;Alas! I would recall that shaft, if I could Now Bar-enDanwedh this house shall be called in truth; and if ever I coold for your son, in token of sorrow, though it gladden your heart noat Turin &039;I hear you,&039; he said &039;You speak like a dwarf-lord of old; and at that I lad; and hi this house you may dwell, if you will; for I will payof Turin in the hidden house of Mireensward before the mouth of the cave, and looked out east, and west, and north Northward he looked, and descried the Forest of Brethil clireen about Amon Obel in its ain, he knew not why; for his heart was set rather to the north-west, where league upon league away on the skirts of the sky it seelimpse the Mountains of Shadow, the walls of his ho Turin looked west into the sunset, as the sun rode down red into the hazes above the distant coasts, and the Vale of Narog lay deep in the shadows between

In the ti with him alone he listened to his lore and the tale of his life For Mim careat Dwarf-cities of the east, and long before the return of Morgoth they wandered ard into Beleriand; but they became diminished in stature and in s with bowed shoulders and furtive steps Before the Dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost came west over the mountains the Elves of Beleriand knew not what these others were, and they hunted them, and slew them; but afterwards they let theyth Nibin, the Petty-Dwarves, in the Sindarin tongue They loved none but themselves, and if they feared and hated the Orcs, they hated the Eldar no less, and the Exiles most of all; for the Noldor, they said, had stolen their lands and their hound caothrond were discovered by theun; and beneath the crown of Amon Rudh, the Bald Hill, the slow hands of the Petty-Dwarves had bored and deepened the caves through the long years that they dwelt there, untroubled by the Grey-elves of the woods

But now at last they had dwindled and died out of Middle-earth, all save Mi of Dwarves, old and forgotten And in his halls the smithies were idle, and the axes rusted, and their naothrond

But when the year drew on to midwinter, snow came down from the north heavier than they had known it in the river-vales, and Amon Rudh was covered deep; and they said that the winters worsened in Beleriand as the power of Angband grew Then only the hardiest dared stir abroad; and soer But in the di theirth, cloaked and hooded in white; and he walked up to the fire without a word And when hed, and threw back his hood, and beneath his wide cloak he bore a great pack; and in the light of the fire Turin looked again on the face of Beleg Cuthalion

Thus Beleg returned once lad; and with hion-helht again above his life in the wilderness as the leader of a petty co yielding to his love against his wisdom remained with him, and did not depart, and in that tiood of Turin&039;s coave to them the leh the Greyelves were less in skill and knowledge than the Exiles from Valinor, in the ways of the life of Middle-earth they had a wisdo and enduring, farsighted inthe outlaws; but the hatred of Mireater, and he sat with Ibun his son in the deepest shadows of his house, speaking to none But Turin paid now little heed to the Dwarf; and inter passed, and spring came, they had sterner work to do

Who kno the counsels of Morgoth? Who can hty a, and sat now, a dark lord upon a dark throne in the North, weighing in hismore of the deeds and purposes of his enemies than even the wisest of theht of Morgoth reached out, and there was foiled

And now again the roping hand the forerunners of his arh Anach they came, and Dimbar was taken, and all the north marches of Doriath Down the ancient road they ca defile of Sirion, past the isle where Minas Tirith of Finrod had stood, and so through the land between Malduin and Sirion, and on through the eaves of Brethil to the Crossings of Teiglin Thence the road went on into the Guarded Plain; but the Orcs did not go far upon it, as yet, for there dwelt now in the wild a terror that was hidden, and upon the red hill atchful eyes of which they had not been warned For Turin put on again the Helm of Hador; and far and wide in Beleriand the whisper went, under wood and over strea that the Helain beyond hope Then many ent leaderless, dispossessed but undaunted, took heart again, and came to seek the Two Captains Dor-Cuarthol, the Land of Bow and Hellin and the west march of Doriath; and Turin named hiain In Menegroth, and in the deep halls of Nargothrond, and even in the hidden realm of Gondolin, the faband also they were known Then Morgoth laughed, for now by the Dragonhel A of the year Miather roots in the wild for their winter store; and they were taken captive by Orcs Then for a second tiuide his enemies by the secret paths to his hoht to delay the fulfilment of his promise, and demanded that Gorthol should not be slain Then the Ore-captain laughed, and he said to Mim: &039;Assuredly Turin son of Hurin shall not be slain&039;

Thus was Bar-en-Danwedh betrayed, for the Orcs cauided by Mim There many of Turin&039;s co by an inner stair caht until they fell, and their blood flowed out upon the seregon that ht, and he was enth when all was silent again Mim crept out of the shadows of his house; and as the sun rose over the mists of Sirion he stood beside the dead men on the hill-top But he perceived that not all those that lay there were dead; for by one his gaze was returned, and he looked in the eyes of Beleg the Elf Then with hatred long-stored Milachel that lay beneath the body of one that had fallen beside hi up seized back the sword and thrust it at the Dwarf, and Mi cried after hieance of the house of Hador will find you yet!&039;

Now Beleg was sorely wounded, but he wasthe Elves of Middle-earth, and he wasTherefore he did not die, and slowly his strength returned; and he sought in vain a the dead for Turin, to bury him But he found him not; and then he knew that Hurin&039;s son was yet alive, and taken to Angband

With little hope Beleg departed fros of Teiglin, following in the track of the Orcs; and he crossed over the Brithiach and journeyed through Dimbar towards the Pass of Anach And noas not far behind the, whereas they had tarried on their road, hunting in the lands and fearing no pursuit as they came northward; and not even in the dreadful woods of Taur-nu-Fuin did he swerve froreater than any that have been in Middle-earth But as he passed by night through that evil land he careat dead tree; and Beleg staying his steps beside the sleeper saw that it was an Elf Then he spoke to hiht him to that terrible place; and he na looked upon him; for Gwindor was now but a bent and fearful shadow of his former shape and othrond rode with rash courage to the very doors of Angband, and there was taken For few of the Noldor whooth captured were put to death, because of their skill in forging and in ems; and Gwindor was not slain, but put to labour in the mines of the North By secret tunnels known only to theht so found him, spent and bewildered in the mazes of Taur-nu-Fuin&039;

And Gwindor told hireat co northwards, and wolves ith the them was a Man, whose hands were chained, and they drove him onhips &039;Very tall he was&039;, said Gwindor, &039;as tall as are the Men fro told hiht to dissuade hi that he would but join Turin in the anguish that awaited hi hiether they went on, following the Orcs until they cah slopes that ran down to the barren dunes of Anfauglith There within sight of the peaks of Thangorodriht of day was failing, and setting wolf-sentinels all about they fell to carousing A great storlittered on the Shadowy Mountains far away, as Beleg and Gwindor crept towards the dell

When all in the ca took his bow, and in the darkness shot the wolf-sentinels, one by one and silently Then in great peril they entered in, and they found Turin fettered hand and foot and tied to a withered tree; and all about him knives that had been cast at him were ereat weariness But Beleg and Gwindor cut the bonds that held hi him they carried him out of the dell; yet they could bear him no further than to a thicket of thorn-trees a little way above There they laid hi drew his sword Anglachel, and with it he cut the fetters that bound Turin; but fate was that day , for the blade slipped as he cut the shackles, and Turin&039;s foot was pricked Then he was aroused into a sudden wakefulness of rage and fear, and seeing one bending over hi that Orcs were co with hi Cuthalion thinking hi hiined foes, there caht he looked down on Beleg&039;s face Then Turin stood stone-still and silent, staring on that dreadful death, knohat he had done; and so terrible was his face, lit by the lightning that flickered all about theround and dared not raise his eyes&039;

But now in the dell beneath the Orcs were aroused, and all the camp was in a tumult; for they feared the thunder that caainst thereat Enereat rains fell, and torrents swept down froh Gwindor cried out to Turin, warning hi and unweeping in the te came the storm was passed away eastward over Lothlann, and the sun of autu that Turin would have fled far away froht be washed away, the Orcs departed in haste without longer search, and far off Gwindor saw thelith Thus it caoth empty-handed, and left behind the on the slopes of Taur-nu-Fuin, bearing a burden heavier than their bonds

Then Gwindor roused Turin to aid hi, and he rose as one that walked in sleep; and together they laid Beleg in a shallow grave, and placed beside hireat bow, that was lachel Gwindor took, saying that it were better that it should take vengeance on the servants of Morgoth than lie useless in the earth; and he took also the lethen thebow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days, at the hand of hiraven on the face of Turin and never faded But courage and strength were renewed in the Elf of Nargothrond, and departing from Taur-nu-Fuin he led Turin far away Never once as they wandered together on long and grievous paths did Turin speak, and he walked as one without wish or purpose, while the year waned and winter drew on over the northern lands But Gwindor was ever beside hiuide hith to Eithel Ivrin, the springs whence Narog rose beneath the Mountains of Shadow There Gwindor spoke to Turin, saying: &039;Awake, Turin son of Hurin Thalion! On Ivrin&039;s lake is endless laughter She is fed frouarded froht her beauty in ancient days&039; Then Turin knelt and drank from that water; and suddenly he cast himself down, and his tears were unloosed at last, and he was healed of his , and he na it aloud heedless of peril And Gwindor gave the sword Anglachel into his hands, and Turin knew that it was heavy and strong and had great power; but its blade was black and dull and its edges blunt Then Gwindor said: &039;This is a strange blade, and unlike any that I have seen in Middle-earth Iteven as you do But be coothrond of the house of Finarfin, and you shall come with me, and be healed and renewed&039;

&039;Who are you?&039; said Turin &039;A wandering Elf, a thrall escaped, who met and comforted,&039; said Gwindor &039;Yet once I indor son of Guilin, a lord of Nargothrond, until I went to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was enslaved in Angband&039;

&039;Then have you seen Hurin son of Galdor, the warrior of Dor-lomin?&039; said Turin

&039;I have not seen hih Angband that he still defies Morgoth; and Morgoth has laid a curse upon turn and all his kin&039;

&039;That I do believe,&039; said Turin

And now they arose, and departing fro the banks of Narog, until they were taken by scouts of the Elves and brought as prisoners to the hidden stronghold Thus did Turin coothrond

At first his own people did not knoindor, ent out young and strong, and returned now see mortal Men, because of his torhter of Orodreth the King knew him and welcoreatly did Gwindor love her beauty that he naleam of the sun on the pools of Ivrin For Gwindor&039;s sake Turin was adothrond, and he dwelt there in honour But when Gwindor would tell his naarwaen the son of Umarth (which is the Bloodstained, son of Ill-fate), a hunter in the woods&039;; and the Elves of Nargothrond questioned hih in favour with Orodreth, and well-nigh all hearts were turned to hi, and only now reached his full manhood; and he was in truth the son of Morwen Eledhwen to look upon: dark-haired and pale-skinned, with grey eyes, and his facewere that of the ancient kingdoht be taken for one froreat houses of the Noldor; therefore lachel was forged anew for hih ever black its edges shone with pale fire; and he nareat was his prowess and skill in warfare on the confines of the Guarded Plain that he hiil, the Black Sword; and the Elves said: &039;The Moril cannot be slain, save by ave hiriilded, and he put it on before battle, and his enemies fled before his face

Then the heart of Finduilas was turned froiven to Turin; but Turin did not perceive what had befallen And being torn in heart Finduilas becarean and silent

But Gwindor sat in dark thought; and on a tihter of the house of Finarfin, let no grief lie between us; for though Morgoth has laid my life in ruin, you still I love Go whither love leads you; yet beware! It is not fitting that the Elder Children of Iluvatar should ith the Younger; nor is it wise, for they are brief, and soon pass, to leave us in hood while the world lasts Neither will fate suffer it, unless it be once or twice only, for soh cause of doom that we do not perceive But this Man is not Beren A doo eyes may well read in him, but a dark doom Enter not into it! And if you will, your love shall betray you to bitterness and death For hearken to ht naband, and whose kin he has cursed Doubt not the power of Morgoth Bauglir! Is it not written in ht; but at the last she said only: &039;Turin son of Hurin loves me not; nor will&039;

Nohen Turin learnt from Finduilas of what had passed, he rathful, and he said to Gwindor: &039;In love I hold you for rescue and safe-keeping But now you have done ill to ht name, and call my doom upon me, from which I would lie hid&039;

But Gwindor answered: &039;The doom lies in yourself, not in your nail was in truth the son of Hurin Thalion he gave hi the people of Nargothrond But he had no liking for their manner of warfare, of ambush and stealth and secret arrow, and he yearned for brave strokes and battle in the open; and his counsels weighed with the King ever the longer the othrond forsook their secrecy and went openly to battle, and great store of weapons were hty bridge over the Narog froe of their arband were driven out of all the land between Narog and Sirion eastward, and ard to the Nenning and the desolate Falas; and though Gwindor spoke ever against Turin in the council of the King, holding it an ill policy, he fell into dishonour and none heeded hier forward in arothrond was revealed to the wrath and hatred of Morgoth; but still at Turin&039;s prayer his true nah the faol, ruothrond

In that time of respite and hope, when because of the deeds of the Moroth was stemmed west of Sirion, Morwen fled at last fro journey to Thingol&039;s halls There new grief awaited her, for she found Turin gone, and to Doriath there had coon-helm had vanished from the lands west of Sirion; but Morwen reol and Melian, and were treated with honour

Now it came to pass, when four hundred and ninety-five years had passed since the rising of the Moon, in the spring of the year, there caothrond two Elves, narod&039;s people, but since the Dagor Bragollach they dwelt in the south with Cirdan the Shipwright Fro of Orcs and evil creatures under the eaves of Ered Wethrin and in the Pass of Sirion; and they told also that Ulreat peril drew nigh to Nargothrond

&039;Hear the words of the Lord of Waters!&039; said they to the King &039;Thus he spoke to Cirdan the Shipwright: &039;The Evil of the North has defiled the springs of Sirion, andwaters But a worse thing is yet to coothrond: Shut the doors of the fortress and go not abroad Cast the stones of your pride into the loud river, that the creeping evil ate"&039;

Orodreth was troubled by the dark words of the ers, but Turin would by no means hearken to these counsels, and least of all would he suffer the great bridge to be cast down; for he was becos as he wished

Soon afterwards Handir Lord of Brethil was slain, for the Orcs invaded his land, and Handir gave them battle; but the Men of Brethil orsted, and driven back into their woods And in the autuoth loosed upon the people of Narog the great host that he had long prepared; and Glaurung the Uruloki passed over Anfauglith, and careat evil Under the shadows of Ered Wethrin he defiled the Eithel Ivrin, and thence he passed into the realothrond, and burned the Talath Dirnen, the Guarded Plain, between Narog and Teiglin

Then the warriors of Nargothrond went forth, and tall and terrible on that day looked Turin, and the heart of the host was upheld, as he rode on the right hand of Orodreth But greater far was the host of Morgoth than any scouts had told, and none but Turin defended by his dwarf-; and the Elves were driven back and pressed by the Orcs into the field of Tu, and there they were penned On that day all the pride and host of Nargothrond withered away; and Orodreth was slain in the forefront of the battle, and Gwindor son of Guilin ounded to the death But Turin came to his aid, and all fled before hi into a wood there laid hirass