At this, many thought Beren would be slain. Finding resolve, Beren answered that his fate led him to what he sought not - Lúthien. And so Thingol demanded to know Beren's business in Doriath. For Lúthien he set above all things, while of mortal Men he took little heed. However, Daeron the minstrel loved Lúthien also, and betrayed them to Thingol, who was wrathful. For a brief time, long ago in the woods of Doriath, their joy was the greatest that has been, amongst any of the Children of Ilúvatar. He called out to her, naming her Tinúviel and as she looked on him, doom fell upon her, and she loved him. He became utterly enchanted by her, and his agony departed him, for Lúthien was the most beautiful of all of the Children of Ilúvatar. Staggering into the woods of Neldoreth, he chanced upon Lúthien, daughter of Thingol and Melian, dancing in a clearing beside Esgalduin. Journeying through the horrors and terrors of Ered Gorgoroth and Nan Dungortheb he came at length, by paths untrodden, to Doriath, where no mortal had yet been before. Thus Beren roamed Dorthonion, slaughtering many servants of Morgoth, and so a bounty was set upon his head, and Sauron's armies hounded him to such an extent that he was forced to flee Dorthonion. He buried his father, and slew the band of orcs responsible, reclaiming from them the Ring of Felagund. Alas, he came too late and found his kin slain.
Coming to Beren in a dream, a wraith of Gorlim told him all and urged him to return in haste. All perished, except Beren, son of Barahir, who was away on a perilous errand at the time. Through Sauron's devices, a member of the group named Gorlim was deceived into revealing the retreat of Barahir, and the company was slain by Sauron's Orcs. Morgoth could not discover it, and he ordered Sauron to eliminate them. It was to Tarn Aeluin, a lake in the east of that country, that they made their abode. įollowing the Dagor Bragollach, Barahir and his companions continued to defend their land, Dorthonion. Tolkien considered the tale to be the kernel of his legendarium. It tells of the love between the Elf-maiden Lúthien and the mortal Beren, and their Quest for the Silmaril.
Of Beren and Lúthien is the nineteenth chapter of the Quenta Silmarillion section within The Silmarillion. For the the book published in 2017, see Beren and Lúthien. This article is about the chapter in The Silmarillion.
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