Huan the hound is one of Oromë’s hunting dogs, gifted to Celegorm, but abandons Celegorm’s service to aid Beren and Lúthien in the quest for the Silmaril. He has the ability to speak three times before his death; he speaks once to Lúthien when he frees her from Celegorm, once to both Beren and Lúthien to explain a plan for infiltrating Angband, and once to Beren alone, to say goodbye as he dies of his wounds after killing the werewolf Carcharoth.