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Húrin is a man and the leader of the house of Hador. He fights in the fifth battle of the Wars of Beleriand and volunteers to defend the retreat of Turgon’s forces as the orcs overpower them. The battle becomes the final stand of the men of Dor-lómin—they’re all killed, and Húrin fights alone until his eventual capture. Defiant, Húrin mocks Melkor for asking him about Gondolin’s secret location. In retribution, Melkor curses his family with sorrow and misfortune, then forces Húrin to witness the deaths of his children Túrin and Nienor. Though Húrin never begs for mercy, Melkor eventually releases him. Once free, Húrin accidentally reveals the location of Gondolin to Melkor, then travels to the grave of his children, where he meets his dying wife Morwen for the last time. After burying her, he kills the dwarf Mîm and speaks spitefully to Thingol, who fostered Túrin. Melian clears Húrin’s mind of his grief and madness, revealing that Melkor twisted the truth of his children’s fates. Ashamed of his actions, Húrin leaves and drowns himself, fulfilling Melkor’s curse.
Húrin Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Húrin or refer to Húrin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 20
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Thus was the treachery of Uldor redressed; and of all the deeds of war that the fathers of Men wrought in behalf of the Eldar, the last stand of the Men of Dor-lómin is most renowned.
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Last of all Húrin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and each time that he slew Húrin cried: ‘Aurë entuluva! Day shall come again!’
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Chapter 21
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‘Farewell, O twice beloved! A Túrin Turambar turun ambartanen: master of doom by doom mastered! O happy to be dead!’
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Húrin Quotes in The Silmarillion
The The Silmarillion quotes below are all either spoken by Húrin or refer to Húrin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 20
Quotes
Thus was the treachery of Uldor redressed; and of all the deeds of war that the fathers of Men wrought in behalf of the Eldar, the last stand of the Men of Dor-lómin is most renowned.
[…]
Last of all Húrin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and each time that he slew Húrin cried: ‘Aurë entuluva! Day shall come again!’
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Chapter 21
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‘Farewell, O twice beloved! A Túrin Turambar turun ambartanen: master of doom by doom mastered! O happy to be dead!’
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