《the silmarillion》

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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 homes。 Long ere King Finrod  
Felagund came over the Sea; the caves of Nargothrond were discovered by them; and by them its delving was begun;  
and beneath the crown of Amon R?dh; 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 M?m and his two sons; and M?m was old even in the reckoning of  
Dwarves; old and forgotten。 And in his halls the smithies were idle; and the axes rusted; and their name was remembered  
only in ancient tales of Doriath and Nargothrond。 
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 R?dh 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 some fell sick; and all were pinched with hunger。 But in the  
dim dusk of a winter's day there appeared suddenly among them a man; as it seemed; of great bulk and girth; cloaked  
and hooded in white; and he walked up to the fire without a word。 And when men sprang up in fear; he laughed; and  
threw back his hood; and beneath his wide cloak he bore a great pack; and in the light of the fire Túrin looked again on  
the face of Beleg Cúthalion。 
Thus Beleg returned once more to Túrin; and their meeting was glad; and with him he brought out of Dimbar the  
Dragon…helm of Dor…lómin; thinking that it might lift Túrin's thought again above his life in the wilderness as the leader  
of a petty pany。 But still Túrin would not return to Doriath; and Beleg yielding to his love against his wisdom  
remained with him; and did not depart; and in that time he laboured much for the good of Túrin's pany。 Those that  
were hurt or sick he tended; and gave to them the lembas of Melian; and they were quickly healed; for though the Grey… 
elves were less in skill and knowledge than the Exiles from Valinor; in the ways of the life of Middle…earth they had a  
wisdom beyond the reach of Men。 And because Beleg was strong and enduring; farsighted in mind as in eye; he came to  
be held in honour among the outlaws; but the hatred of M?m for the Elf that had e into Bar…en…Danwedh grew ever  
greater; and he sat with Ibun his son in the deepest shadows of his house; speaking to none。 But Túrin paid now little  
heed to the Dwarf; and when winter passed; and spring came; they had sterner work to do。 
Who knows now the counsels of Morgoth? Who can measure the reach of his thought; who had been Melkor;  
mighty among the Ainur of the Great Song; and sat now; a dark lord upon a dark throne in the North; weighing in his  
malice all the tidings that came to him; and perceiving more of the deeds and purposes of his enemies than even the  
wisest of them feared; save only Melian the Queen? To her often the thought of Morgoth reached out; and there was  
foiled。 
And now again the might of Angband was moved; and as the long fingers of a groping hand the forerunners of his  
armies probed the ways into Beleriand。 Through Anach they came; and Dimbar was taken; and all the north marches of  
Doriath。 Down the ancient road they came that led through the long 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 were watchful eyes of which they had not been  
warned。 For Túrin put on again the Helm of Hador; and far and wide in Beleriand the whisper went; under wood and  
over stream and through the passes of the hills; saying that the Helm and Bow that had fallen in Dimbar had arisen again  
beyond hope。 Then many who went leaderless; dispossessed but undaunted; took heart again; and came to seek the Two  
Captains。 Dor…Cúarthol; the Land of Bow and Helm; was in that time named all the region between Teiglin and the west  
march of Doriath; and Túrin named himself anew; Gorthol; the Dread Helm; and his heart was high again。 In Menegroth;  
and in the deep halls of Nargothrond; and even in the hidden realm of Gondolin; the fame of the deeds of the Two  
Captains was heard; and in Angband also they were known。 Then Morgoth laughed; for now by the Dragon…helm was  
Húrin's son revealed to him again; and ere long Amon R?dh was ringed with spies。 
In the waning of the year M?m the Dwarf and Ibun his son went out from Bar…en…Danwedh to gather roots in the  
wild for their winter store; and they were taken captive by Orcs。 Then for a second time M?m promised to guide his  
enemies by the secret paths to his home on Amon R?dh; but yet he sought to delay the fulfilment of his promise; and  
demanded that Gorthol should not be slain。 Then the Ore…captain laughed; and he said to M?m: 'Assuredly Túrin son of  
Húrin shall not be slain。' 
Thus was Bar…en…Danwedh betrayed; for the Orcs came upon it by night at unawares; guided by M?m。 There  
many of Túrin's pany were slain as they slept; but some fleeing by an inner stair came out upon the hill…top; and  
there they fought until they fell; and their blood flowed out upon the seregon that mantled the stone。 But a net was cast  
over Túrin as he fought; and he was enmeshed in it; and overe; and led away。 
And at length when all was silent again M?m 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 M?m stepped  
up to Beleg; and drew forth the sword Anglachel that lay beneath the body of one that had fallen beside him; but Beleg  
stumbling up seized back the sword and thrust it at the Dwarf; and M?m in terror fled wailing from the hill…top。 And  
Beleg cried after him: 'The vengeance of the house of Hador will find you yet!' 
Now Beleg was sorely wounded; but he was mighty among the Elves of Middle…earth; and he was moreover a  
master of healing。 Therefore he did not die; and slowly his strength returned; and he sought in vain among the dead for  
Túrin; to bury him。 But he found him not; and then he knew that Húrin's son was yet alive; and taken to Angband。 
With little hope Beleg departed from Amon R?dh and set out northward; towards the Crossings 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 now he was not far behind them; for he went without sleeping; whereas they had tarried on their road;  
hunting in the lands and fearing no pursuit as they 

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