The Children of Húrin

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Tragic Hero: Túrin, who achieves many great and heroic deeds during his lifetime, but is undone by his Fatal Flaw— the inability to take the good counsel of other, wiser people. Whether the tragedies in Túrin's life were the result of Morgoth's curse or of his own arrogance, or some combination of the two, are a subject of some debate among fans and scholars.

You Can't Fight Fate: Túrin tries so hard to get things right, and he even tries several times to completely quit his heritage in an attempt to escape, but in the end, nothing works out. In that remote time Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and the tragedy of Turin and his sister Niënor unfolded within the shadow of the fear of Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against the lands and secret cities of the Elves.

The only thing Hùrin gained from his determination, was to hold Gondolin secret long enough to make sure his brother`s son Tuor got there in time, married Idril, and became father of Eärendil. His determination did eventually pay off, even if neither Húrin or Túrin lived long enough to see it. Having drawn the distinctive maps for The Lord of the Rings more than 50 years ago, Christopher has also created a detailed new map for this book. The Cassandra: Melian, Beleg, Gwindor, and Brandir try to warn Túrin that his course of action is leading to a bad end. He ignores all of them. In the meantime, Beleg Cúthalion obtained leave from Thingol to seek out his friend. In FA 487, Beleg found Túrin's outlaws at the outskirts of Amon Rûdh and was held and tied up by them until Túrin returned. Andróg, who was a prominent member of the group, mistrusted Beleg even after Túrin declared him a friend and begrudged him Túrin`s friendship. Beleg tried to persuade Túrin to return to Doriath, for the king held that he was innocent. When Beleg could not persuade his friend to leave the outlaws, he left to return to Doriath. Túrin's band later captured Mîm the Petty-dwarf while Beleg and Túrin were parted. Mîm was forced to share his halls on Amon Rûdh with his company while Túrin promised to repay Mîm for the accidental death of his son Khîm. Last of His Kind: Mîm and his two sons are the last Petty-dwarves in the world. All of them are killed.

Túrin is where the majority of the story plays out, and Tolkien played a very malicious game in weaving together the doom that followed him throughout his life. He really showed just the kind of mind that the great source of evil, Morgoth had. This was a god in his own right, Morgoth has no need of urgency in seeing his twisted form of punishing for defiance play out, he has every reason to be patient and let it play out to its fullest.There is no mercy, it is a long and slow march towards ruination. Túrin falls into a cycle that repeats throughout the whole of his life, a rise and an inevitable fall.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (2007). Christopher Tolkien (ed.). The Children of Húrin. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-007-24622-6. Broken Bird: Poor Niënor, thanks to Glaurung. She quite understandably kills herself when she learns the truth about her life and identity.

Túrin is portrayed as a man of great and terrible potential, a warrior that has no equal amongst men or even elves in many cases. His cause is a just one, he is swift and unyielding in the face of the enemy, gaining him so much infamy that the orcs and goblins flee from the slightest mention of him. He builds a reputation that brings him praise and rises him in the ranks with his allies. He is everything that a hero should be on the surface, yet under it he is also impatient, prideful, stubborn and hot tempered. The man is a stranger to humility, he has some of the worse flaws of men who carry great power. Time after time again, Túrin builds himself up from nothing to stand as a leader amongst people, and every time some great tragedy befalls him, as well as the people around him. Many times due to his own arrogance and pride, he loses everything and finds himself alone once more. Every time afterwards he flees, takes up a new name and begins all over again. Mitchell, Jesse (2010). "Master of Doom by Doom Mastered: Heroism, Fate, and Death in The Children of Húrin". Mythlore. 29 (1). Article 7. Marshall, Jeremy (14 April 2007). "Tolkien, before Bilbo". The Times . Retrieved 22 September 2007.This work is an outline of the story and mythology of Middle-earth in condensed form and, as such, gave tantalizing but very brief accounts of the creation of Middle-earth, the birth of Elves and of Men, and many individual tales of which not least was that of The Children of Húrin and the tragic life of Túrin Turambar. Túrin, in one of the first fantasy examples. J.R.R. Tolkien was inspired by the tragic anti-heroes of Norse and Finnish mythology when he wrote the character of Túrin. At first, he's a Pragmatic Hero as his negative qualities mostly boil down to pride and his gruff nature, but as the novel progresses, he steadily slides down the scale, finally becoming a Nominal Hero when he murders Brandir in cold blood. Then, Túrin said to Gurthang: "Hail Gurthang, iron of death, thou alone now remainest! But what lord or loyalty dost thou know, save the hand that wieldeth thee? From no blood wilt thou shrink! Wilt thou take Tùrin Turambar? Wilt thou slay me swiftly?"