After burying Beleg Gwindor and Túrin journeyed South for months. Túrin spoke no words and at length the travelers came to the Beautiful Mere and Eithel Ivrin. This lake was created and guarded by Ulmo, Lord of Waters. When Túrin drank from the water he snapped out of his stupor.
His tears now flowed freely and he made a song of lamentation for Beleg, Laer Cú Beleg, Song of the Great Bow. Gwindor then gave Anglachel to Turin saying he had never seen a blade like it in Middle-earth. Túrin finally asked who his guide was. He proclaimed himself a wandering Elf escaped from Angband who once was Gwindor, a lord of Nargothrond.
Túrin asked if Gwindor had seen Húrin while enslaved by Morgoth. "'I have not seen him,' said Gwindor. 'But the rumour runs through Angband that he still defies Morgoth; and Morgoth has laid a curse upon him and all his kin.' 'That I do believe,' said Túrin." (p. 157-158, The Children of Húrin). Gwindor led Túrin down the Narog until they were captured by scouts and taken to Nargothrond.
Middle-earth timeline: First Age, 488-489
Today's reading comes from: The Children of Húrin, page 156-158
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