When we last left Tuor he was 16 and a slave of Lorgan the Easterling. Three years later Tuor is nearly full grown. Being sent on an errand with other slaves Tuor attacked the guards slaying them in the woods and running for his freedom. Lorgan pursued him but his hunting dogs Tuor had befriended "...and if they came up with him they would fawn upon him, and then run homeward on his command" (p. 19, Unfinished Tales). Tuor made his way to the caves of Androth where he had been fostered by the Elves. There he lived as an outlaw slaying many Easterlings as he went about the land. "Yet it is said that Tuor's journeys were not made for the purpose of vengeance; rather he sought ever for the Gate of the Noldor, of which Annael had spoken" (p. 19, Unfinished Tales).
For Tuor's heart always guided him to greater things and a purpose beyond the life of an outlaw. It is said Ulmo was aware of Tuor's plight for Annael and others made it to Círdan. Being the Lord of Waters "...he gathered tidings of all that passed in Beleriand, and every stream that flowed from Middle-earth to the Great Sea was to him a messenger, both to and fro; and he remained also in friendship, as of old, with Círdan and the Shipwrights at the Mouths of the Sirion" (p. 20, Unfinished Tales). And Ulmo felt that Tuor would play a key role in the redemption of the exiled Noldor.
Middle-earth timeline: First Age, 491
Today's reading comes from: Unfinished Tales, page 19-20
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