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{{quote|...Morwen sent Túrin forth with two aged servants, bidding them find entry, if they could, into the kingdom of Doriath.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "Of Túrin Turambar"}}
{{quote|...Morwen sent Túrin forth with two aged servants, bidding them find entry, if they could, into the kingdom of Doriath.|''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "Of Túrin Turambar"}}


These two "aged servants" are never named in [[The Silmarillion]], but the ''[[Narn i Hîn Húrin]]'' has more to say about them, including their names: Gethron and [[Grithnir]]. These two had been young at the time of [[Hador Lórindol]], when they had roamed far and wide throughout [[Beleriand]].  
'''Gethron''', like [[Grithnir]], had been young at the time of [[Hador|Hador Lórindol]], when they had roamed far and wide throughout [[Beleriand]].  
 
In their old age, they remained in the service of the [[House of Hador]], whose lord at that time was Hador's grandson [[Húrin Thalion|Húrin]]. After Húrin failed to return from the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] ("Battle of Unnumbered Tears"), his wife [[Morwen]] chose Gethron and Grithnir as guides for the young [[Túrin]], to lead him out of the now dangerous land of [[Dor-lómin]]. It was Gethron who stood before Thingol in the halls of [[Menegroth]] and asked that Túrin be fostered by the King, so playing a small part in Turin's deadly fate.
 


In their old age, they remained in the service of the [[House of Hador]], whose lord at that time was Hador's grandson [[Húrin]]. After Húrin failed to return from the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], his wife [[Morwen]] chose Gethron and Grithnir as guides for the young [[Túrin]], to lead him out of the now dangerous land of [[Dor-lómin]]. It was Gethron who stood before Thingol in the halls of [[Menegroth]] and asked that Túrin be fostered by the King, so playing a small part in Turin's deadly fate.<ref>{{CH|4}}</ref>
==Other versions of the Legendarium==
These two "aged servants" are never named in [[The Silmarillion]], but their names are given in ''[[Narn i Chîn Húrin (tale)|Narn i Chîn Húrin]]''.
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Revision as of 17:07, 29 April 2015

"Lost Amid the Pathless Trees" by Peter Xavier Price
"...Morwen sent Túrin forth with two aged servants, bidding them find entry, if they could, into the kingdom of Doriath."
Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Túrin Turambar"

Gethron, like Grithnir, had been young at the time of Hador Lórindol, when they had roamed far and wide throughout Beleriand.

In their old age, they remained in the service of the House of Hador, whose lord at that time was Hador's grandson Húrin. After Húrin failed to return from the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, his wife Morwen chose Gethron and Grithnir as guides for the young Túrin, to lead him out of the now dangerous land of Dor-lómin. It was Gethron who stood before Thingol in the halls of Menegroth and asked that Túrin be fostered by the King, so playing a small part in Turin's deadly fate.[1]

Other versions of the Legendarium

These two "aged servants" are never named in The Silmarillion, but their names are given in Narn i Chîn Húrin.

References