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==Spring== | |||
* [[Glaurung]] issues forth from [[Nargothrond]] and approaches [[Brethil]].<ref name="GA320">{{GA|320}}</ref> | |||
* [[Niënor Níniel|Níniel]] conceives with [[Túrin]]'s child.<ref name="GA320"/> | |||
==Summer== | ==Summer== | ||
* | * [[Túrin]], with [[Hunthor]] and [[Dorlas]], goes in search of [[Glaurung]]. [[Hunthor]] is killed by a falling rock and [[Dorlas]] is killed by [[Brandir]] for deserting Túrin.<ref name="CH17">{{CH|17}}</ref> | ||
* | * Túrin finds Glaurung and kills the dragon.<ref name="CH17"/> | ||
* | * With his dying words, Glaurung reveals to Níniel that she is Nienor and Túrin is her brother. She commits suicide by throwing herself off the [[Cabed-en-Aras]] into the river [[Taeglin]]. Brandir witnesses this.<ref name="Turin">{{S|Turin}}</ref> | ||
* | * Brandir tells Túrin that his wife is also his sister. Túrin disbelieves him and kills Brandir in anger.<ref>{{GA|340-342}}</ref> | ||
* | * Túrin learns from [[Mablung]] that Brandir spoke the truth. Túrin commits suicide by falling on [[Gurthang|his sword]].<ref>{{GA|343-348}}</ref> | ||
* The [[House of Haleth|Haladin]] erect a grave to Túrin and Nienor.<ref name="Turin"/> | |||
==Later== | |||
* The [[Petty-dwarves|Petty-dwarf]] [[Mîm]] goes to [[Nargothrond]] and takes its treasure for his own.<ref>{{WJ|Hurin}}, p. 257</ref> | |||
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First Age 499 (abbreviated to F.A. 499) is the 499th year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
Spring
- Glaurung issues forth from Nargothrond and approaches Brethil.[1]
- Níniel conceives with Túrin's child.[1]
Summer
- Túrin, with Hunthor and Dorlas, goes in search of Glaurung. Hunthor is killed by a falling rock and Dorlas is killed by Brandir for deserting Túrin.[2]
- Túrin finds Glaurung and kills the dragon.[2]
- With his dying words, Glaurung reveals to Níniel that she is Nienor and Túrin is her brother. She commits suicide by throwing herself off the Cabed-en-Aras into the river Taeglin. Brandir witnesses this.[3]
- Brandir tells Túrin that his wife is also his sister. Túrin disbelieves him and kills Brandir in anger.[4]
- Túrin learns from Mablung that Brandir spoke the truth. Túrin commits suicide by falling on his sword.[5]
- The Haladin erect a grave to Túrin and Nienor.[3]
Later
- The Petty-dwarf Mîm goes to Nargothrond and takes its treasure for his own.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §320
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Death of Glaurung"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §340-342
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §343-348
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", p. 257