When Turin is in Doriath, an elf named Saeros dislikes him and is jealous of his closeness to King Thingol. After an earlier argument that leaves Saeros injured, he waylays Turin, but Turin overpowers him, strips him naked, and sends him off, mad with fear. As Saeros tries jumping over a small fjord, he loses his footing, hits his head on a rock, and dies. Fearing that he would not be judged fairly by the king, Turin flees the kingdom.