Daeron

Daeron was a Sindarin elf of Doriath and King Thingol's loremaster and minstrel. Because of his love for Lúthien, he was jealous of Beren Erchamion, and was a key figure in the betrayal of their love to Thingol.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien"
Daeron was a brilliant loremaster and also the greatest musician of all the Children of Ilúvatar. Second to him was only Maglor, one of infamous Fëanor's sons.
== Biography ==
Daeron was born in Middle-earth at some undetermined time during the Years of the Trees. Following the folk of Elwë, he became an important elf close to King Thingol, serving as his loremaster and minstrel. He devised the Cirth (familiarly known as Angerthas Daeron) that would later become an important writing form not only for the Sindar, but also for the Dwarves who adopted and spread them throughout Middle-earth down from age to age.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter X: "Of the Sindar" These runes would later become the script used in Moria and Erebor.
Twenty years after the Return of the Ñoldor, Daeron and his kinsman Mablung both attended the Mereth Aderthad near the Eithel Ivrin to bear greetings from Thingol as his messengers to Fingolfin, High King of the Ñoldor.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIII: "Of the Return of the Noldor" 
Daeron loved Thingol's daughter Lúthien more than anything, devising music in her honor and often played it while she danced. However, she did not return his affections. Hundreds of years later, when Beren crossed the Girdle of Melian and came to Doriath, he and Lúthien fell in love, though they kept it secret from Thingol, knowing he would not approve of his daughter promising herself to a mortal Man. However, Daeron's jealousy of their love for each other caused him to spy on them both and report what he saw and heard to Thingol.
Later, when Lúthien learned Sauron had imprisoned her beloved Beren, she sought Daeron's counsel but he betrayed her to the king, causing her to be imprisoned in Hírilorn. After she had escaped and went away to find Beren and was feared to be lost, Daeron repented his previous deeds and left Doriath to search for her in vain. He lost his way and never returned to Doriath passing over the Blue Mountains, where he dwelt long after in dark places lamenting his love for Lúthien. His ultimate fate or whereabouts afterwards are not known.
== Etymology ==
His name is derived from the Sindarin word daer ("large, great"), and should be pronounced DYE-ron.
In earlier etymologies of the legendarium the Doriathrin name is given as Dairon, of which the root was the Doriathrin word for shadow, dai. Consequently, Christopher Tolkien speculated in The Silmarillion that the name perhaps included the Sindarin word dae "shadow".
== In other versions ==
He was counted among the greatest minstrels of the Elves, along with Maglor, Ivárë and Tinfang.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter I: "The Tale of Tinúviel"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. III: The Lays of Beleriand, chapter III: "The Lay of Leithian"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዴሮን
Arabic 	ضايرون
Armenian 	Դաերոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Даэран
Bengali 	দাইরন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Даерон
Georgian 	ძაერონი
Greek 	Ντάερον
Gujarati 	ડ​એરોન
Hebrew 	דאירון
Hindi 	द​एरोन
Japanese 	デロン
Kazakh 	Даерон (Cyrillic) Daeron (Latin)
Kannada 	ಡರೊನ
Korean 	다이론
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Даэрон
Macedonian Cyrillic	Даерон
Marathi 	डायरोन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Даерон
Nepalese 	ड​एरोन
Pashto 	ضاېرون
Persian 	ضاهرون ?
Punjabi 	ਡੈਰਨ
Russian 	Даэрон
Sanskrit 	ड​एरोन्
Serbian 	Даерон (Cyrillic) Daeron (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඩෙරොන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Даерон
Tamil 	தேரோன்
Telugu 	డ​ఎరొన
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Даерон
Urdu 	دایراون
Uzbek 	Даерон (Cyrillic) Daeron (Latin)
Yiddish 	דאַעראָן
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