Gorlim

Gorlim, also known as Gorlim the Unhappy was one of the XII Bëorings who followed Barahir in Dorthonion.
== Biography ==
The tale of Beren and Lúthien in The Silmarillion describes how Barahir, last lord of the Men of Ladros in Dorthonion, remained as an outlaw in his own land after it was lost to the Dark Lords Morgoth and Sauron in the Dagor Bragollach.
Barahir had twelve companions, one of these Gorlim, son of Angrim, but all their kin were scattered or killed. As Barahir and companions were camping at a secret hide-out in southern Ladros, Gorlim went out hunting near the area where he once lived, when he suddenly saw his old house standing as it long had, and through the window he saw his presumably dead wife, Eilinel. He came out of hiding to go to her, when he was captured by Orcs from the Fortresses of Lord Sauron and Lord Morgoth.
Gorlim was brought before Sauron, who told Gorlim that in return for revealing where Barahir and his company were hiding he would be reunited with his beloved wife. Gorlim accepted the offer and Barahir and his company were betrayed. Then Sauron revealed that Gorlim had seen but a spectre devised by him, for his wife was already dead, but that he would keep his word and reunite Gorlim with his wife: he had Gorlim put to death.
After Sauron's Orc-warriors had slain all of Barahir's remaining men but for his son Beren, who was out hunting Orcs, Gorlim appeared as a spectre before Beren, and confessed what he had done, giving Beren a chance to reclaim the Ring of Barahir, heirloom of his house, and escape alive.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien"
== In other versions ==
In an earlier version of the Lay of Lúthien, it was Morgoth himself that tricked Gorlim into betraying Barahir and his company, not his lieutenant Sauron; and Gorlim purposefully sought out Morgoth's servants, as opposed to the later versions, when they forcefully took him.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. III: The Lays of Beleriand, III: "The Lay of Leithian", Canto IIJ.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Leithian
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	جورليم
Armenian 	Գորլիմ
Assamese 	গোৰ্লিম
Belarusian Cyrillic	Горлім
Bengali 	গরলীম
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Горлим
Cambodian 	ហ្គរលីម
Greek 	Γκορλίμ
Hebrew 	גורלים
Hindi 	गोर्लिम
Japanese 	ゴリム
Kannada 	ಗೊರ್ಲಿಮ್
Kazakh 	Горлим (Cyrillic) Gorlïm (Latin)
Korean 	고를림
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Горлим
Maithili 	गोरलीम
Marathi 	गोर्लिम
Nepalese 	गोर्लिम
Punjabi 	ਗੋਰਲਿਮ
Russian 	Горлим
Serbian 	Горлим (Cyrillic) Gorlim (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ගොර්ලිම්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Горлим
Tamil 	கோர்லிம்
Tatar 	Горлим
Telugu 	గొర్లిమ
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Горлим
Urdu 	گورلام
Yiddish 	גאָרלים
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