Forweg

Forweg was an Edain of the House of Hador and the original captain of the fellowship known as the Gaurwaith.The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, VI: "Túrin among the Outlaws"
==Biography==
Forweg was either one of those that fled the Nírnaeth Arnoediad with others of the Gaurwaith, such as Algund, or was banished from Dor-lómin like Andróg. He fell away from the ways of the Edain, but was still wise and sometimes generous. After he joined the Gaurwaith, he became their captain. However, as a result of loosing ten men to the various hardships and affrays that occurred during his leadership, Forweg appointed scouts to watch the area around them at all times.
In the year 484 of the First Age, Forweg's scouts caught and trailed Neithan after he entered their territory in the Forest of Brethil. Soon, Forweg had Neithan surrounded in "a glade besides a stream" by his armed Men. Initially, Forweg intended kill him or ransom him if possible, but after Neithan killed a luckless man who shot before the command could be given, Forweg allowed Neithan to take his place so long as he abided his commands better.
Throughout the rest of that year, Forweg, like the rest of the Gaurwaith, came to trust Neithan and praise him for his strength and skill. Yet, Forweg also feared him for his strange, impulsive anger.
Sometime during the next Spring, Forweg and Andróg had disappeared without Neithan's knowledge, and the others laughed when he asked about them. Weary of the outlaws' squalid camp, Neithan wandered far from it into the woods. Suddenly, he heard cries of a woman being chased through a hazel-thicket nearby. When her first pursuer emerged from the thicket, Neithan hewed him down, killing him, seeing as his blow struck that it was Forweg. Initially, Neithan assumed that he and Andróg were helping the woman flee Orcs, but soon discovered that they had intended to do her harm. As such, Neithan threatened Andróg to leave her alone or die like Forweg. As Andróg buried Forweg and claimed his weapons, Neithan returned to the camp to inform the others of his death. Ulrad questioned how Neithan knew of Forweg's death, while Andróg assumed that he had a grudge against Forweg. Neithan gave the Gaurwaith an ultimatum: allow him to be their new captain, or permit him to leave them.
==References==
Category:Characters in The Children of Húrin
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