Beren

Beren, also famous as Beren Erhamion (One-Armed) or Beren Camlost (Empty Arm) one of the key characters in the history of Middle-earth and in the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien. A character in the books The Silmarillion and Beren and Lúthien as well as the poem The Lay of Leithian. The love story of Beren and Lúthien is one of the three great tales of the First Age, along with the stories of the Children of Húrin and the Fall of Gondolin.
== Biography ==
Beren is a Man, the son of Barahir and his wife Emeldir, born in the fifth century of the First Age. Belonged to the House of Men of Bëor of Dorthonion. After the Battle of Sudden Flame, which turned the principality of his father Dagor Bragollach into ruins, which took place when Beren was very young, he was forced to hide with his father and ten comrades, and later turned out to be the only survivor of an attack by orcs on Barahir’s detachment. After the death of his father, he swore revenge and waged a merciless fight against the dark forces, such that a ransom was set for his head, no less than for the head of the High King of the Noldor Fingon. Beren also regained the ring given by Finrod Felagund to Barahir for saving his own life in the Battle of Sudden Flame. When Beren was driven out of the lands of Dorthonion by the forces of Sauron, he passed through the Gorgoroth Mountains, and alone among the people penetrated the Walled Kingdom of Doriath, surrounded by the belt of Melian. There, in F.A. 465, he met Neldoreth Lúthien Tinúviel in the forest, with whom his fate was inextricably linked from then on. A year later, she and Lúthien appeared before her father, King Elu Thingol of Doriath, and he said that he would agree to the wedding only if Beren brought him a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth. This task was almost impossible, but Beren and Lúthien, with the help of King Finrod Felagund and the dog Huan, who previously belonged to one of Feanor's sons, Celegorm, were able to overcome many obstacles and finally reached Angband. Beren was able to remove the Silmaril from Morgoth's iron crown while he slept, enchanted by the song - Lúthien's spell. The Silmaril did not burn Beren’s hands (according to the prophecy, magic stones burned the flesh of everyone who took them wrongfully - and especially mortals). Beren tried to pull out another stone, but Angrist's dagger, which could cut iron, broke, and its fragment hit Morgoth. The awakened wolf Carcharoth, Morgoth's pet, blocked Beren and Lúthien's path from Angband, and then Beren put his hand in front of him, clutching a Silmaril in it, hoping that its radiance would scare away Carcharoth. However, he was not afraid, but bit off Beren’s hand along with the Silmaril, and, maddened by the pain caused to him from the inside by the stone of Feanor, he ran away from Angband. Lúthien and Beren were rescued from Angband by the eagles of Manwë, summoned by Huan. Beren and Lúthien returned to Thingol, since Beren was able to fulfill his oath - as he had promised the king, the Silmaril was in his hand. When he showed the king of Doriath his crippled hand, Thingol realized that Lúthien and Beren had accomplished a great feat and fulfilled his promise - on the same day Beren took Lúthien as his wife. However, the story with the Silmaril was not over yet: the maddened Carcharoth invaded Doriath, exterminating all life in his path, so Beren invited Thingol to organize a hunt for Carcharoth, as a result of which the wolf of Morgoth was killed and Beren was mortally wounded. Lúthien's love for Beren was so great that she soon followed him, and in the Halls of Mandos she begged the Lord of Fates to give them the opportunity to live a second life as mortals. And he gave them a second life, provided that Lúthien chose the fate of Elves or Men. Lúthien chose the fate of people, for her love for Beren was enormous. After returning to Arda, Beren and Lúthien lived on the island of Tol Galen in Ossiriand. There their son Dior was born. Beren left Tol Galen only once, to take revenge on the Dwarves of Nogrod for the death of his father-in-law Thingol and to take the Silmaril from them. He killed Naugladur, the king of the Dwarves of Nogrod, and took from his body the necklace with the Silmaril, which he gave to Lúthien. Lúthien wore it until the end of her days. Some time later, he and Lúthien died as mortals and never returned to Arda.
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