Nargothrond

• Beren comes to Nargothrond, requesting audience with Finrod. Celegorm is hesitant to allow it, but Orodreth overrules him.
• Beren shows Finrod the Ring of Barahir, asking for his help. Remembering his oath, Finrod agrees.
• Celegorm and Curufin convince, with lies or threats, the majority of Nargothrond not to follow Beren.
• Finrod asks his soldiers to accompany him, but only ten come forward.
• Finrod leaves Orodreth in charge.

Tol Sirion

• Beren and Finrod come across a pack of orcs. Nearing Tol Sirion, they ambush and kill the orcs, taking their gear. Finrod disguises them all.
• Beneath Minas Tirith however, Sauron’s servants see through the disguises and they are captured.
• Brought before Sauron, Finrod attacks him. Sauron shrugs it off and attacks Finrod with spells. Finrod fights back with spells and songs of Quenya from Valinor, but is unable to overcome Sauron.

• Sauron locks them away. He sends a werewolf in to execute them.
• In the dark, the werewolf picks them off one by one as they are chained. When it comes for Beren, Finrod sees it and breaks his chains. Finrod is wounded deeply, but manages to kill the wolf with his bare hands.
• Barely alive, Beren calls Finrod’s oath redeemed. Finrod passes away in the tower he himself had built.

Doriath

• In a dream, Luthien sees Beren chained in a dungeon. Melian comes to her and confirms that Beren is held captive.
• Luthien manages to lull the guards to sleep using her powers as the daughter of Melian. She steal a horse and escapes Doriath.

Nargothrond

• Celegorm takes Curufin and Huan to follow Finrod.

Sirion

• Luthien races to Minas Tirith, but she is found by Huan in the forest. Huan takes her back to Celegorm.
• When Celegorm learns of her identity, he appears friendly to her. However, he confides in Curufin that he wishes to marry her.
• Curufin sends a letter to Doriath entailing Celegorm’s intentions.

Deaths – Finrod, Edrahil

Adapted from ‘Of Beren and Luthien’ from the Silmarillion and ‘The Lay of Leithian’ from The Lays of Beleriand.

Pictures

• Beren and Finrod – Alice Falto
• Beren Before Felagund – Anke Eissmann
• Duel – Hellga-Z
• Luthien Escapes the Treehouse – Ted Nasmith