Originally posted by glaurung
Got to agree with you Exa, particularly the version in Unfinished Tales or the version in Lost Tales.I'd also add in Brandir to that
I love the version of Túrins Death in the Unfinished Tales,
But my fave is the Death of Beleg in the Lay of the Children of Húrin in the "Lays of Beleriand" 😍 😍
Though I also like the Death of Finrod... first when he lost the singing competition against Sauron and then how he killed that werewolf to protect Beren... but alas poor Finrod 🙁
the wolf is hungry, the hour is nigh;
no more need beren wait to die.
the slow time passed. then in the gloom
two eyes there glowed. he saw his doom,
beren, silent, as his bonds he strained
beyond the mortal might enchained.
lo! sudden there was rending sound
of chains that parted and unwound,
of meshes broken. forth there leaped
upon the wolvish thing that crept
in shadow faithful felagund
careless of fang or venomed wound.
there in the dark they wrestled slow,
remorseless, snarling, to and fro,
teeth in flesh, gripe on throat,
fingers locked in shaggy coat,
spurning beren who there lying
heard the werewolf gasping, dying.
then a voice he heard: 'farewell!
on earth i need no longer dwell,
friend an comrade, beren bold.
my heart is burst, my limbs are cold.
here all my power i have spent
to break my bonds, and dreadful rent
of poisoned teeth is in my breast.
i now must go to my long rest
neath timbrenting in timeless halls
where drink the gods, where the light falls
upon the shining sea.' thus died the king,
as elvish singers yet do sing.