A Deed Unforgiven by LadySternchen  

Note to my non-regular readers: Thônwen is the name I gave to Elmo's wife in my stories, and Celebren the name of Galadhon’s wife and mother of Celeborn and Galathil.

One little explanation- I have made a little change to canon here and have Daeron be the one who came up with the name 'Tinúviel' for Lúthien. Just so you're not confused.

TW/CW: the last bit of this chapter is very very graphic, and partly why the story is E-rated. If you want to skip that, skip the last bit (roughly from the point on where Daeron refuses to betray Lúthien to Sauron). I think you can guess what happens.

To avoid confusion, I'm going with that idea from the HoME here that Melian was the leader of the Istari, and that they were sent first to Middle-Earth to guide the Firstborns.

We are now back again in Beleriand, where quite some time has passed. I needed to decide what to do with Túrin (you know, without Doriath and Beleg, there is a rather substantial part of his story missing) and I thought taking him to Beren in Nargothrond was probably the most logical move.

A bit of a time-lapse here. So between the last chapter and this flashback, Morgoth has been claiming Beleriand with only Gondolin and a few scattered settlements of Men remaining. Beren and Lúthien have lead the survivors of Nargothrond together with Dior and Nimloth in a half-nomadic lifestyle. But now, Beren's days are drawing to a close, and Dior has to face taking leadership from him.

Please don’t come at me about names here. As you know, I use the Sindarin versions in my storytelling, but as this is a flashback-chapter told from Maedhros’ perspective, that felt very off, so I edited it. And then realised again why I don’t do that normally, because we just don’t know which names or nicknames the Noldor in Beleriand would have used amongst each other. Absolutely feel free to tell me what to improve!

This chapter deals with the violent deaths of young children. If you're not comfortable reading this, skip this chapter and maybe scroll down to the end of chapter notes. I'll summarise it there

Ok, this is a bit of a leap back in time, but we have to clarify how Túrin came to possess Anglachel without Beleg. It will all be clearer after next chapter.

Yes, I did skip the third kinslayig. Two is already two too many. And also yes, I made Nimloth live just long enough to take Elwing to the Mouth of Sirion before dying herself.