Runes of Doriath

The original Runes, devised by Thingol's loremaster Daeron in the time before the Return of the Noldor. They were little used in Doriath itself, but greatly prized by the Dwarves from the Blue Mountains that travelled to trade with Doriath. The Dwarves took them east, and eventually developed their own runic systems based on them, as did later generations of Elves. The Runes of Doriath also came to be used by Men, or at least those who lived on Doriath's borders: the Stone of the Hapless, memorial to Túrin and Niënor, was carved by the Men of Brethil using the Runes of Doriath.