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Túrin lived I 464 - I 499 (35 years); he took the name Agarwaen when he entered Nargothrond in I 490
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Túrin was one of the Men of Dor-lómin, but he used the name Agarwaen among the Elves of Nargothrond
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Pronunciation
aga'rwine (that is, the last syllable is pronounced like the English word 'wine')
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Agarwaen

Bloodstained

"I am Agarwaen the son of Úmarth (which is the Bloodstained, son of Ill-fate), a hunter in the woods."
Túrin introduces himself to the Elves of Nargothrond
Quenta Silmarillion 21
Of Túrin Turambar

After Túrin was captured at Bar-en-Danwedh, Beleg set out to rescue him, and tracked his captors into the woods of Taur-nu-Fuin. There, he met Gwindor, an Elf of Nargothrond who had escaped the dungeons of Morgoth. Together they released Túrin from the Orcs who held him, but waking suddenly, he mistook Beleg for an enemy, and slew him.

For a long time, Túrin was filled with a madness of grief over his act, but after he was healed, Gwindor led him to his old home at Nargothrond. There, Túrin concealed his identity, hoping to hide from the dark fate Morgoth had set for him. In memory of his slaying of Beleg, he took a new name, Agarwaen, meaning 'Bloodstained'.


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