Сильмариллион
Of Beren and Luthien
AnditseemedtoThingolthatthisManwasunlikeallothermortalMen,andamongthegreatinArda,andtheloveofLuthienathingnewandstrange;andheperceivedthattheirdoommightnotbewithstoodbyanypoweroftheworld.Thereforeatthelastheyieldedhiswill,andBerentookthehandofLuthienbeforethethroneofherfather.
ButnowashadowfelluponthejoyofDoriathatthereturnofLuthienthefair;forlearningofthecauseofthemadnessofCarcharoththepeoplegrewthemoreafraid,perceivingthathisdangerwasfraughtwithdreadfulpowerbecauseoftheholyjewel,andhardlymightbeoverthrown.AndBeren,hearingoftheonslaughtoftheWolf,understoodthattheQuestwasnotyetfulfilled.
Therefore,sincedailyCarcharothdrewnearertoMenegroth,theypreparedtheHuntingoftheWolf;ofallpursuitsofbeastswhereoftalestellthemostperilous.TothatchasewentHuantheHoundofValinor,andMablungoftheHeavyHand,andBelegStrongbow,andBerenErchamion,andThingolKingofDoriath.TheyrodeforthinthemorningandpassedovertheRiverEsgalduin;butLuthienremainedbehindatthegatesofMenegroth.Adarkshadowfelluponheranditseemedtoherthatthesunhadsickenedandturnedblack.
Thehuntersturnedeastandnorth,andfollowingthecourseoftherivertheycameatlastuponCarcharoththeWolfinadarkvalley,downthenorthernsidewhereofEsgalduinfellinatorrentoversteepfalls.
