Сильмариллион
Of Turin Turambar
WhoknowsnowthecounselsofMorgoth?Whocanmeasurethereachofhisthought,whohadbeenMelkor,mightyamongtheAinuroftheGreatSong,andsatnow,adarklorduponadarkthroneintheNorth,weighinginhismaliceallthetidingsthatcametohim,andperceivingmoreofthedeedsandpurposesofhisenemiesthaneventhewisestofthemfeared,saveonlyMeliantheQueen?ToheroftenthethoughtofMorgothreachedout,andtherewasfoiled.
AndnowagainthemightofAngbandwasmoved;andasthelongfingersofagropinghandtheforerunnersofhisarmiesprobedthewaysintoBeleriand.ThroughAnachtheycame,andDimbarwastaken,andallthenorthmarchesofDoriath.DowntheancientroadtheycamethatledthroughthelongdefileofSirion,pasttheislewhereMinasTirithofFinrodhadstood,andsothroughthelandbetweenMalduinandSirion,andonthroughtheeavesofBrethiltotheCrossingsofTeiglin.ThencetheroadwentonintotheGuardedPlain;buttheOrcsdidnotgofaruponit,asyet,fortheredweltnowinthewildaterrorthatwashidden,andupontheredhillwerewatchfuleyesofwhichtheyhadnotbeenwarned.ForTurinputonagaintheHelmofHador;andfarandwideinBeleriandthewhisperwent,underwoodandoverstreamandthroughthepassesofthehills,sayingthattheHelmandBowthathadfalleninDimbarhadarisenagainbeyondhope.Thenmanywhowentleaderless,dispossessedbutundaunted,tookheartagain,andcametoseektheTwoCaptains.
