Daeron

Daeron was a Sindarin Elf of Doriath and King Thingol's loremaster and minstrel.

History
Daeron was born in Middle-Earth at some undetermined date. Following the folk of Elwë, he became an important Elf close to King Thingol serving as his loremaster and minstrel. He invented the Cirth which would become an important writing form. He loved Lúthien more than anything and devised music and dance in her honor. Twenty years after the Return of the Ñoldor, he attended the Mereth Aderthad with his kinsman Mablung bearing gifts and greetings to the Noldor from the king. Hundreds of years later when Beren came to Doriath, he, jealous of his love for Lúthien espied them both and reported what he saw and heard to Thingol. Later, when she learned that Sauron had imprisoned Beren, she sought his counsel but he betrayed her to the king causing her to be imprisoned in Hírilorn. After she had escaped and went away to find Beren and was feared to be lost, Daeron left Doriath to search for her in vain and lost his way somewhere in the far East, where he dwelt in dark places lamenting his love for Lúthien. His fate afterwards is not known. &

Characteristics
Daeron was a brilliant loremaster and had the fairest voice in Middle-Earth next to Maglor.

Legacy
His invention of the Cirth provided an alphabet of runes which the Dwarves adopted in their writings and spread throughout Middle-Earth, passed them down from age to age.

Behind the Scenes

 * Dairon was an earlier form of his name.