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Túrin was the son of Húrin Thalion, Lord of the Folk of Hador, and Morwen Eledhwen of the House of Bëor. He was born in the month of Gwaeron of the Year of the Sun 464.[T 3] He had a younger sister, Lalaith, but she died of a plague at the age of three, when a pestilent wind came from Angband. Túrin was also taken sick at that time, but recovered. His closest childhood friend was Sador One-foot. The Siege of Angband was already broken at that time, but Túrin's homeland of Dor-lómin ...

Túrin is said to have been one of the fairest Men to have ever lived: "dark-haired and pale-skinned,... his face more beautiful than any other among mortal Men, in the Elder Days."[T 19] In this he is stated to have taken after his mother Morwen,[T 20] descended from the House of Bëor, in contrast to his fair-haired father Húrin from the House of Hador.[T 3] According to Gwindor's words, Túrin was very tall, "as tall as are the Men from the misty hills of Hithlum,"[T 19] in which he ...

Inspiration

Resemblance of Túrin to figures from medieval tales can be confirmed by a letter which Tolkien wrote to Milton Waldman, a publisher from the HarperCollins, concerning the fate of his works: There is the Children of Húrin, the tragic tale of Túrin Turambar and his sister ...

Rejected names

The idea of Túrin changing his name to escape his doom is present already in the original versions of the tale, although to a lesser extent. The name Turambar goes to preliminary drafts, where however it was taken by Túrin at his first encounter with Glaurung after the ...

Several artists have created illustrations of Túrin's story. A stand-alone novel The Children of Húrin contains images by Alan Lee, while various editions of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales were illustrated by Ted Nasmith. Other images were made by John Howe and Anke Eißmann.