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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
Why do you think Turin had so little friends? It's not because he had a bad temper (who made up that ridiculous rumor?!). It's because of his little monsterous sister. Stories of her "playing" spread far and wide, casting a shadow over Turin's name. Everyone was afraid of Lalaith, and that's where all Turin's troubles came from.
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Indeed. Where else did Saeros get his notions about the wild women of Hithlum? Túrin reacted so violently to his taunts
because they hit home.
But that pales in comparison to the effect the tales of "Little Carcharoth" had on the once-proud realm of Nargothrond:
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Originally Posted by The Silmarillion
So great a fear did Lalaith set in their hearts that never after until the time of Túrin would any Elf of that realm go into open battle; but with stealth and ambush, with wizardry and venomed dart, they pursued all strangers, forgetting the bonds of kinship. Thus they fell from the valour and freedom of the Elves of old, and their land was darkened.
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(Note: certain versions of the text ascribe this sorry state of affairs to
Curufin rather than Lalaith; these are all either corrupt, or forgeries put about by fanatical Lalaithists.)
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Originally Posted by Urwen
Stuff about Lalaith.
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Sorry,
Urwen, still the wrong thread.