Mablung is one of the wardens of Doriath. After Saeros’s death, he counsels Túrin to return to Doriath to ask Thingol’s pardon, but Túrin refuses. Later, Mablung witnesses Morwen’s disappearance and Nienor’s memory loss. When he reunites with Túrin, he explains their fates, confirming for Túrin that his sister Nienor is also his wife Níniel and driving Túrin to suicide. Mablung regrets being used as an instrument of Melkor’s curse on the children of Húrin. He’s killed when Melian departs Doriath and the dwarves of Nogrod invade to steal the Silmaril.
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Mablung Character Timeline in The Silmarillion
The timeline below shows where the character Mablung appears in The Silmarillion. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 21. Of Túrin Turambar
...Saeros to run naked through the woods, where Saeros falls into a chasm and dies. Mablung, one of the wardens of Doriath, urges Túrin to go to Thingol and ask for...
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...Though Thingol sends guards after them, they both refuse to return. Thingol’s guards, led by Mablung, follow them to Nargothrond, where Glaurung sees them and raises a mist over the river....
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Mablung finds Nienor, who won’t speak and doesn’t seem to hear him, and leads her away....
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As Túrin cries on Finduilas’s grave, unsure of what to do, he meets Mablung with a company of elves who came to help kill Glaurung. Túrin begs for news...
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Mablung and the elves arrive and learn the reason for Nienor’s death, and Mablung mourns that...
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Chapter 22. Of the Ruin of Doriath
...the land, leaving Doriath vulnerable to attack without the protection of the Girdle. She instructs Mablung to contact Beren and Lúthien, then disappears from Middle-earth back to Valinor. The dwarf army...
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