Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress )f Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the :ar of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the mental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children xurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against m Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, iwerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire i an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth and destroy the children of Hurin.