They kept on fighting until dusk when Huor was slain. They stepped back until the river Rivil was in front of them, there they did not take one-step back. Step by step, the army of Morgoth pushed them back into the Fen of Serech. When the battle was lost, Húrin and Huor gathered all the remaining men of the House of Hador and they took a stand fighting off the Orcs, allowing Turgon to escape. In the midst of battle, he met again with Turgon, and their meeting was sweet. In FA 473, in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, Húrin fought alongside Huor and the Sons of Hador. A daughter Lalaith followed, but she died aged three years old in a plague sent from Angband. Two years later, he wedded Morwen Elf-Sheen of the House of Bëor, and later in the year their son Túrin was born. Afterwards, Húrin was the Lord of Dor-lómin, ruling over the Hadorian fief of Dor-lómin in Hithlum. Húrin chased the Orcs away with heavy losses over the plains of Anfauglith. In FA 462 Morgoth assailed Hithlum and Húrin's father Galdor the Tall fell defending the Ered Wethrin. The brothers swore an oath to keep Gondolin secret, and Eagles brought them back to Dor-lómin. Turgon wished them to remain as he grew to love them, but the brothers wished to return to their kin. King Turgon of Gondolin welcomed the brothers, remembering Ulmo's prophecy that the House of Hador would aid Gondolin in their time of greatest need. Chased by Orcs, the Vala Ulmo caused a mist to arise from the rivers, and the brothers escaped into Dimbar, there two Great Eagles picked them up, and brought them to Gondolin. The brothers ended up in the Vale of Sirion, and were cut off from their company. In the year FA 458, Huor and Húrin dwelt with their mother's kin in the forest of Brethil, when they joined a war party against Orcs. Despite this, his prowess in combat surpassed that of all his peers.

He was known to be of unimpressive stature, so much so that he could not wear the Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin because it was too large on him to fit properly. Húrin was the elder son of Galdor and Hareth of the Haladin, and he had a younger brother Huor. Húrin was a grandson of Hador, of the House of Marach, or House of Hador.

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