He arrived at the banks of Narog Flagless soldier without land And in Nargothrond then he planted The ambition of his strong hand Insane bearer of his destruction For doom with him lay With his pride he defied the Darkness And he fired the fierce affray With his pride he defied the Darkness For a fate that he could not sway Hunter in the woods, predator and prey (Pursued by a fate that he could not sway) The Elf-man with dark hair, the fighter on the plain He was the cursed one, undone by his disdain