A mortal man of the House of Bëor, the last survivor of a doomed battle against Morgoth's forces. Beren wanders into the hidden realm of Doriath, falls in love with Lúthien, and is set an impossible task by her father: to bring back a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth himself. His story with Lúthien is the defining love story of the First Age and an echo that runs through all of Tolkien's work.