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[In a text somewhat later than the Quenta Noldorinwa, the earliest form of The Annals of
Beleriand, the story was changed, in that Dior returned to Doriath while Beren and Lúthien
were still alive in Ossiriand; and what befell him there I will give in the words of The
Silmarillion:
There came a night of autumn, and when it grew late, one came and smote upon the doors of
Menegroth, demanding admittance to the King. He was a lord of the Green Elves hastening from
Ossiriand, and the doorwards brought him to where Dior sat alone in his chamber; and there in
silence he gave to the King a coffer, and took his leave. But in that coffer lay the Necklace of the
Dwarves, wherein was set the Silmaril; and Dior looking upon it knew it for a sign that Beren
Erchamion and Lúthien Tinúviel had died indeed, and gone where go the race of Men to a fate beyond
the world.
Long did Dior gaze upon the Silmaril, which his father and mother had brought beyond hope out of
the terror of Morgoth; and his grief was great that death had come upon them so soon.]