I found the part played by Huan the hound, in the tale of Beren and Luthien particularly moving. >!He's given the intelligence to understand speech, and the ability to speak exactly three times. He dies fighting the werewolf Carcharoth and with his last speech, wishes Beren and Luthien farewell, dying with Berens hand on his head. He was as Good a Boy as you could get.!<
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I found the part played by Huan the hound, in the tale of Beren and Luthien particularly moving. >!He's given the intelligence to understand speech, and the ability to speak exactly three times. He dies fighting the werewolf Carcharoth and with his last speech, wishes Beren and Luthien farewell, dying with Berens hand on his head. He was as Good a Boy as you could get.!<