Daeron of Doriath

Daeron was a Sinda Elf and considered to have been the greatest of all Elvish minstrels. He was loremaster and bard to King Thingol. He fell deeply in love with Luthien, and twice betrayed her to Thingol in the matter of Beren. When Luthien finally escaped Hirilorn, Daeron wandered away in despair to seek her. Eventually he passed far into eastern Middle-earth where for many, many years he sang his love and loss of Luthien. Daeron disappeared from history of the Eldar, and his fate was entirely unknown. Perhaps he dwelt for a time at Lond Daer, the ruins at the mouth of the Greyflood river, marked on some maps of Middle-earth. Daeron may be assumed to have been an extremely passionate, deft, and skillful individual—no one compared with him musically in Middle-earth. His melodies were inspired by Luthien's beauty. Further to his credit was his reworking of the ancient Grey-elven runic alphabet. This writing, the Cirth, was probably the oldest form of common writing in Middle-earth, since it was widely used by both Men and Dwarves.