Saeros was a proud Elf of Doriath and a counsellor of King Thingol who, out of jealousy and scorn, taunted and insulted the young Turin at the king's table over his wild and ragged kin. The next day he ambushed Turin in revenge; but Turin overmastered him, and stripping him drove him in terror through the woods until Saeros missed his footing and fell to his death in a ravine. Rather than face the king's judgement for the deed, Turin fled Doriath and became an outlaw -- the first turn of his long and tragic doom.