turin 's prowess against the orcs during his sojourn in artanor is given a more central or indeed unique importance in the tale ( 'he held the wrath of melko from them for many years ' ) especially as beleg , his companion-in-arms in the later versions , is not here mentioned ( and in this passage the power of the queen to withstand invasion of the kingdom seems again ( see p. 63 ) less than it afterwards became ) .