in the conclusion of the story the structure remained the same from the old tale to the narn : the moonlight , the tending of turambar 's burnt hand , the cry of niniel that stirred the dragon to his final malice , the accusation by the dragon that turambar was a stabber of foes unseen , turambar 's naming tamar/brandir 'club-foot ' and sending him to consort with the dragon in death , the sudden withering of the leaves at the place of nienor 's leap as if it were already the end of autumn , the invocation of nienor to the waters and of turambar to his sword , the raising of turin 's mound and the inscription in 'strange signs ' upon it .