Daegond (S. Shadow Rock) was born in the First age of the Sun in Beleriand. It is a mystery whether his name has been chosen the honor that the rock his mother forced to give a hasty birth to him, or it was the Solar-eclipse that darkened the day of his birth. It was probably both.

 He was grown swiftly under the watchful gaze of the host of Celegorm. Passed an unhappy childhood. Received a heavy infantry training from the best hands and deeply stuck to the harsh, unrelenting Feanorian view of life. After his Father, whom one of the staunch followers of the Oath of Feanor, perished in the Dagor Aglareb by an arrow to his eye, he became even more grim and strayed from the laughter and joy of his kind.

 Daegond apparently took part in the sack of Doriath and has lost many persons he knew, some of the last ones on earth whom he would call a friend. Though he seldom speaks about the subject, it is not uncommon that a Sindar elf recognizes his part in that bloody conflict, either from his manners, or by a distant rumor that he heard about Daegond. Unsurprisingly he is an unwanted, unsought company in Sindar gatherings. And his Hithlad accent on Sindar hands him over to any careful ear in seconds.

 After Beleriands doom, He denied the pardon of Valar and sought more struggle with his friends of old. He followed Daelith and Darnur. Both of them whom he valued greatly as friends and is still grieving to their fateful passing. Together with them he joined to the Order of Hammer in Vanimar under the supervision of Lord Veryacano and served ever onwards.

 With the fall of the previous courier of the order, Lossehelin in the battle of Dol Dinen, He was elected as the Courier of Hammer which was traditionally adressed in Noldor slang as : The Hound. Apparently he embraced the new nickname of his and his new rank in a dark joy.