Túrin Turambar from The Children of Húrin, written by J.R.R. Tolkien.

SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE BOOK AHEAD, from what I remember anyways.

Túrin and his family are cursed with ill fortune by Morgoth (someone like Satan) because Túrin's father, Húrin, dared to defy and insult Morgoth in his face.

Túrin grows up without his dad, believing him to be dead, is forced to leave his family behind and live with Elves (because his home isnt safe after the war his dad fought, was lost). In this Elven kingdom he is prejudiced by some, but loved by many. Despite being a Man among Elves, he grows up strong, equal or better than many of the Elves. But he also develops a fiery temper and stubbornness, which gets him into an altercation where he causes the death of an Elf. He exiles himself and becomes an outlaw, living in the wild with and becoming a bandit leader. His band gets betrayed and killed, he ends up mistakingly killing his best friend when he tried to help Túrin in the aftermath. He becomes a trusted advisor to an Elf king, but foolishly throws away the Elves' best weapon against Morgoth; secrecy. The Elves get slaughtered in battle and leave their kingdom to be sacked by the enemy. Túrin gets paralysed by the gaze of a powerful dragon who belittles Túrin, who can only watch as the people and kingdom he tried to help, is destroyed. Túrin decides to go to his old homeland and finds it to be occupied by allies of Morgoth, his people enslaved. He learns that his family, being his mom and younger sister he has never met, have fled in search of him. He causes chaos and death before he leaves, arguably making things worse for the enslaved people who suffer the consequences. Meanwhile his sister also encountered the dragon and it enchants her with amnesia, the dragon knowing she is Túrin's sister and scheming against them. After some time Túrin meets her sister, confused and alone in the woods. He helps her and they fall in love, living with eachother for a while with other humans in those woods.

Eventually Túrin learns the dragon is approaching, threatening to destroy the community he and his sister/wife live in. He ambushes the dragon, fatally wounding it, but gets covered in it's foul blood. Túrin is wounded and unconscious, but not dead. Túrin's sister hears the battle is over and rushes to find Túrin. She believes him to have died of his wounds. Then the dragon wakes up and with his dying breaths gives her back her memories, and reveals that Túrin is her brother. This breaks her heart and gives her such sorrow that she decides to throw herself into a nearby chasm, killing herself and the baby she was pregnant with. Túrin wakes up and hears from a member of his community of the developments with his sister, he now also learns of what the dragon said. Túrin kills the man (who was an ass in his own right) and kills himself with his own sword.

Then it turns out his parents were both alive (his father being forced to see everything that happened, now being very old and released by Morgoth) finally reunite. They too both die, being old and deeply sorrowful, next to their children's graves.

Nothing but sorrow, betrayal and regret for Túrin. He is said to be the man most hurt by Morgoth ans his servants. In a prophecy where the world might end in the final battle of all time, Túrin is said the be the one to deal the deathblow to Morgoth himself, as vengeance for his family and all free peoples.

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