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Illustrations of Angband & Mordor (2017 Image Salvage)
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:28 pm
by Karak Norn Clansman
Re: Illustrations of Angband & Mordor (2017 Image Salvage)
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 6:42 am
by Prince of Spires
Once again a great collection of images.
I love the story of Fingolfin's duel with Morgoth (4 image). It symbolises everything about elves. Skill, strong will, but also eventual defeat at the hands of doom and the gods.
Rod
Re: Illustrations of Angband & Mordor (2017 Image Salvage)
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:07 am
by Karak Norn Clansman
Re: Illustrations of Angband & Mordor (2017 Image Salvage)
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2017 9:00 pm
by SpellArcher
Great stuff, love the Black Gate in particular, something they did well in the movies IMHO.
Prince of Spires wrote:Skill, strong will, but also eventual defeat at the hands of doom and the gods.
The War of Wrath was a bit of a comeback mind.
Re: Illustrations of Angband & Mordor (2017 Image Salvage)
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:29 am
by Prince of Spires
True. Though even that only really created a pause in which the elves moved west. Those who remained eventually faded (though it took a couple of hundred years...). And even those never really reached their former glory.
Rod
Re: Illustrations of Angband & Mordor (2017 Image Salvage)
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:48 pm
by SpellArcher
It's all so epically tragic, isn't it?
Take Galadriel. Born in Aman she joins the rebellion, including the lethal march across the Grinding Ice when Feanor burns the boats. Is part of the whole doomed war against Morgoth but survives to see him crushed by the Host of the Valar. Spurns returning to the West and creates a paradise in Middle Earth. Sees her daughter married to Elrond but then captured and tortured by orcs and passes from ME. Is a major player in the War of the Ring, including turning down the power of the One Ring and then sees her beautiful land fade when it's destroyed. Ends up taking ship to the West anyway, thousands of years late.
That's the glory of the Noldor for me, yes they're tragic but what a tale, the richness and depth of it is awesome. They lived.