Tag: nazgul

ttrtru:

This is an delightfully drawn Middle-Earth by one of Tolkien’s favourite artist “Pauline Baynes”.

What I want you guys to notice are these Nazgul she has drawn at the bottom.

THEY WEAR AWESOME CAVALIER HATS WITH AWESOME FEATHERS.

Not that I have any problems with the Grim Reaper-esk presentation that’s common but juts look at the cool hats.

So here is just my interpretation of the above. I hope there will be more fanarts of Nazgul with cool hats.

anthropologyarda:

ttrtru:

anthropologyarda:

Just in case you thought I was kidding – here’s the heraldry for the Mordor Special Mission Flying Corps, drawn by Tolkien himself.

“It apparently was a badge that applied to Sauron’s air-borne troops, probably including the later incarnations of the Nazgûl and, perhaps, any remaining dragons under Sauron’s command. The “wings” at the side of the emblem are given a feather-like texture, which might indicate that they were originally real wings. A mystifying scribble, saying “Seen from below”, actually hints that the emblem portrays one of Sauron’s flying creatures, and the small “horns” indicated between the wings and the body of the creature could then be the feet of someone riding the beast. But it is clear that if so, the portrait must be extremely stylized. On the wings can be seen the image of Sauron’s eye, multiplied like the eyes on peacock’s wings.” [x]

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This is so undeniably cool.  All I can imagine now is this Nazgul Flying Corps in WW2 outfit.

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen

[11] If they do not sink below a certain level. Since no fea can be annihilated, reduced to zero or not-existing, it is no[t] clear what is meant. Thus Sauron was /said/ to have fallen below the point of ever recovering, though he had previously recovered. What is probably meant is that a ‘wicked’ spirit becomes fixed in a certain desire or ambition, and if it cannot repent then this desire becomes virtually its whole being. But the desire may be wholly beyond the weakness it has fallen to, and it will then be unable to withdraw its attention from the unobtainable desire, even to attend to itself. It will then remain for ever in impotent desire or memory of desire.

Tolkien, J. R. R. The History of Middle-Earth X: Morgoth’s Ring. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. (London: HarperCollins, 2002.) 407-8. (Myths Transformed, Text VII “Notes on motives in the Silmarillion,“ (iii), Notes) [This is a note to this passage.] (via literallyeverythingaboutsauron)