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Gandalf rides to Isengard to meet Saruman 4k
#lotr#lord of the rings#lotredit#saruman#saruman of many colours#gandalf#ian mckellen#christopher lee#isengard#orthanc#scenery#i love this scene so much#christopher lees voice over is so good
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ON THIS DAY - July 10th
Gandalf gets imprisoned in Orthanc
"Over all his works a dark smoke hung and wrapped itself about the sides of Orthanc. I stood alone on an island in the clouds; and I had no chance of escape, and my days were bitter."
#on this day#and there he stays for a fuck ton of months#on this day in middle earth#lotr#lord of the rings#the lord of the rings#tolkien#jrrt#lotr gif#lotr gifs#lotr gifset#tolkien gifs#gandalf#saruman#orthanc#isengard#middle earth
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Saruman wanted to be Sauron so badly
#Sauron#Saruman#Annatar#Rings of Power#Lord of the Rings#Grima Wormtongue#Gandalf#Orthanc#Barad-dur#Tolkien#Middle-earth shots
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Orthanc by Cliff Cramp
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why does the top of orthanc aka isengard's tower kinda look like bts' logo thing. like. the door thing. i cant unsee it and neither will you
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#merry and pippin#dominic monaghan#billy boyd#saruman#christopher lee#treebeard#orthanc#ents#isengard#my edits#lord of the rings#lotr gifs#aragorn#viggo mortensen#the hobbit#thorin#richard armitage
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Tolkien trivia of the day: While in The Lord of the Rings, after Saruman's defeat Isengard becomes part of the domain of the Ents, in his various drafts Tolkien entertained various other ideas for who would get to replace Saruman as Isengard's "keeper".
Before he settled on the Ents, Tolkien thought Dwarves should rather take over Orthanc and Isengard after Saruman ; and before Dwarves, Tolkien's original idea was for Radagast to actually become the new Wizard of Isengard.
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The Road to Gondor - by Breath-Art
#the lord of the rings#tolkien legendarium#middle earth#tolkien#gandalf#gondor#sauron#eye of sauron#orthanc#tower of orthanc#mount doom#gates of argonath#the argonath
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#lotr#jrr tolkien#lord of the rings#lotr books#tolkien legendarium#lotr poll#ents#treebeard#meriadoc brandybuck#peregrin took#lotr merry#lotr pippin#fourth age#pippin took#merry brandybuck#merry and pippin#isengard#fangorn forest#orthanc
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"The Two Towers"
2022
A strong place and wonderful was Isengard, and long it had been beautiful... But Saruman had slowly shaped it to his shifting purposes, and made it better, as he thought, being deceived–for all those arts and subtle devises for which he forsook his former wisdom, and which fondly he imagined were his own, came but from Mordor; so that what he made was naught, only a little copy, a child’s model or a slave’s flattery, of that vast fortress, armoury, prison, furnace of great power, Barad-dûr, the Dark Tower, which suffered no rival, and laughed at flattery, biding its time, secure in its pride and its immeasurable strength.
-"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", by J.R.R. Tolkien
2022 was the 20th anniversary of The Two Towers.
Though the whole trilogy are collectively my favorite films of all time, the second installment is definitely my least favorite of the three, ironically in part for the same reason a lot of people love it: Helm's Deep. I find the battle is unnecessarily overblown, in importance, length, and stakes in comparison to the book, to the point that it takes away from other important story points, and somewhat diminishes the impact of the later Siege of Gondor and Battle of Pelennor Fields, which is a much bigger and much more narratively significant battle in the War of the Ring. Nevertheless, it was fun to revisit some of my favorite scenes from the film, as I did in 2021 with Fellowship of the Ring.
#barad dûr#orthanc#lord of the rings#two towers#lotr#lotr fanart#lotr art#fandom#photoshop#art#artists on tumblr#mexican artist#autistic artist#dartxo
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#painting#art#lotr#lotr fanart#lotr saruman#uruk hai#saruman the white#lord of the rings saruman#lord of the rings#saruman#saruman of many colors#isengard#orthanc#sarumans tower#palantir
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MARCH 5TH
Pippin steals the Palantír, looks into it, revealing himself to Sauron
#on this day#lotr#lord of the rings#the lord of the rings#pippin#pippin took#peregrin took#merry brandybuck#merry#tolkien#lotredit#lotr edit#meriadoc Brandybuck#gandalf#aragorn#legolas#palantir#rotk#the return of the king#orthanc#palantiri#tolkien edit#jrrt#middle earth
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#The Two Towers#Lord of the Rings#Middle-earth shots#Aragorn#Boromir#Eomer#Merry Brandybuck#Pippin Took#Treebeard#Gandalf#Gimli#Legolas#Grima Wormtongue#Theoden#Helm's Deep#Isengard#Orthanc#Saruman#Sauron#Tolkien
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The Tower of Orthanc, Isengard Lordmof the Rings wip by me.
#artwork#digital art#drawing#fantasy#lord of the rings#sketch#isengard#orthanc#the two towers#the fellowship of the ring#the return of the king
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'Go and fetch Saruman, since you have become his footman, Gríma Wormtongue!' said Gandalf.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - J.R.R. Tolkien
#book quote#lotr#lord of the rings#jrr tolkien#ttt#the two towers#grima wormtongue#saruman#gandalf#wizard#footman#orthanc#isengard
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