#witch-king

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Dom Monaghan and Billy Boyd, Cast Commentary, the Two Towers

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Eowyn against the Witch-king

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Eowyn and the Nazgul by Matthew Stewart

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Concerning Animals: Angmar's Nazgul Headcanons

These are ideas from Angmar, the writer, not the wraith.

The Witch-king is a dog person, and keeps wolves as pets. He has little love for cats.

Khamul is a cat person, and keeps large cats which he uses for hunting.

The Witch-king has the ability to learn the language of animals through thought speech. He once befriended a rat in Barad-dur and manipulated the creature into starting a revolution. The reasoning behind this scheme? The Witch-king wanted to irritate Sauron, but didn't want Sauron to know that it was he who was responsible for all the chaos that went down in the Tower that day.

All of the Nazgul can communicate with their horses, and use them as service animals. The same is true for their fell beasts. Through the telepathic bond they have with their animals, the Nazgul can see through their eyes as though they were their own.

One of the Witch-king's stallions has the ability to speak with select humans.

Angmar wasn't certain if the fell beasts should be more reptile-like or more bird-like, so he gave them traits of both. They also have some dog-like traits as well.

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"No living man may hinder me!"

-Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin

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I hope we get to see some of the future Nazgul in Rings of Power though I doubt it yet, I mean not in this next season but I can hope. 😂

If they do show the Witch King's origins then I hope to God they do a good job of it as I have an idea of what he'd have been like, well a few ideas tbh but I'm not holding much hope that they'll do him justice, but still I will hope. 🙂

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"IN THEIR WHITE FACES BURNED KEEN AND MERCILESS EYES...; IN THIER HAGGARD HANDS WERE SWORDS OF STEEL..."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on an illustration of the Nazgûl attacking Frodo and the travellers' camp at Weathertop (Amon Sûl), on October 6, 3018 (Third Age), artwork by Ted Nasmith via TedNasmith.com.

"Frodo thought that he heard a faint hiss as of venomous breath and felt a thin piercing chill. Then the shapes slowly advanced....

Frodo was... quaking as if he was bitter cold, but his terror was swallowed up in a sudden temptation to put on the Ring.... He shut his eyes and struggled for a while; but resistance became unbearable, and at last he... slipped the Ring on....

Immediately, though everything else remained... dim and dark, the shapes became terribly clear.... There were five tall figures: two standing on the lip of the dell, three advancing. In their white faces burned keen and merciless eyes...; in their haggard hands were swords of steel....

Desperate, he drew his own sword, and it seemed to him that it flickered red, as if it was a firebrand. Two of the figures halted. The third was taller than the others: his hair was long and gleaming and on his helm was a crown. In one hand he held a long sword, and in the other a knife; both the knife and the hand that held it glowed with a pale light. He sprang forward and bore down on Frodo."

-- "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" -- The Fellowship of the Ring" (1954) Book 1, Chapter 11, "A Knife in the Dark," by J.R.R. Tolkien

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3289532983135237761 & www.henneth-annun.net/events_view.cfm?evid=1112.

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These are all very old, but they still hold up pretty well, unlike most of my older stuff

The Witch-King, Durin (maybe VI), and a captain of Isengard

The WK's helmet/crown is sort of based off Tolkien's sketch of the crown of Gondor and some designs I drew up for some regular Gondorian helms He's dressed in a full-body outfit that's held to his body by leather straps, it's hard to make well-fitting clothes for him since his measurements are a biiiiit tricky to take Neither of his hands are good, his left especially (which is why it's subtly cropped out of frame), otherwise there's nothing here that I think is tooo clumsy Designwise there's not much I'd change, I'd just remove the spike from his helmet (I remembered immediately after I drew it that he wears his hood over it), add some more weapons and stuff to his belt, and decorate his armour a bit (i have a different design for him as the ruler of angmar that's much fancier and i reeeeeally wanna draw that again now, so stay tuned for that)

Durin's crown is based on the design on the West-gate of Moria, just fancied up a bit His shield is based on one from Tolkien's drawing of Smaug, but he really deserves a prettier one :P I thought a hammer would be a cool, it's ceremonial and made of gold, silver, and pearl I think his design and the drawing holds up basically to how I'd do it today, though the mail's a little too dark (oh and I wouldn't give him the chausses, since I mostly tie those to Dáin and the dwarves of the Iron Hills)

The Uruk is still really really good from every aspect to me The feathers in his helmet mark him as a captain, worn in a plume like Men wear them, and they're eagle feathers that he bullied out of some mountain Orcs for some extra flair The cape is just for decoration, unlike in Mordor where it denotes status Same goes for the fur over his shoulders He could use a shield and some other equipment I guess, but otherwise there's not really anything I'd change about him!!

(yeah pretty much every single one of my older drawings is in the same pose from the exact same angle, it was a hard habit to break XP)

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frog figurines by CreationsbyChrisNoel

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Straw Hat appearances in One Piece Fan Letter

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THERE HE IS

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YOU, A REGULAR PERSON: Pink Witch King of Angmar

ME, AN INTELLECTUAL: nazgUwU

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The Witch King's very bad day continues.

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Nazgul Art and Illusion

Uvatha Unleashed by Quinton Hoover

One of the Nazgul needs to be an artist, so he can paint portraits of his fellows so that other people can see what they look like.

This task could also go to one of the lesser wraiths as well.

I also feel like Nazgul would have magic mirrors that would allow them to see themselves, or show mortals their true forms. The mirrors would be in the same class of magical items as palantiri and the Mirror of Galadriel.

Speaking of mirrors, I also have a theory that the Nazgul can use glamour magic to cast illusions of themselves so they will appear visible, but this deception is challenged if they walk in front of a mirror. Because the mirror reveals the truth and thus destroys the spell, a person will see the visible portions of the Nazgul's skin as invisible in the mirror. This is how vampire legends got started.

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dead boy detectives + text posts part 1/?

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