GURUTHOS. n. THE SHADOW OF DEATH. DEATH-HORROR; THE FEAR OF DEATH.
“there is only one lord of the rings, and he does not share power”a mix for sauron (gorthaur, annatar, zigûr, tar-mairon, necromancer), the witch of many names. a sorcerer of dreadful power, master of shadows and of phantoms, foul in wisdom, cruel in strength, lord of werewolves whose dominion is torment.
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photo by nona limmen. lettering by me.
Sauron’s Masks: Tol-in-Gaurhoth – War of the Last Alliance– RivkaZ 2017
“There now he brooded in the dark, until he had wrought for himself a new shape; and it was terrible, for his fair semblance had departed forever when he was cast into the abyss"
I wanted to showcase my idea for different battle masks worn by Sauron; one for striking fear in the elves of Sirion, and one to disguise his misshapen visage after the Akallabeth. I thought it would be poetic to see his fair form to wear a fearsome mask while his monstrous form wears a beautiful one; maybe for the sake of vanity, or simply to be recognizable after his imperfect re-embodiment. It seems like something the leaders of the Last Alliance who knew him from before would comment on, while facing him down on the slopes of Orodruin.
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