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Ulairi · 06-20-2002, 09:58 PM

I was wonding how did you envision the lesser characters in LoTR. Here are some starters...

WildMen-Looked, walked and talked like cavemen. Were a bit shorter than reagular men and mere broad.

Southrons,Easterlings-African,and Arabian in descent, respectivly. They wore black, spiked armor.

Mouth of Sauron-Tall, dark, menacing. Pale red eyes, dark, bloodstained plate armor under a black flowing cape. He wore a large horned helm with a single blade-like spike(like the summoners from Final Fantasy) coming from the forehead.

Lord Nazgul- He didn't wear a cloak over his body like the others. He wore jet-black plate armor with spikes on the elbows and shoulders. He had silver greaves and gauntlets. His helm was black and covered his neck and head(obviously [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ) and completely shadowed his face. His eyes were bright , glowing red with no pupils. When he moved his head they left streams of light, like when you move a sparkler around in the dark. And he had a shining silver crown. It wasn't majestic like a king's but it was twisted and sharp looking.

That's just the few I could think of. It would be cool to see your descriptions of these I did and others you thought of.

The Silver-shod Muse · 06-21-2002, 07:56 PM

Welcome to the Downs, Ulairi! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Those are pretty good. You have a real knack for descriptive details .
The Men of Harad - Arabic-looking with dark, flashing eyes and white turbans, leather armour and fast, thin horses

Lobelia and Lotho SB - Lobelia is slightly chubby for a hobbit, with a hooked nose and eyes that are always looking for a scandal. She wears conservative dresses and has lots of curly brown hair; Lotho is thinner, keeps his eyes to the ground or on Lobelia, wears shabbier clothing and has a slightly furtive, worried air.

That's all I can think of for now.

NicktheOrc · 06-21-2002, 08:05 PM

Twilight Ringwraiths- The Unveiled Ringwraiths have shining red eyes, tattered gray robes with chain-mail underneath, helms on their heads and twisted, wrinkled pale faces. The Lord of the Riders has a crown on his head instead of a helm.

That's all I cann think of. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

[ June 21, 2002: Message edited by: NicktheOrc ]

Naaramare · 06-21-2002, 08:14 PM

My wildmen were small and wiry, wrinkled brown skin with black hair and eyes. Stocky, solid-looking people, skin with a texture of leather and hair very coarse and thick. Their hands are very calloused.

Anarya SilverBranch · 06-21-2002, 08:56 PM

Other Rangers- Tall, dark and handsome

Need I say more? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Mornie Alantie · 06-21-2002, 09:02 PM

You are right about the Pukel men- short stout and really gruffy.

The southrons were dark colored cause Tolkien descires Sam looking at the face of the dead leader as dark skinned.

Man I cannot deside on how the ents should look. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Kalimac · 06-22-2002, 06:38 PM

Muse, I like your Lotho [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] - sounds like my picture of him too, to be honest. Though I'd always picture Lobelia as one of the few hobbits to have straight hair (maybe that's why she's always felt left out of things before?) which is pulled back into a severe bun; eyes, of course, as cold as marble.

ElanorGamgee · 06-22-2002, 09:26 PM

Nob: A young hobbit with light brown hair and a goofy grin on his face, looks a little like Gilligan from Gilligan's Island.

Wormtongue: A lankey man in his mid-thirties with dark brown, greasy hair that hangs down a little past his ears. He has sharp, black eyes and a long, thin face and rarely smiles; if he laughs, it comes out like a nervous, high-pitched giggle.

Lobelia: Short for a Hobbit, thin and wirey, with curly, black-and-grey hair that is pulled into a bun which is hidden under a large sun bonnet. Has dark eyes that are constantly darting around.

[ June 22, 2002: Message edited by: ElanorGamgee ]

Morquesse · 06-26-2002, 05:01 PM

I diffinetly agree with you on the Wild man, Ulairi. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Easterlings: Resemble people of India, and don't really have that much armor on, just mostly other clothing that is red with white.

Lord of the Nazgul: I figured he looked like the rest of the Nazgul, exept of course he has a crown under the cloak.

Ents: each has different texter, like each has a differnt kind of bark or skin. And instead of having a stump for the head, they have full growth like a living tree. And they somehow have something like robes on them, I can't really explain it.

I think that's it for now.
~M

Arwen Imladris · 06-26-2002, 08:49 PM

I always pictured the ents looking pretty buch like trees. Quickbeem was a fir tree.

*Varda* · 06-27-2002, 10:25 AM

Ooh this is tricky. I've always had this picture of an ent in my head and how i felt they should look but how to explain it...

Ents - I felt that they looked pretty much like trees, but obviously they had eyes and a mouth and when they moved the bark would kind of move as well, i always imagined them as a sort of mid brown colour (although it depended on the individual ent) I figured their feet would be kind of fashioned out of the roots, like they'd have really long toes. Their arms would just be another branch, again with really long fingers. I don't really know how to explain it.

Morima · 07-18-2002, 04:09 PM

Arwen -- you sure that Quickbeam was a fir? I tried to find out what he was once but didn't find it in LotR, except that he laughed every time he saw a rowan tree -- so I figured that he was a rowan as well.

Nevfeniel · 07-18-2002, 07:32 PM

I've always pictured the ents being about 8-10 feet tall, and having dark brown bark for skin, with long noses that look kind of like short branches. And I have to admit, the first time I read LotR, I thought that the elves were pixie-like creatures, you know, Santa Claus elves. It wasn't until I saw the LotR trailer on commercial and saw Legolas. I thought, "That must be the elf." The good news is I only thought that about the elves Frodo, Pippin, and Sam met in the old forest. And it was only that one time.

Morquesse · 07-19-2002, 12:17 AM

Well, who hasn't at first pictured the elves like pixies? I kind of did, and my mom did. Though Elrond was an exeption,(I pictured him like I still do-man like with pointy ears) and at first I pictured Legolas with a Peter Pan-type build! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Now days we don't here about elves that are like warriors. And I wonder why?
~M

06-20-2002, 09:58 PM	#1
Ulairi Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2002 Location: Minas Morgul Posts: 22	Paint me a picture I was wonding how did you envision the lesser characters in LoTR. Here are some starters... WildMen-Looked, walked and talked like cavemen. Were a bit shorter than reagular men and mere broad. Southrons,Easterlings-African,and Arabian in descent, respectivly. They wore black, spiked armor. Mouth of Sauron-Tall, dark, menacing. Pale red eyes, dark, bloodstained plate armor under a black flowing cape. He wore a large horned helm with a single blade-like spike(like the summoners from Final Fantasy) coming from the forehead. Lord Nazgul- He didn't wear a cloak over his body like the others. He wore jet-black plate armor with spikes on the elbows and shoulders. He had silver greaves and gauntlets. His helm was black and covered his neck and head(obviously [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ) and completely shadowed his face. His eyes were bright , glowing red with no pupils. When he moved his head they left streams of light, like when you move a sparkler around in the dark. And he had a shining silver crown. It wasn't majestic like a king's but it was twisted and sharp looking. That's just the few I could think of. It would be cool to see your descriptions of these I did and others you thought of.

06-21-2002, 07:56 PM	#2
The Silver-shod Muse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The shoulder of a poet, TX Posts: 388	Welcome to the Downs, Ulairi! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Those are pretty good. You have a real knack for descriptive details . The Men of Harad - Arabic-looking with dark, flashing eyes and white turbans, leather armour and fast, thin horses Lobelia and Lotho SB - Lobelia is slightly chubby for a hobbit, with a hooked nose and eyes that are always looking for a scandal. She wears conservative dresses and has lots of curly brown hair; Lotho is thinner, keeps his eyes to the ground or on Lobelia, wears shabbier clothing and has a slightly furtive, worried air. That's all I can think of for now. __________________ "'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis

06-21-2002, 08:05 PM	#3
NicktheOrc Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Witch-Realm of Angmar, a.k.a. some place in Australia Posts: 40	Twilight Ringwraiths- The Unveiled Ringwraiths have shining red eyes, tattered gray robes with chain-mail underneath, helms on their heads and twisted, wrinkled pale faces. The Lord of the Riders has a crown on his head instead of a helm. That's all I cann think of. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [ June 21, 2002: Message edited by: NicktheOrc ] __________________ Hmmm... Spider-Man getting the One Ring would be an interesting crossover...

06-21-2002, 08:14 PM	#4
Naaramare Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Fort St John Posts: 196	My wildmen were small and wiry, wrinkled brown skin with black hair and eyes. Stocky, solid-looking people, skin with a texture of leather and hair very coarse and thick. Their hands are very calloused. __________________ "I once spent two weeks in a tree trying to talk to a bird." --Puck, Brother Mine si man i yulma nin equantuva? [my blog]

06-21-2002, 08:56 PM	#5
Anarya SilverBranch Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In maiden meditation, fancy free. Posts: 245	Other Rangers- Tall, dark and handsome Need I say more? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Snow white! Snow White! O' Lady Clear! O' Queen Beyond the Western Seas! O' light to us that wander here amid the world of woven trees!

06-21-2002, 09:02 PM	#6
Mornie Alantie Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Somewhere above earth cause people say i should come down to it Posts: 226	You are right about the Pukel men- short stout and really gruffy. The southrons were dark colored cause Tolkien descires Sam looking at the face of the dead leader as dark skinned. Man I cannot deside on how the ents should look. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Instead of pepper spray, you pack a glass bottle and scream "Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima!!!" at muggers.

06-22-2002, 06:38 PM	#7
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Muse, I like your Lotho [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] - sounds like my picture of him too, to be honest. Though I'd always picture Lobelia as one of the few hobbits to have straight hair (maybe that's why she's always felt left out of things before?) which is pulled back into a severe bun; eyes, of course, as cold as marble. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.

06-22-2002, 09:26 PM	#8
ElanorGamgee Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 314	Nob: A young hobbit with light brown hair and a goofy grin on his face, looks a little like Gilligan from Gilligan's Island. Wormtongue: A lankey man in his mid-thirties with dark brown, greasy hair that hangs down a little past his ears. He has sharp, black eyes and a long, thin face and rarely smiles; if he laughs, it comes out like a nervous, high-pitched giggle. Lobelia: Short for a Hobbit, thin and wirey, with curly, black-and-grey hair that is pulled into a bun which is hidden under a large sun bonnet. Has dark eyes that are constantly darting around. [ June 22, 2002: Message edited by: ElanorGamgee ] __________________ Soli Deo Gloria

06-26-2002, 05:01 PM	#9
Morquesse Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Past the fields we know.... Posts: 202	I diffinetly agree with you on the Wild man, Ulairi. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Easterlings: Resemble people of India, and don't really have that much armor on, just mostly other clothing that is red with white. Lord of the Nazgul: I figured he looked like the rest of the Nazgul, exept of course he has a crown under the cloak. Ents: each has different texter, like each has a differnt kind of bark or skin. And instead of having a stump for the head, they have full growth like a living tree. And they somehow have something like robes on them, I can't really explain it. I think that's it for now. ~M __________________ I'm not ashamed to let you know I want this light in me to show. I'm not ashamed to speak the name of Jesus Christ.~Newsboys

06-26-2002, 08:49 PM	#10
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	I always pictured the ents looking pretty buch like trees. Quickbeem was a fir tree. __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

06-27-2002, 10:25 AM	#11
Varda Maiden of Tears Join Date: May 2002 Location: Valinor. Posts: 571	Ooh this is tricky. I've always had this picture of an ent in my head and how i felt they should look but how to explain it... Ents - I felt that they looked pretty much like trees, but obviously they had eyes and a mouth and when they moved the bark would kind of move as well, i always imagined them as a sort of mid brown colour (although it depended on the individual ent) I figured their feet would be kind of fashioned out of the roots, like they'd have really long toes. Their arms would just be another branch, again with really long fingers. I don't really know how to explain it. __________________ 'It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them' ~Frodo "Life is hard. After all, it kills you." - Katharine Hepburn

07-18-2002, 04:09 PM	#12
Morima Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Budapest. Posts: 78	Arwen -- you sure that Quickbeam was a fir? I tried to find out what he was once but didn't find it in LotR, except that he laughed every time he saw a rowan tree -- so I figured that he was a rowan as well. __________________ «We're all but noon now; dawn, evening and midnight.» Aki Benetah.

07-18-2002, 07:32 PM	#13
Nevfeniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mithlond Posts: 783	I've always pictured the ents being about 8-10 feet tall, and having dark brown bark for skin, with long noses that look kind of like short branches. And I have to admit, the first time I read LotR, I thought that the elves were pixie-like creatures, you know, Santa Claus elves. It wasn't until I saw the LotR trailer on commercial and saw Legolas. I thought, "That must be the elf." The good news is I only thought that about the elves Frodo, Pippin, and Sam met in the old forest. And it was only that one time. __________________ Consider the purr a variety of audible tranquilizer. [. . .] For a few of us, there is one more purr, a secret purr. When we combine our secret purrs, we produce the Purr of Power. And that is simply the amplified amity we feel as furred and purred beings.

07-19-2002, 12:17 AM	#14
Morquesse Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Past the fields we know.... Posts: 202	Well, who hasn't at first pictured the elves like pixies? I kind of did, and my mom did. Though Elrond was an exeption,(I pictured him like I still do-man like with pointy ears) and at first I pictured Legolas with a Peter Pan-type build! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Now days we don't here about elves that are like warriors. And I wonder why? ~M __________________ I'm not ashamed to let you know I want this light in me to show. I'm not ashamed to speak the name of Jesus Christ.~Newsboys