How did he look under his helmet?
>>71131105
>takes off helmet
>see your own face
>>71131105
According the books, he had black skin. Like, not African black, but black black. Like it was burnt or made from ash.
Of course, that was after the destruction of Numenor. Before that apparently he looked very fair and beautiful, and could change his appearance.
>>71131105
Tolkien never says because he was a shit writer.
>>71131105
He was a top tier cutie fuccboi.
>>71131105
nothing.
he's like the Dragonslayer Armor in Dark Souls 3.
>>71131711
It would be extremely painful for you
>>71131105
using his eyes.
like this
>>71132536
hot
>>71131105
>>71131105
Sauron wasn't wearing armor in the second age, he WAS the suit of armor.
or at least that was his physical form at the time.
I like to imagine him like pic related though
>>71132183
kek
They show him forging the ring in Shadows of Mordor, though I don't exactly think that game is canon.
So did the ring have some sort of power that frodo didn't know how to use? What was up with turning invisible?
>>71131105
Why does he wear the mask?!?
>>71132536
Is he a slav?
>>71131186
So, he is the Witch King?
>>71132808
Yeah the ring was useless as fuck
>>71131105
Nobody in this thread has read any of the books...wtf?
>>71132639
oh god spoiler that shit
>>71131105
Like a scary dude.
You gotta wonder what the hell he was actually wearing when Pippin looked into the telephone orb and saw him walking around in his quarters.
>>71131105
like this
>>71131105
with his eyes still
What would happen if say the Ring became stuck on a twig and then both the Ring and the twig became invisible?
>>71132808
It worked differently on whoever wore it, for Frodo and Bilbo it made them invisible.
If somebody like Aragorn put it on he would make him "invincible"
>>71136256
sauce?>implying I didn't read the booksI didn't
>>71132685
>Sauron wasn't wearing armor in the second age, he WAS the suit of armor.
What, no. He changed his face at least twice in the SA. Also, he wasn't the type to wear armour anyway.
>>71136256
Isildur turns invisible when he puts it on in the intro. Was he a hobbit?
>>71136851
That's just hack writing by hackson
Didn't he look like a qt elf boy?
>>71136851
>>71136867
Isildur wanted to escape from the bad guys who ambushed him. So, turning invisible makes sense
>>71136928
yeah
>>71132685
Is that by any chance made by the Bioware concept artist? The style looks kinda similar.
>>71137043
wtf am I looking at? it's like someone grabbed a shitty shot from a 2006 era game and then drew some gay flash-tier characters on top
>>71132808
In the books the rings amplifies the deepest desire of the user and makes it reality, so to speak.
Furdo and Dildo wanted to hide from shit so they became fucking invisible.
>>71131105
In third age he's supposed to look like a withered, burned to literal blackness old guy. There is no "eye" bullshit in the books.
And before the fall of Numenor, he could change his shape at will, but the form most identify him with is Annatar, pic related, basically a fuccboi.
The third movie even originally had Aragorn fighting Sauron in that final battle at the black gates, and Sauron would show his Annatar form for a moment, see >>71132536
But at the last minute they decided to remove that battle from the movie to avoid confusion with the eye so they literally just CGI'd a troll on top of Sauron, you can still see it in the final version of the movie how the troll is clearly copypasted on top of the screen and how out of place he looks since underneath him Aragon is clearly fighting Sauron.
>>71137739
>In the books the rings amplifies the deepest desire of the user and makes it reality, so to speak.
No. And don't use anything from Shadow of Mordor as proof.
>>71137832
>And don't use anything from Shadow of Mordor as proof.
Annatar was in the books you goddamn nigger imbecile, read Silmarilion for once and get cancer and die. I used the Shadow of Mordor picture of him because it's a very faithful render of the description he was given you damn imbecilic negroid.
>>71131583
Not after numenor fell. But yes during the first and second age he was bishonen as fuck. Hes a shapeshifter until he loses the ability.
>>71137739
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7w5p34t5EM
Found a video of the original. I still think the trilogy of movies are great despite the differences.
>>71137996
He's never described physically in detail, angry anon, just that he's pretty at some point and strong and taller than a human, the latter being from one of Tolkien's letters.
>>71136256
>It worked differently on whoever wore it,
Kinda sorta. Invisibility was standard for anyone wearing it (except dwarves) became invisible, but if you were a person with inherent power or strength of will you could claim the ring as your own and it would enhance your natural power.
The hobbits power with the ring was simply their resistance to the corruptive powers of the ring.
>>71138152
Unfortunately that's not the the original footage, that's someone trying to recreate it using the footage from Sauron vs Isildur prologue in the 1st movie. The actual Aragorn vs Sauron had unique choreography and still had that pre-fight dialogue with Annatar (which was replaced by Mouth of Sauron in final version).
>>71138176
He's described as tall, blonde, "fair" figure dressed in white, more beautiful than any elf.
How the fuck is that not detailed?
>>71132536
Looks like an edgy dark souls character.
>>71138196
>He's described as tall, blonde, "fair" figure dressed in white, more beautiful than any elf.
Where? Original quote.
>>71138222
I ain't got Silmarilion on me right now but he's explicitly described as beautiful before joining Morgoth.
And again described as beautiful when he went to fuck with Eonwe, and in one of the letters he was described as tall and commanding royal figure. There was also this passage about his eyes shining with bright light. Again, I can't give direct pages because I ain't got the book on me.
>>71138312
>as a man, or one in man's shape, but greater than any even of the race of Númenor in stature... And it seemed to men that Sauron was great, though they feared the light of his eyes. To many he appeared fair, to others terrible; but to some evil.
To add to my point.
like a dumb nagger
>>71138551
Tommy Wiseau has been bulking
>>71138577
thought the same thing
>>71131583
Before numenor he was a 10/10 qt
>>71137739
Fortunately thanks to Tolkien himself, we have a drawing of what Sauron literally looked like in the Third Age.
I love little illustrations like this, it's like that one of Cthulhu that was drawn by HP Lovecraft himself.
>>71131105
There was no under because that was his actual form, inspired by Morgoth's look.
>>71132808
It turned everyone invisible, in the "enter the shadow realm" sense. Besides it makes you immortal, allows mind control over the other ring bearers if they're using them. Gandalf and Galadriel said Frodo couldn't do this things because he needs practice, but that'd result in the ring corrupting him
![kane-unmasked[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/ZCBCNOL.png "kane-unmasked[1].png")
>>71131105
>>71138178
Resistance wasn't a "power". It has to do with the inherent goodness and the desire for power. Boromir was tempted for he was a warrior who wanted to become king. Hobbits only care about eating and smoking all day, Bombadil was "his own master". Basically, the ring represents politics, and the "resistance" to it is anarchy
>>71138478
>but greater than any even of the race of Númenor in stature...
Numenorians were like seven feet tall. I never realized he was such a big guy.
>>71132893
lotta loyalty for a hired orc
>>71141102
None of the ainur are really bound to a corporeal form. They were all spirits that could take on many forms.
No one cared who he was untill he put on the mask
>>71131105
Bag of salty rings
Reminder that Sauron lost a fight to a dog.
>>71146512
Please anon, a talking dog.
Sauron dominion over Tol Sirion in the first age is one of the most weird and awesome parts of the Silmarillion, the whole place look like straight out of a Hammer Horror movie:
>a dark castle, ruled by an evil shape-shifting wizard with a cohort of werewolves and vampires (female vampire even), with dungeons
>>71131105
Boromir wanted the ring
How would it help him in the war against Sauron?
>>71146782
And a cool black cape, let's not forget about that. I think more people should read the full version of the Lay of Leithian, the Silmarillion version is boring.
http://tolkienleithian.blogspot.ro/2013/03/canto-i.html
>>71146987
Yeah, though if I remember correctly, the Lay of Leithian ends when Beren is freed from Sauron's dungeon, and he and Luthien are going to Angband. ("Leithian" is "liberation" after all)
>>71138196
Is there a link to the dialogue anywhere?
>>71147271
>>71147375
Fuck that was quick, thanks man
Is the rest of it anywhere on the Internet?
>>71136296
The book says that the ring enhances the inherent traits of whomever wore it. So hobbits being naturally gifted at making themselves disappear, literally disappear.
>>71147539
okay that's some sloppy writing right there.
Did D&D come first?
>>71147978
The Ring doesn't do that. I don't remember if any speculation of the sort is in the books, but if it is, it belongs to the characters.
http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_one_ring#Effects
>>71148074
Yeah, not sure where the meme that ring invisibility = uniquely hobbits comes from. It's dumb as shit and contrary to what Tolkien described.
>>71146782
>female vampire even
Just the one, Thuringwethil.
>translates to Woman of Secret Shadow
>>71148777
Would you?
>>71148862
Only if we do it missionary, while holding hands/claws and looking into each others eyes.
