#ar pharazon

some tar mairon doodles from a while back (；´∀｀)

bonus: but pharazon, your hubris-

Ar-Pharazôn & Sauron

@numenorweek

The Downfall

you cannot tell me this guy, the Black Captain, Morgoth’s dread lieutenant, was strolling around Angband looking like a pretty elf all the time. he had prisoners to scare. orcs to keep in line. enemies to intimidate. the pretty elf form would’ve had its moments, but he’d have been more likely to go about his days as some kind of fucked up 8 foot wall of metal and fire and fangs. this is the Lord of Wolves we’re talking about! the Lord of Vampires! the Cruel, the Foul, the Black Foe’s right hand man!

make him beautiful, by all means. but in a dangerous way; like a roaring forge, or a polished knife. a being of pure will and order, iron-resolved and with pure divine fire in his eyes. make all the metal not armour, but SKIN, and the flames his hair. LIKE CMONNN FUCK THIS GUY UP I BEG, MAKE HIM ELDRITCH AND INDOMITABLE AND TERRIFYING AND OTHERWORLDLY BUT STILL SO, SO RESPLENDENT AND GLORIOUS BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK WOULD HE HAVE JUST BEEN PRETTY IN ANGBAND? FUCKKKKK HIMMMMM UPPPPPPP

but uh yeah in the Second Age the pretty elf is necessary. but he still doesn’t have to JUST be that. y’all gotta remember he was tempting Celebrimbor with POWER, not just beauty. give your Annatar a little bit of an uncanny edge. make him tower over Celebrimbor. keep that divinity in his eyes that catches the light strangely and immediately makes everyone uneasy and in awe. make his teeth a little too white and a little too sharp. make his perfection so impossible it’s frightening. all i’m basically saying is FUCKKKK HIMMM UPPPPPPPP

and for Númenor i’d love to see more interpretations where he takes the form of a man. i just think it would be interesting, especially since he’s trying to integrate himself into an elf-hating society and sucking up to an elf-hating king. but my point still stands. just make him that liiiiiiiiittle bit more fucked up and supernatural. go on. you can do it. FUCK. SAURON. UP.

Tar-Mairon: dying.