⟡ The 12th and 13th March of 3019 Third Age are the days in the book when Faramir and his company meet Sauron's forces in Osgiliath. They are pushed back to the Causeway Forts, which they also lose on the second day. Here, Faramir is gravely wounded.

(In the movie this plays out differently obviously, and I admit I was mostly thinking about the charge to Osgiliath in the movie while drawing this, the part after Denethor freaks out at Faramir and then yk...🍅 because that is my FAVORITE horrible depressing scene in the trilogy)

⟡ The armor was inspired by a combination of Byzantine, Ancient Roman, and vaguely Gothic armor. I read that these civilizations might have inspired Gondor.

⟡ The flowers are meant to be Seregon, which are a Middle-Earth plant, but I believe only appear in a story set in the First Age and not associated with Gondor, but...they are red like blood canonically and I thought it would be cool

+ Plus...check this out: apparently the word "seregon" comes from the Sindarin words for blood (sereg) and stone (gond), and the same root is also what gives Gondor its meaning of "stone-land"

⟡ I listened to some dungeon synth while I was drawing this and started ascending lol

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