#gothmog

So from that point onward one of the three settings always stands empty and he absolutely HATES how tacky it looks, and no one sensible dares say anything about it?? Oh and he can’t even get it remade because he canonically REFUSES to take off the Iron Crown—

And imagine he tries replacing it with some lesser stone and it just looks worse somehow because of course next to the Silmarils every jewel looks like it’s from the clearance corner at Claire’s… and then Gothmog or someone unwisely tries to be nice like, “my lord, the diamond looks very—” before getting yeeted out the hall with extreme prejudice

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He seems very much to thrive on the terror and intimidation he wields as one of the most prominent faces of Angband’s armies and the stories of his deeds rival those of Sauron’s.

He kills Fëanor and Fingon, with both attacks showing a chilling combination of pre meditation and pack predation.

He drags Húrin to Angband “with mockery”, one of, if not the only, implications of speech for him or his kin.

I think Gothmog probably has a collection of trophies he’s taken from his victims. Some of it he warps into his own battle armor to face his enemies, bolstered by the fragments of their fall, and more so by the terror it invokes.

Some of these items are from well known figures (a torn and bloodstained banner of Fëanor, a melted dagger from one of Maedhros’s guards, the first helm of Maedhros himself, the broken shield of Fingon cast aside when he was struck, and a few dented pieces of Húrin’s armor).