#last alliance
Drawing practise: young Elf of the house of Gil-galad (just before the Last Alliance, so let’s hope he wasn’t too close to his Lord on Sauron day.
Pencils & acrylics 21x15 cms
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![‘Isildur cut the Ring from [Sauron’s] hand with the hilt-shard of his father’s swo](https://64.media.tumblr.com/b2310bf285b6b49b6231424ea1b512f1/tumblr_pa88qy4GSD1rl8v0vo1_1280.jpg "‘Isildur cut the Ring from [Sauron’s] hand with the hilt-shard of his father’s swo")
‘Isildur cut the Ring from [Sauron’s] hand with the hilt-shard of his father’s sword, and took it for his own.’
“…I will risk no hurt to this thing: of all the works of Sauron the only fair. It is precious to me, though I buy it with great pain.”
~ Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien
Isildur who took the Ring, but did not destroy it.
Pencil and acrylics, 21x29cms.
A character sketch to (attempt to) capture the compelling combination of Númenorean nobility with the burning corruption of the Ring’s influence.
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Who would win?
Sneaky boi’s
