I really like when Flanagan compares his characters to different animals :] Wanted to draw this one for some time now.
What if Halt joined Morgarath instead of the Rangers? A small AU based off of this prompt/story idea from @nilswolf8.
“I could use a man like you in my ranks.” Morgarath said, finally getting to the point behind the clandestine nighttime meeting he had summoned Halt to.
“I can’t say I care much for the idea of being used.” Halt replied, truth cutting through the sarcastic way he had phrased it.
“Merely an expression,” Morgarath assured with a wave of his hand. “Regardless, I would value someone with talents like yours. And there’s much that I could offer you in return for your services.”
And, now that the offer was out in the open, Halt allowed himself to consider it.
In the end, Halt had taken the two boys back to his suite of rooms in Morgarath’s castle. He didn’t know where else to keep them. The older of the two had collapsed and lost consciousness before they had even made it out of the dungeon. So Halt had carried him, leaving the younger to trail behind. Once inside, he lay the older boy on his table and paused for a moment, assessing.
Halt scowled at the mess Morgarath had made of the older boy. The only blessing was that it was neither irreparable or life-threatening. And, although the younger hadn’t been injured quite as badly, he was clearly just as malnourished from the weeks spent as Morgarath’s prisoner. They both needed tending if they were to survive and heal.
As the months passed by, Halt found himself experiencing a mild sense of satisfaction that he had judged the two boys’ potentials correctly. He had settled in the knowledge that the pair of them could quite possibly grow into the most skilled and prolific assassins Araluen would ever see. A combination of unrelentingly high expectations and rigorous training had led to their skills thriving under his tutelage.
It was ironic but, in a perverse way, expected that as soon as he started to feel successful and on top of things, something would happen to put an end to it all. That was always the way of things. And that something happened to be Will as it turned out.
What if Halt joined Morgarath instead of the Rangers? A small AU based off of this prompt/story idea from @nilswolf8.
“I could use a man like you in my ranks.” Morgarath said, finally getting to the point behind the clandestine nighttime meeting he had summoned Halt to.
“I can’t say I care much for the idea of being used.” Halt replied, truth cutting through the sarcastic way he had phrased it.
“Merely an expression,” Morgarath assured with a wave of his hand. “Regardless, I would value someone with talents like yours. And there’s much that I could offer you in return for your services.”
And, now that the offer was out in the open, Halt allowed himself to consider it.
In the end, Halt had taken the two boys back to his suite of rooms in Morgarath’s castle. He didn’t know where else to keep them. The older of the two had collapsed and lost consciousness before they had even made it out of the dungeon. So Halt had carried him, leaving the younger to trail behind. Once inside, he lay the older boy on his table and paused for a moment, assessing.
Halt scowled at the mess Morgarath had made of the older boy. The only blessing was that it was neither irreparable or life-threatening. And, although the younger hadn’t been injured quite as badly, he was clearly just as malnourished from the weeks spent as Morgarath’s prisoner. They both needed tending if they were to survive and heal.
What if Halt joined Morgarath instead of the Rangers? A small AU based off of this prompt/story idea from @nilswolf8.
“I could use a man like you in my ranks.” Morgarath said, finally getting to the point behind the clandestine nighttime meeting he had summoned Halt to.
“I can’t say I care much for the idea of being used.” Halt replied, truth cutting through the sarcastic way he had phrased it.
“Merely an expression,” Morgarath assured with a wave of his hand. “Regardless, I would value someone with talents like yours. And there’s much that I could offer you in return for your services.”
And, now that the offer was out in the open, Halt allowed himself to consider it.
[Image ID: Morgarath, with white hair and dark eyes, and wearing black armor with a tunic over it containing a yellow lightning bolt, is on a balcony. The camera is underneath the balcony facing upward, allowing the viewer to see wargals who are carrying maces, axes, and swords. The lighting is coming from the windows of his castle, lighting up the stones that make it up. Dark clouds surround the top of it. Everything besides what the window light touches—the back of Morgarath and some of the middle stones— is heavily shaded. /End ID]
Everybody knows Morgarath is the hottest villain in the entire series, but sometimes I feel the need to visually remind y'all about it.
Day 8: War | you know I had to draw Morgarath
I honestly feel bad for Morgarath I mean he probably spent years planning taking over the throne and then his whole plan is destroyed by two men who met in a bar fight and instantly became best friends not once but twice then he spends another 15 years perfecting his plan and builds a bridge to get his troops over to Arluen to ambush them and his bridge is burned by three teenagers then he tries to kill the man who caused him so much trouble but ends up getting killed by a 16 year old like I’d die out of embarrassment at that point
listening to Tournament at Gorlan again and I think it’s poetic justice that Morgarath started out trying to kill a junior knight with trickery and ended up meeting his own death the same way
Source: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Redraw of an older post
i know i technically already did Horace vs Morgarath but have the star wars version it’s important
Morgarath fighting Horace in the Burning Bridge.
