The fight between azog could easily have been young thorin a fighter level 1 against an advanced template orc. Was azog as strong and powerful in the hobbit book as he is in the movies. He is a whiteskinned orc, known as the pale orc or azog the defiler. So, she joins in the dwarves to reclaim erebor, capturing the hearts of many on her way. There and back again that bolg will appear in one or both of the next two movies in peters hobbit trilogy.
For he saw that all his host in the valley was in a rout, and the dwarves went this way and that slaying as. Bolg and his father azog consulting with each other in dol guldur. And they arent chased by orcs until after goblintown the whole bit with them climbing the trees was accurate, and then again in the battle of five armies. Read hot and popular stories about azog on wattpad. Azog captured and slew thror, and branded his hewn head with his own name, azog. He flung the head at nar, then a money purse containing few coins of little worth, warning. I think they mostly used him to explain all the backstory with dol guldur.
The company is instead trapped by a group of wargs who live in the area. Azog is a minifigure that was released in december 20 appearing in the the hobbit. He had resettled in the old refuge of mount gundabad after the kingdom of angmar was abandoned, and apparently ruled. Im aware of those feats, but hes got such minor screen time compared to everyone else and his lack of fighting against other characters makes him again featless to really argue against.
Azog the defiler is an orc chieftain from the book and movies, the hobbit. He was anecdotally slain by thorins cousin dain ironfoot. Yet in the movie he is the main antagonist throughout the first movie an unexpected party. He had resettled in the old refuge of mount gundabad after the kingdom of angmar was abandoned, and. Azog wanting to end the line of durin, smaug terrorizing erebor, even the elves refusing to help themall of it ties into rauns dark and mysterious past, and shes looking to make things right.
Can someone please find where gandalf mentions azog in the book. Bolg was an gundabad orc that appears in the hobbit book and its film adaptations. The new and second peter jackson hobbit film, the desolation of smaug again features azog, the defiler. He was considered the strongest orc to ever walk middleearth and the greatest menace towards the dwarven race. Before the events of the battle of the five armies, azog held a grudge against the dwarves of durins folk and vowed until the last of the durin dwarves were destroyed completely. Azog the defiler posted in the thehobbit community. During a rest stop, balin tells bilbo about how thorin and his fellow dwarves attempted to reclaim moria after smaug had driven them from erebor. After smaug had driven them out of erebor, king thror led his people back to moria where azog reigned as its new lord. Azog was an orc of the third age who commanded the tribes of moria from ta 2790 until his death in ta 2799.
An unexpected journey and the battle of the five armies, and a supporting antagonist in the desolation of smaug. Azog is the orc chieftain of moria, and is called the defiler or the pale orc. Azog is in quite a lot of scenes, and along with him, a new giant and terrible one of the orc persuasion, bolg, is also featured. Dec 18, 2012 in the published book, the hobbit, the goblins are led by azogs son bolg of the north.
The company tries to escape from the wargs by climing some trees, but then the wargs howling attracts the goblins from whom the company has just escaped. Iirc, bolg, son of azog, is the goblin orc leader in the hobbit at the battle of five armies. Bolg was an gundabad orc that appears in the hobbit book and its film adaptations biography. Tolkeins 1937 classic fantasy novel the hobbit and one of the two main antagonists along with smaug of sir peter jacksons adapted liveaction film trilogy, being the main antagonist of both an unexpected journey and the battle of the five armies, and a supporting antagonist in the desolation of smaug. Azog, the defiler was a gundabad orc who acted as the chieftain of the morian orcs. While it is strictly canon that an orc named azog fought the. Azog the defiler legends of the multi universe wiki fandom. See more ideas about azog the defiler, the hobbit and creatures. Azog was a chief of the orcs living in the abandoned dwarvish kingdom khazaddum. An unexpected journey, we see the battle of anazulbizar in a flashback narrated by balin.
While it is strictly canon that an orc named azog fought the dwarves at khazaddum and that he killed thorins grandpa, this pale mothercker does not feature in the hobbit. Why is he such a heavy presence in the first hobbit. Later, he was released again in set 79014 dol guldur battle. He also appeared in the video game, lego the hobbit. Azog the defiler is a powerful goblinorc leader and a villain from the hobbit. Thorin believes azog to have died from his wounds, but, unlike in the book.
I really love how they have filmed this scene, just after thorin starts to. Azog, also known as the defiler, is one of the main antagonist of the hobbit film series. He is portrayed by manu bennett, who also played slade. Although, im thinking, its also plausible azog wasnt classed yet. In this torn library piece, ringer rud the spud takes an indepth look at azog the defiler, and how his presence played out in the hobbit. In particular, he examines whether persistent criticism of this key villain might be a result of flaws inadvertently introduced by the relatively late switch from two films to three. From ravenhill, azog commands the orcs in the battle of five armies. Violent or azog the defiler remains one of the greatest orcs in the histories. Azog, a giant white orc known as, the defiler, beheads thror, but instead of being killed by thorin, thorin cuts off his left forearm and azog is dragged back into moria by his orcs, seemingly with a mortal wound. In the hobbit, bolg was the son of azog of moria, succeeding him after his death in the battle of azanulbizar the last battle of the war of the dwarves and orcs in ta 2799 by dain ironfoot. The five most irritating ways peter jacksons the hobbit.
In the original book of the hobbit, bolg was the son of azog the defiler, succeeding him after his death in the battle of azanulbizar in ta 2799 by dain ironfoot. Desolation of smaug and i noticed azog avoids confrontation with beorn in the forest yet later beorn mentions that azog has slaughtered all his family in the past leaving just beorn. But its safe to say in the 140 years since they last saw eachother. Azog minifigures were released early in a giveaway at the 20 san diego comiccon and were given away to random visitors. Although his book role seems to have been usurped by his father, but this is subverted in the third movie, when he arrives leading a second army of orcs from gundabad. Azog is pronounced interior the e book, and is on no account merely made up for the action picture, like lurtz became for the fellowship of the hoop. Azog is the orc chieftain of moria, and is called the defiler or the. Bolg was the son of azog, who succeeded his father as leader of the northern orcs after. Azog the defiler the new notion club archives fandom. The pale orc and his armies fought the stalwart dwarves in a deathly battle where. Aug 27, 20 in this torn library piece, ringer rud the spud takes an in depth look at azog the defiler, and how his presence played out in the hobbit.
Wow this is a really nice piece of the hobbits weapons ive waited 9 months for this mace and my god it is worth it. Azog has light skin, almost pale, with one hand brown and the other with a unique, clawlike. The hobbit the battle of the five armies azog bookmark. Bolg is a character from jrr tolkiens legendarium who appears as the secondary antagonist of the hobbitand peter jacksons film series adaptation of the same name. At weathertop, the pack of orcs and wargs that had chased thorins company earlier congregate and discuss their hunt. I beleive he started the war of the dwarves and orcs which resulted in the near extermination of the orcs of the misty mountains. Azog, also known as azog the defiler, is a powerful orc chieftain who appears as one of the two main antagonists of the hobbit film trilogy, along with smaug, being the main antagonist of the hobbit. He has resettled in the old refuge in mount gundabad after the. It does appear, from credits listed at imdb for the hobbit. Yeah, sometimes you have to change stuff from book to film. Yazneg, the orc who had previously led the pack, apologizes to his master for the dwarves escape. The only full account of the event is tolkien s description of the battle of azanulbizar in appendix a to the lord of the rings. There and back again that bolg will appear in one or both of the next two movies in.
Sivajini kadambaratnam, read all the books and watched the movies. In the published book, the hobbit, the goblins are led by azogs son bolg of the north. He was responsible for the death of king thror and for king thrains madness. Around the time of 2799, azog started his elimination of the durin line by beheading the dwarves king, thror. Azog made a first appearance as one of the members of the viking alliance. An unexpected journey, azog is the orc chieftain of moria, and is called the defiler or the pale orc. He is a major antagonist in the desolation of smaug and the secondary antagonist of the battle of the five armies. Azog does not appear in the hobbit, having been killed by dain ii ironfoot many years earlier in the story. These events are related by the narrator, gandalf and thorin during the unexpected. Azog is summoned to dol guldur to become the commander of saurons orc armies. See more ideas about azog the defiler, the hobbit and tolkien. Honestly im not much happy to see lots of criticism toward peter jackson movies because he did differently from the book.
Azog is large, covered in scars, and most noticeably, is pale as snow. In an unexpected journey, he was portrayed by conan stevens, who also played gregor clegane as a nonspeaking cameo. When balin tells the story of the battle of azanulbizar, azog is shown in the flashback battling king thror and beheading him. United cutlery uc3015 the hobbit mace of azog the defiler.
Thorin, fili, kili and dwalin go to kill azog, in order to leave the orcs leaderless. I really love how they have filmed this scene, just after thorin starts to charge. The pale orc has haunted the memories and stories of the dwarves for many long years. In the book the hobbit azog is little more than just a name. Azog and the hobbit, an unexpected journey persons whove seen the first installment by peter jackson of the new trilogy in the works concerning the hobbit, have all been introduced to a new villain, one you can be certain will be seen again. The hobbit thorin vs azog the beginning of the end for. He swears to wipe out the line of durin and reclaim the lonely mountain from the dwarves. Azog, a giant white orc known as, the defiler, beheads thror, but instead of being killed by thorin, thorin cuts off his left forearm and azog is dragged back. Top ten differences between the hobbit book and films. Azog the defilerbiography the hobbit film trilogy wikia. In a flashback sequence, thorin fights the chieftain of the moria orcs, huge, albino orc named azog, and hues off his arm.
Actually i think he did better, especially making edits and personal inventions. He is portrayed by manu bennett contentsshow background early life at some point, azog and his orcs took over the mines of moria. Beorn i apologize in advance if i spell any character names wrong. He is uninterested in yaznegs excuses, and kills him for his failure. Azog, also known as azog the defiler, was a powerful orc chieftain who appears as one of the three main antagonists of the hobbit trilogy, along with smaug and his master sauron. Even acknowledged in the third movie, when legolas recognizes him by name, and refers to him as the spawn of azog the defiler. Bolg is an orc warrior and the son of azog the defiler. In the hobbit trilogy he is played by manu bennett. In the year ta third age 2790, the erstwhile king under the mountain, thror, wandered into moria, hoping to reclaim it as a new throne. Azog, the defiler, the chief worshipper of the balrog, the high caste orc of moria and. Azog was killed years before during the war of the dwarves and orcs. He became the leader of the goblins of moria and initiated the war of the dwarves and. But azog captures fili and kills him in front of thorin.
The five most irritating ways peter jacksons the hobbit deviated. When thror led his people to try and take over moria, the pale orc engaged them and. Ive really appreciated and im liking much the character of azog the defiler, and i was very happy to see also bolg on screen. Was azog, the white orc leader, in the hobbit book. Then azog laughed, and he lifted up his head to let forth a great yell of triumph. Azog was a powerful orc chieftain who claimed rulership over the abandoned dwarvish mines of moria during the third age. As a son of urzog the impaler of the seed of skorg his physical gifts were tremendous and, at least in reference to other orcs, he was a veritable mental giant. When bolg tells him of the elven army, he orders him to gundabad for more troops. His rise to power started as a captain in the service of late angmar.
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