#beleg cuthalion

[hs-tolkien]

Working through Beleg’s features and hair. I’ve always been drawn to his story with Túrin.

[majisthelle]

Beleg Cúthalion

[mandhos]

[asinoeiv]

if you're still doing requests, may i please ask for a beleg?

Updated Beleg Design. I tried keeping as close to the funky little drawing Tolkien made as possible.

[silmarienthequeen]

So we all know Beleg chose the sword Anglachel, right? The evil all black one. But what I realized is that the Silm also mentions Beleg’s great bow Belthronding, which was made of “black yew-wood”. So both of Beleg’s weapons are specifically described as being black. Isn’t that interesting? All I’m saying is that we usually draw Beleg as looking like Legolas from the movies but maybe we need to start drawing him as goth.

[yyyyona]

There he drew forth his sword, that now alone remained to him of all his possessions, and he said: ‘Hail Gurthang! No lord or loyalty dost thou know, save the hand that wieldeth thee. From no blood wilt thou shrink. Wilt thou therefore take Túrin Turambar, wilt thou slay me swiftly?’ And from the blade rang a cold voice in answer: ‘Yea, I will drink thy blood gladly, that so I may forget the blood of Beleg my master, and the blood of Brandir slain unjustly. I will slay thee swiftly.’ Then Túrin set the hilts upon the ground, and cast himself upon the point of Gurthang, and the black blade took his life.

[saurons-pr-department]

I will never forget my first time reading the Silmarillion and literally taking a second to put the book down, stare into the middle distance and think to myself "wow, I really love this Beleg guy, he's great", only to pick the book back up, turn the page and watch him get stabbed to death. Funniest fucking thing that could have happened. Should have seen it coming a mile away.

[irithyllians]

I’ve somehow never seen any art of beleg cúthalion with a beard and that needed to change