#loke-khan

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Characters Study: Khalin of the Tribes Markîz of Rhûn;                                          Lôke-Khan Margöz of Rhûn;                                                                     Ji-Khali Tikgîz of Rhûn.

Rendered with Nvidia Iray (14 hours) - No Post-Work - Full view here

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Character study: Khalin of the Tribes, Markîz of Rhûn

Rendered in Daz3D 4.9 with Nvidia Iray - No post-production.

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Character study: Lôke-Khan Margöz

Leader of the Easterlings of Rhûn in the last years of the Third Age and commander of the Golden Army in the Battle of Dale. My own original character. You can read his story clicking here. You can follow @burkhanlig for roleplaying interactions.

Rendered in Daz3D using Nvidia Iray. Post production in Adobe Photoshop.

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“Here and there [was] the gleam of spears and helmets; and over the levels beside the roads horsemen could be seen riding in many companies. ... These were Men of other race, out of the wide Eastlands."                                                                       -the Red Book of the Westmarch

The Golden Army, Great Eastern Army, Golden Horde or Lôke-Rim were names of Sauron´s main eastern Force during end of the Third Age. The Great Eastern Army was controlled by two exalted Orders - the War-Priests and the Dragon-Knights. The Army's leader or highest ranking Lord was also known as the Dragon-Ruler.

The soldiers of the Great Eastern Army are clad in scale armor (Plackart, Vambrace, Spaulder, Schynbald, Greaves) made of bronze or brass, masked helmets, and purple, red, black or brown and violet long tunics, headscarfs, loincloth,sarabara and puttee. Easterling shields are similar to scutums. The most conventional weapons are the long and short Easterling polearm, compound bow and scimitar.

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“Never laugh at live dragons.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

The Dragon-Ruler, Dragon-King or Lôke-Khan are the titles of the leader of Sauron's great eastern Host, the Golden Army. Morhinetar tried to prevent the domination of Sauron fall back again on the Easterlings and began to cultivate the seeds of a religious sect known as the Lôke-Egleria, who worshiped dragons. It was so Bountîg, one of his servants, became the first Lôke-Khan in Bozorganush (one of the three successor kingdoms of the Balchoth Realm). The Lôke-Egleria was governed by the Dragon-Priests who chose their leaders. It was so the influence expanded by all the tribal lands of Rhûn and even further to the south, to the land of Khand. But when Sauron was driven out of Dol Guldur by the White Council and he hid in the east near cracks of Illuin, the Blue Wizards tried to end with the Dark Maia, but they were defeated. Roméstamo fled south and Morhinetar was corrupted. It was so the land of Rhûn slowly became a place of pilgrimage for worshipers of the cult of Melkor.

(Third Age 2768-2801) Lôke-Khan Bountîg (Third Age 2801-2889) Lôke-Khan Yuktîr (Third Age 2889-2945) Lôke-Khan Zôr (Third Age 2945-3004) Lôke-Khan Borthand (Third Age 3004-????) Lôke-Khan Margöz

Source: MERP fan module "The rise of the Golden Army", by Christian Haas.