The Plains of Gorgoroth by azrabella

Terragen • Fantasy • posted on Jan 04, 2007

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I'm back exploring Tolkien's ancient Middle Earth. This image is best viewed at full size to get a feel for the scale. In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Ered Gorgoroth or Mountains of Terror were a mountain chain in the north of Beleriand. The Ered Gorgoroth was the southern edge of the highlands of Dorthonion, and separated Dorthonion and the northlands of Ard-galen from Beleriand proper. They were named such by the Sindar of Doriath after the spider-creature Ungoliant made it her temporary home, and spawned many evil spiders there, which wove webs that took away all light, and all the springs were poisoned. South of the Gorgoroth lies the unpopulated land of Nan Durgotheb (the Valley of Dreadful Death). The Gorgoroth had no known passes, and even the Orcs of Morgoth passed it by. In all of the First Age only Beren son of Barahir is said to have passed the mountain range, and he never spoke of this terrible journey. - Source: Wikipedia.

Comments (19)

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efron_241

2:15PM | Thu, 04 January 2007

Holy mickmack That is soooo good you have been reading the books very well ...

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Nanothect

2:15PM | Thu, 04 January 2007

Superb composition and presentation. So Stylish it hurts.

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Darthmagus

3:13PM | Thu, 04 January 2007

Beautiful painting!

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fredric_lpn

4:25PM | Thu, 04 January 2007

Great Spirit of Tolkien! the effect of postwork painting but not in value your work...

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Martchi

4:38PM | Thu, 04 January 2007

Wonderful work!

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Tiwiwine

4:43PM | Thu, 04 January 2007

Superb creation, and a very nice tribute to Tolkien & the world of Middle-Earth.

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prutzworks

5:01PM | Thu, 04 January 2007

agree with peten like to see it printed on canvas and framed, lol, xlt teragenering btw

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ppetersen

7:09PM | Thu, 04 January 2007

Shivers with worry at the giant spiders that might come forth... I'm thrilled you're back to middle earth!!!! More ... :) Please :) Awesome, the lighting is superb, especially as it gets lighter to the right ... superb terrain and sufacing...

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