Carcharoth tolkien

Carcharoth and the Draugluin

Did this as my final project before I graduated, had to scale down the size of the drawing because the original size made my computer cry and it would take forever to upload. and my laptop almost di…

Do Balrogs have wings? Does Carcharoth, the personal watchdog of the Dark Lord, have a big leonine mane? Are Gandalf’s eyebrows really longer than the brim of his hat? (That’s crazy!) Sometimes the answer is yes, but usually the answer is…only if an illustrator wants it so. This interview started with a wolf: Carcharoth, the […]

Beren, Luthien & Huan by Alan Lee

Then Morgoth (...) chose one from among the whelps of the race of Draugluin; and he fed him with his own hand upon living flesh, and put his power upon him. Swiftly the wolf grew, until he could creep into no den, but lay huge and hungry before the feet of Morgoth. There the fire and anguish of hell entered into him, and he became filled with a devouring spirit, tormented, terrible, and strong. Carcharoth, the Red Maw, he is named in the tales of those days, and Anfauglir, the Jaws of…

Carcharoth & Melkor as Sif & Artirias by Anna Lynx on ArtStation.

Beren and Lúthien face Carcharoth at the top of the stairs as they escape from Angband with a Silmaril. Carcharoth, the foul breed of Draugluin himself: the Greatest Werewolf to have ever lived, Guardian of Angband, and terror of those who would enter there... or to those who would escape from thence... Morgoth himself fed this beast, and Morgoth would not, at any cost, have him let those who cross his path escape. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- The story of…