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chris_valera
2013-01-16, 08:54 PM
I'm writing up the characters from The Hobbit. These are specifically the characters from the movie.

Goblins (Misty Mountain)

Goblins are a debased race of Orcs that Thorin and Company encountered during their trek through the Misty Mountains. Goblins live deep under the Misty Mountains in many strongholds, ever since the War of Wrath in the First Age. They are cruel, ugly creatures, wicked, and bad-hearted.

The goblins beneath the Misty Mountains are particularly foul. They have lived so long in the caverns away from the light of the sun, that they their skin has turned albino. Having inbred through the centuries, mutations and accidents of birth are rife within their clan, and many sport mutated limbs or facial features. They eke out a miserable existence, subsisting on refuse, cave mushroom and whatever else they can scrounge up beneath the earth.

A goblin stands 3 to 3-1/2 feet tall and weigh 40 to 45 pounds. Its eyes are usually dull and glazed. Goblins normally wear clothing of dark leather, but the goblins beneath the Misty Mountain wear nothing but wear scraps of cloth that cover their nakedness. Misty Mountain goblins speak Goblin and Common.

The Goblin King

Goblins are some of the most foul creatures in Middle-Earth, and ruling over them under the Misty Mountains is the most foulest creature of them all, their Goblin King.

The Goblin King is a massive, bloated parody of a goblin, double the height of a normal man. His skin is as pale and leprous as his brethren, and wispy strands of white hair hang from his head. He has giant jowls and a large tumerous goiter hangs from his chin.

A crude makeshift crown made from pot metal and fearsome animal teeth is his mark of command. In addition, he wields a large club, and is quite adept with it, too.

The Goblin King is a capricious yet capable ruler, and posses a sizable treasure hoard. Believing that might makes right, he towers far over the height of any goblin. He commands fear and respect from the goblins in equal measure, and his rule in Goblin Town is absolute.

The Scribe

The Scribe, as he is known, is a wretched, shrunken, miserable little goblin that serves as the Goblin King's aide and adjutant.

Like all goblins under the Misty Mountains he shows the inbred mutation of his larger kin. His legs having shriveled to near-nothing, he is dependent upon and harness, below which is mounted a chamber pot. He cannot leave it. A system of pulleys and levers that are rigged to take him to and fro to the various areas of Goblin Town.

The Scribe is so small, and his legs so lame, he is nearly defenseless. Despite this he possesses a bit certain amount of low cunning and is adept at remembering things, reading and writing, and taking notes. This makes him useful to the Goblin King. The Goblin King protects his from the bullying of his murderous cannibalistic kin and in return the Scribe can take notes send messages, and generally handle the tedious, menial tasks of the day-to-day running of Goblin Town.

Grinnah the Goblin

Grinnah is the interrogation specialist of the goblins. Like all goblins he has pale and leprous flesh. Grinnah ensures that Thorin & Co. are brought before the Goblin King. He constantly carries a barbed whip and takes every opportunity to use it. Although cunning and vicious, he is, like all Orcs, a coward at heart. Obsequious and fawning, but in secret he loathes his master, the rich and capricious great Goblin King.

Small Goblin

Goblins vary in size and shape, but all are equally repulsive. Some goblins, however are so small, as to be half the height of a normal Goblin. They are just as backbiting and fierce as their larger kin, and some ways even more so, their tiny size making them capricious and cruel.

--Chris
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chris_valera
2013-01-16, 11:33 PM
Azog the Desecrator
Azog the Desecrator (or Azog the Defiler) remains one of the greatest Orcs in the histories. He is a white-skinned Orc, known as the Pale Orc. According to Balin he is from Mount Gundabad. Thorin once fought with Azog and mortally wounded him. During the events of the Hobbit Thorin believes Azog to have died from his wounds but he actually survived. Azog's physical gifts were tremendous and, at least in reference to other Orcs, he was a veritable mental giant. There are also presumptions that Azog may be a descendant of the Orc-Demons of Boldogs. He murdered and decapitated the great heir of Dúrin, Thrór. Azog branded his name on the fallen Dwarf's head, and in his arrogance, he offered a pouch of small money to the Dwarves as wergeld for his act of brutality. The Dwarves became enraged and waged war against the Orcs with dauntless ferocity, setting about hunting every Orc-den for Azog.

It was rumored that Azog the Desecrator fell many years ago in the great battle between the Orcs and the Dwarves. But then he appeared again at the head of a deadly horde of killer orcs. For Gandalf this began a race against time because he has to figure out the connection between this most dangerous orc commander and the growing Evil which is taking shape in the ruins of the fortress of Dol Guldur. One thing is, however, totally clear: no one will deter Azog from his intention to destroy Thorin Oakenshield’s companions to the last dwarf.

Bolg
Bolg is the offspring of Azog the Desecrator - like his father, he is huge, pale Orc. He is the overseer in the dungeons of Dol Guldur, and torturing is his hobby. Bolg is an Orc chieftain who came to power in the Misty Mountains after his father, Azog was killed in the war with Dwarves. Bolg ruled for some 150 years and led an army of Orcs in the Battle of Five Armies Bolg is a hulking figure, one who sports with metal gauntlets and shoulder pads with finger-like bone detailing can be seen.

His muscular frame is garbed in chainmail, furs, thick boots, and he carries three weapons - two swords and a two-handed pick which is held aloft, ready to smash against his enemies. With long hair and beard, and a snarling expression, there are also metal strips across his head, all of which makes Bolg a rather ferocious opponent to face. It is no wonder Orc holds and Goblin haunts throughout the Misty Mountains are in Bolg's thrall.

This husky Orc feared nothing and nobody - until he suddenly faced an unexpected opponent...

Fell Wargs
Powerfully muscled, with thick matted fur, Fell Wargs would be considered fearsome even before one saw the dark glow in their eyes and realized that they are possessed by a sinister eldritch force. Wargs measure about five feet at the shoulder, and can be up to ten feet in length from snout to the tail. Rohan tapestries show wargs to have a bearlike face with a long muzzle full of huge fangs and a long, prehensile neck; its eyes are small and set back to each side of its head, its ears at the back of the skull. This arrangement gave greatest sensory range while keeping its vulnerable areas protected, and the long neck gives it reach, flexibility and power when biting into flesh. There is large well muscled hump above its forelegs, that can propel a warg at high speeds, not only allowing it to run swiftly but also to smash and tackle prey and foes.

Apart from its ruff, a warg has short dense fur, which keeps injury from tooth and claw to a minimum. Not all damage comes from the men and beasts it attacks however; wargs are ferocious and can quickly turn on other members of their pack as well as their handlers. Many warg riders display gruesome scars from encounters with their mounts. Coloration and patterning of the fur seems to vary throughout the breed, with mottling and other patterns appearing in shades of red, brown, fawn and liver, with harder patterning appearing toward the back. Powerful haunches and a dewclaw allow the warg to climb. Wargs also hate and fear fire.

Wargs are usually in league with the goblins or Orcs whom they permitted to ride on their backs into battle. It is probable that they are descended from Draugluin's werewolves, or of the wolf-hounds of the line of Carcharoth of the First Age. They are portrayed as somewhat intelligent, have a crude language of sorts, and are consciously in league with the Orcs, rather than wild animals the Orcs have tamed.

In The Hobbit, the Wargs appear twice: working with goblins in hunting Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and the dwarves just east of the Misty Mountains; and finally at the Battle of Five Armies.

Warg Riders

Warg Riders, are a group of Orcs who were specially trained to ride Wargs, the gigantic, bloodthirsty race of wolves from the north into battle. Wargs are gigantic, evil wolves - massive and dangerous creatures with a cunning and carnivorous intelligence. Warg Riders scout far ahead of the main armies of Orcs and other evil creatures, spying out the land and picking off stragglers. In battle wargs swarm towards the foe in great packs, tearing the enemy down with bestial fury. Orcs riding wargs are armed with swords spears and bows, all the better to mercilessly cut down the enemy they pursue.

Great Eagles
Great Eagles are immense flying birds that are sapient and can speak. Borne aloft on soft and silent wings, a host of Great Eagles will hunt far and wide in the valleys around the Misty Mountains. The Great Eagles are said to have been "devised" by Manwë Súlimo, leader of the Valar, and were often called the Eagles of Manwë. They were sent from Valinor to Middle-earth to keep an eye on the exiled Ñoldor, the second clan of the elves, and also to watch over their foe the evil Vala Morgoth, the dark lord.

The Great Eagles rescue Thorin Oakenshield and his company from a band of Wargs and Goblins, flying them to the river Anduin, and later assisting in the Battle of the Five Armies fought near Lonely Mountain (Erebor).