The company climbs trees to avoid the attack, but thorin attacks azog. There is a prologue before the story begins that lays out the history for the viewer. The hobbit journeys far from original book penn state. Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. A wargriding orc charged the king, the monster lunging for thorin with a ferocious bite. The pale orc and his pack the hobbit an unexpected journey. He is a formidable force who is incredibly strong and violent, often devastating the dwarves every time they end up encountering due to his size and power advantage. Bolg, son of azog the pale orc a guide to the characters. In his hobbit trilogy, peter jackson greatly changed the story line concerning azog, having him survive the battle of azanulbizar, losing his arm to thorin instead. The hobbit calls him an elffriend rather than an elf, one who had both elves and heroes of the north for ancestors. Pale orcs, also called the pale, are deformed, sickly orcs afflicted with unnaturally pale skin and glowing eyes as a result of void corruption.
Goblins do appear in the book but there is no band of wolfriding orcs constantly chasing bilbo and the dwarfs. In the published book, the hobbit, the goblins are led by azogs son bolg of the north. At weathertop, the pack of orcs and wargs that had chased thorins company earlier congregate and discuss their hunt. Thorin believes azog to have died from his wounds, but, unlike in the book. After defeating the spirit he found an old morgul blade, which is presented to gandalf as proof of a new evil falling upon mirkwood. The orc to me is ok hes perfectly ugly lol but i bought this set for the warg.
Bolg was the son of azog, who succeeded his father as leader of the. In the movie version of the hobbit, this little gathering is broken up by the sound of wargs, a large magical wolf like creature, under the command of the pale orc closing in on the group of adventurers. Tolkien wrote the hobbit in a large part as a metaphor for britains loss of innocence after wwi where he served as a young man del toro when he was working on the film and peter jackson both knew this was one of the huge themes of the book and are honoring it as such. Tolkien started it all in 1937 when he published the 310 page book. An unexpected journey there are less differences than any of the previous chapters.
During a climactic fight between the dwarf and the pale orc, thorin recovers quickly and gets the upper hand by throwing the orc down a hill. Lurtz lotr vs the pale orc azog the defiler the hobbit. The desolation of smaug and john tui in the hobbit. An enraged thorin then pursues the orc, but azog takes him by surprise and, screaming furiously, duels thorin with his amputated bladearm and mace against thorins sword. Lurtz is a urukhai so hes generally stronger than most orcs and goblins but the pale orc may be an exception. The goblin king was a goblin chieftain of goblintown in the misty mountains in the hobbit. The five most irritating ways peter jacksons the hobbit deviated. Jrr tolkien tolkien books fantasy world fantasy art azog the defiler hobbit book fantasy warrior orc warrior charcoal drawings. He was anecdotally slain by thorins cousin dain ironfoot. The goblin king, also known as the great goblin, is a minifigure from the hobbit.
They all end up on one tree and as the fire rages the pale orc arrives and wants to kill thorin. Was azog, the white orc leader, in the hobbit book. In the movie the story is narrated by the author as an omnicient voice. An unexpected journey was released on dvd, bluray and bluray 3d on 19 march 20, with an extended edition, with minutes of additional footage and three bonus discs containing approximately nine hours of special features, released on 5 november 20. Why do orcs in the hobbit look different than in the. Hes presented accurately enough at first, as the slayer of. They were once found on the main universes draenor, where chogall recruited them into the horde to form the old godworshipping twilights hammer clan. Let me repeat, this is the first of three installments for the hobbit.
There are some differences between the hobbit book and the new film. Well lets just say there was a little trend going on at the time. Its been a while, though, so there were things i wasnt sure about. Bolg and azog were refreshed, with armour, including a brief exploration of helmet designs for azog, though ultimately he would not. In the history of the hobbit, a word from a little known and little. Some hobbit fans will be surprised to find two prominent characters in the movie who were not in the book another wizard, named radagast the brown, and a lead villain called azog, the pale orc. Azog, also known as azog the defiler, is a background antagonist in j. In peter jacksons the hobbit film trilogy, bolg was played by lawrence makoare in the hobbit. In the united kingdom, the film was released on 8 april 20. Anyhow, lets get right into it and take a look at the top 7 changes in the. Thorin is wounded by the orc and was nearly beheaded.
In the movie, the battle of azanulbizar appears in a flashback. Tolkiens the hobbit when compared to the new movie version of the hobbit. I didnt remember the pale orc, or even orcs in general but ive. I was curious about this too, even from reading the book.
Yeah, sometimes you have to change stuff from book to film. Beorn had no problem venturing into the mountains at night to catch and interrogate an orc just to confirm gandalfs story. Apparently, these are drawn in from tolkiens silmarillion i wouldnt know, havent read it which means another set of tolkien fans. While it is strictly canon that an orc named azog fought the. And i mentioned that lurtz did not appear in the book because judging by your.
The pale orc, azog the defiler the hobbit, azog the. Artstation the hobbit battle of five armies hero orcs. Azog is played by manu bennett via motioncapture and cg though he was originally intended to be played by conan stevens in a practical costume and makeup. However, fans of the book were a little confused when the pale orc appeared. He is uninterested in yaznegs excuses, and kills him for his failure. Any guidance as to where i could read about the orcs would be much appreciated. Bolgs father azog has a greatly expanded role in the hobbit.
Part of thorins richard arbitage backstory is a fight with a really nasty orc who killed his grandfather. The battle of the five armies picks up where the desolation of smaug left off. Tolkiens first foray into his wondrously immersive world of middle earth, continue reading behold a pale orcthe hobbit. Bilbo fights him with his tiny sword until the eagles swoop in and save them all. Think of the movies as loosely based on the hobbit. Tolkeins 1937 classic fantasy novel the hobbit and one of the two main antagonists along with smaug of sir peter jacksons adapted liveaction film trilogy, being the main antagonist of both an unexpected journey and. Within the hobbit, azog plays a big part in the movie, appearing as one of the main villains. The an unexpected journey subtheme was released in november 2012, the desolation of smaug subtheme was released in. Five things changedexpanded from the book for the hobbit films. Azog stabs lurtz with his sword and lurtz pulls the sword into his stomach for. A trilogy for a book thats page count 330 was less than that of any of the lord of the rings books, all of which jackson was able to condense quite well, might i add into a duration of three hours. Sensibilities and instincts chapter 1, a hobbit fanfic. It is not safe to be out during the day, spoke the pale orc gruffly.
In tolkien books, orc and goblins are interchangeable due to the authors decision that goblins and their lore are romance based in literature and the creatures in books are not so. I didnt reread the book, as i didnt have time in the december rush but ive read it at least twice. Yazneg, the orc who had previously led the pack, apologizes to his master for the dwarves escape. Azog is described in the appendices as a great orc with a huge. The hobbit started, warm fingers touching his before the flask was taken back. Tolkien had several subspecies of orcs in the lord of the rings, you get to see three separate races of them in the two towers the book when merry and pippin are prisoners, which was the reason behind a lot of the fighting and lack of discipline. Were also given a new antagonist, a pale orc who rides a pale wolf.
There and back again that bolg will appear in one or both of the next two movies in peters hobbit trilogy. Thorin realizes azog as the pale orc who beheaded his father in the battle after smaug invaded. But thorin charged forward, disregarding his own safety, his sword raised high in the sky. It is absolutely correct to say that thror was killed by by an orc named azog. How to draw hugo weaving, elrond, in the hobbit with faber castell pencils by peter schunk duration. Azog couldnt help himself, as he reached back for his flask, his finger touched his mates skin. Bilbo tackled the orc who was to kill thorin, and stands in front of thorin to. Goblin town the hobbit mousepad gandalf celisco hobbits five armies clash in czech forest reuters. While it is strictly canon that an orc named azog fought the dwarves at khazaddum and that he killed thorins grandpa, this pale mothercker does not feature in the hobbit. Now peter jackson can show us that thorin and company can.
Azog is large, covered in scars, and most noticeably, is pale as snow. In the book the hobbit azog is little more than just a name. You have run far this night and dawn will come soon. He is a whiteskinned orc, known as the pale orc or azog the defiler. Tolkeins 1937 classic fantasy novel the hobbit and one of the two main antagonists along with smaug of sir peter jacksons adapted liveaction film trilogy, being the main antagonist of. The story as i heard it at the time is that jackson originally intended to conflate bolg and azog, which is anathema to the book but makes a lot of. Azogs son, bolg, does appear in the hobbit to get revenge, but appears only at the battle of five armies at the. Maybe the white skin of azog in the movie is some nod to disfigured orc gothmog from return of the king, symbolically representing stronger breed of orcs who becomes leaders, just a random thought. Pale orc wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of warcraft. At first i was unsure if i wanted to purchase this until i saw on you tube a collector with the orc and warg on his shelf and the orc was riding the orc. He is portrayed as a huge, pale orc clad in armor and bones. A compendium of differences between peter jacksons the hobbit.
History of middle earth detailing the hobbits past and the dwarves present state are revealed throughout the context of the story. The only explanation would be that one skinchanger is formidable against a troop of orcs or goblins, and it was only the allout war that killedoff the skinchangers. Why did peter jackson put azog in the hobbit and not just bolg. The hobbit is a theme that was first introduced in late 2012 based off of peter jacksons films which is in turn based off the book by the same name authored by j. Were there orcs in the hobbit novel i saw the movie and i know for a fact that the white orc was not mentioned at all. My friends said there was an orc leader its just that he was not white. The five most irritating ways peter jacksons the hobbit. Enter the conspiracy of the defilingdays of azog, the pale orc. It does appear, from credits listed at imdb for the hobbit. The hobbit or there and back again published in 1937, j. The pale orc said with a menacing, hispy voice, grinning as he realized his hour of victory. Azog the defiler is true to canon, but not a figure in the hobbit.