Led by azog the defiler, a giant gundabad orc who had sworn to wipe out the line of durin. Was azog as strong and powerful in the hobbit book as he is in the movies. Azog is the orc chieftain of moria, and is called the defiler or the pale orc. Azog, is his name, and he is either known as the defiler, or the pale orc. The hobbit the battle of the five armies azog bookmark. So, she joins in the dwarves to reclaim erebor, capturing the hearts of many on her way. Iirc, bolg, son of azog, is the goblin orc leader in the hobbit at the battle of five armies. The book did not make any special deal of the trolls presence or the evil spiders, and of course, the orc pack led by azog wasnt in the book at all.
Thorin believes azog to have died from his wounds, but, unlike in the book. The only full account of the event is tolkiens description of the battle of azanulbizar in appendix a to the lord of the rings. So we know for a fact that azog went into the battle already sworn to wipe the line of durin. Azog, a giant white orc known as, the defiler, beheads thror, but instead of being killed by thorin, thorin cuts off his left forearm and azog is dragged back. Its not my place to speak for peter jackson as i have no direct knowledge behind his decisions but it makes sense to me that he would do this. He had resettled in the old refuge of mount gundabad after the kingdom of angmar was abandoned, and. He became the leader of the goblins of moria and initiated the war of the dwarves and. Peter jackson is not only creating storylines of his own, but hes making changes on details that tolkein had been very clear on. We see his master is none other than azog the defiler. In the hobbit trilogy he is played by manu bennett. He is portrayed by manu bennett contentsshow background early life at some point, azog and his orcs took over the mines of moria. See more ideas about azog the defiler, the hobbit and tolkien. So why exactly is azog sworn to wipe out the line of durin. He also appeared in the video game, lego the hobbit.
Azog, also known as azog the defiler, was a powerful orc chieftain who appears as one of the three main antagonists of the hobbit trilogy, along with smaug and his master sauron. The pale orc has haunted the memories and stories of the dwarves for many long years. Azog is large, covered in scars, and most noticeably, is pale as snow. The pale orc and his armies fought the stalwart dwarves in a deathly battle where. After smaug had driven them out of erebor, king thror led his people back to moria where azog reigned as its new lord. For he saw that all his host in the valley was in a rout, and the dwarves went this way and that slaying as. If beggars will not wait at the door, but sneak in to try thieving, that is what we do to them. Azog has light skin, almost pale, with one hand brown and the other with a unique, clawlike. He was never called the defiler, and was never described as being any.
Azog wanting to end the line of durin, smaug terrorizing erebor, even the elves refusing to help themall of it ties into rauns dark and mysterious past, and shes looking to make things right. Azog s son, bolg, does appear in the hobbit to get revenge, but appears only at the battle of five armies at the storys conclusion. And what are the things he had done to earn his feared name. May 04, 2020 azog is first seen marching on erebor. I even thought the same before reading the hobbit novel. Later, he was released again in set 79014 dol guldur battle. Azog the defiler is true to canon, but not a figure in the hobbit. Probably the only twist that those who didnt read the book saw coming before those who did. Azog minifigures were released early in a giveaway at the 20 san diego comiccon and were given away to random visitors. I beleive he started the war of the dwarves and orcs which resulted in the near extermination of the orcs of the misty mountains. And they arent chased by orcs until after goblintown the whole bit with them climbing the trees was accurate, and then again in the battle of five armies. Beorn i apologize in advance if i spell any character names wrong. In the film, however, azog the defiler loses an arm after a battle with thorin and is believed to be dead by.
Azog the defiler legends of the multi universe wiki fandom. He was responsible for the death of king thror and for king thrains madness. Azaleas, the elves waste years and years seemingly doing nothing. The trolls speak rudely and crudely to each other, but they do not mention bodily. He swears to wipe out the line of durin and reclaim the lonely mountain from the dwarves. He was anecdotally slain by thorins cousin dain ironfoot. Yazneg, the orc who had previously led the pack, apologizes to his master for the dwarves escape.
Azog first appeared in ta 2799 where he battled both thror and his grandson, thorin, but was defeated by oakenshield when his arm was cut off by the dwarf prince in battle. In this torn library piece, ringer rud the spud takes an indepth look at azog the defiler, and how his presence played out in the hobbit. Azog made a first appearance as one of the members of the viking alliance. Aug 27, 20 in this torn library piece, ringer rud the spud takes an in depth look at azog the defiler, and how his presence played out in the hobbit. Azog is a corpse in the book, before the book begins. I want to know the explanation for the peter jackson movies, not the book. Azog, a giant white orc known as, the defiler, beheads thror, but instead of. He is a whiteskinned orc, known as the pale orc or azog the defiler. When bolg tells him of the elven army, he orders him to gundabad for more troops. Azog, the defiler was a gundabad orc who acted as the chieftain of the morian orcs. Im aware of those feats, but hes got such minor screen time compared to everyone else and his lack of fighting against other characters makes him again featless to really argue against.
Bolg is an orc warrior and the son of azog the defiler. From ravenhill, azog commands the orcs in the battle of five armies. He is the main antagonist of an unexpected journey, the quaternary antagonist of the desolation of smaug and the main antagonist of the battle of the five armies. Even acknowledged in the third movie, when legolas recognizes him by name, and refers to him as the spawn of azog the defiler. Why eagles do not come to save thorin before azog kills him. Although his book role seems to have been usurped by his father, but this is subverted in the third movie, when he arrives leading a second army of orcs from gundabad. But azog captures fili and kills him in front of thorin.
He prepares to kill him, but gandalf uses his staff to keep the defiler at. Azogs size alone does not convince everyone that he was an uruk, but sauron had sent his servants to populate the misty mountains about 300 years earlier, only a generation or so after the first uruks had attacked ithilien in the last years of denethor i the race of uruks, black orcs of great strength, first appeared out of mordor, and. Attributing these things to some dark lord regaining power ties everything into a neat little package that gives the. Dec 19, 2012 azogs size alone does not convince everyone that he was an uruk, but sauron had sent his servants to populate the misty mountains about 300 years earlier, only a generation or so after the first uruks had attacked ithilien in the last years of denethor i the race of uruks, black orcs of great strength, first appeared out of mordor, and. In the year ta third age 2790, the erstwhile king under the mountain, thror, wandered into moria, hoping to reclaim it as a new throne. Yet in the movie he is the main antagonist throughout the first movie an unexpected party. Azog, also known as azog the defiler, is a background antagonist in j. Bolg was an orc leader of the misty mountains in the late third age, and the son of azog. Desolation of smaug and i noticed azog avoids confrontation with beorn in the forest yet later beorn mentions that azog has slaughtered all his family in the past leaving just beorn. Azog was a chief of the orcs living in the abandoned dwarvish kingdom khazaddum. In an unexpected journey, he was portrayed by conan stevens, who also played gregor clegane as a nonspeaking cameo.
As a devoted tolkien fan and reader i have no personal objections to the change. 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. Include him in the film, contrary to the book material, may just be the best decision peter jackson and his staffs made throughout the trilogy. Azogs hand, which had been chopped off by thorin at the battle of azanulbizar, has been replaced with a metal fork. Azog, also known as the defiler, is one of the main antagonists of the hobbit trilogy and the main antagonist in the battle of the five armies. Azog was an orc of the third age who commanded the tribes of moria from ta 2790 until his death in ta 2799. Of course, smaug is a personal adversary for the heir of thror but, lets face it, thorin is not going to kill smaug. Azog the defilerbiography the hobbit film trilogy wikia. For years he sulked in the dark plotting his revenge and forming an alliance. Azog the defiler posted in the thehobbit community. Ringer rud the spud takes an indepth look at azog the defiler, and. In the film, it is his pack not the orcs of goblintown that catch up to the company on. Azog, also known as the defiler, is one of the main antagonist of the hobbit film series. At weathertop, the pack of orcs and wargs that had chased thorins company earlier congregate and discuss their hunt.
He was the coolest bad guy this year, which hasnt seen a lot of cool bad guys, and, frankly, good films either. Bolg was an gundabad orc that appears in the hobbit book and its film adaptations biography. Azog is simply not in the book titled, the hobbit 1. In a flashback sequence, thorin fights the chieftain of the moria orcs, huge, albino orc named azog, and hues off his arm.
I think they mostly used him to explain all the backstory with dol guldur. I have more information, but still my question is not answered. Can someone please find where gandalf mentions azog in the book. In the hobbit, bolg had succeeded azog after the latters death in the battle of azanulbizar the last battle of the war of the dwarves and orcs in ta 2799 by dain ii ironfoot, and had resettled in the old refuge of mount gundabad after the kingdom of angmar was abandoned. Bolg was an gundabad orc that appears in the hobbit book and its film adaptations.
While it is strictly canon that an orc named azog fought. In the book, azog manu bennett has been slain by the dwarf dain in the years since. If youve read the hobbit, then you might be wondering who in the world this character is, and where in the world he came from. During a rest stop, balin tells bilbo about how thorin and his fellow dwarves attempted to reclaim moria after smaug had driven them from erebor. The five most irritating ways peter jacksons the hobbit. Honestly im not much happy to see lots of criticism toward peter jackson movies because he did differently from the book. Dec 18, 2012 in the book the hobbit azog is little more than just a name. Before the events of the battle of the five armies, azog held a grudge against the dwarves of durins folk and vowed until the last of the durin dwarves were destroyed completely. Then azog laughed, and he lifted up his head to let forth a great yell of triumph. In the hobbit, bolg was the son of azog of moria, succeeding him after his death in the battle of azanulbizar the last battle of the war of the dwarves and orcs in ta 2799 by dain ironfoot. An unexpected journey, we see the battle of anazulbizar in a flashback narrated by balin. In the book, bolg which will now clearly be azog was just a goblin leader riding a warg, nothing really special, except he held a grudge against thorindain and the dwarves for the death of his father. When thror led his people to try and take over moria, the pale orc engaged them and.
Azog the defiler is a powerful goblinorc leader and a villain from the hobbit. He is a major antagonist in the desolation of smaug and the secondary antagonist of the battle of the five armies. Read hot and popular stories about azog on wattpad. In the movie, the battle of azanulbizar appears in a flashback. See more ideas about azog the defiler, the hobbit and creatures. Azog the defiler is an orc chieftain from the book and movies, the hobbit. He had resettled in the old refuge of mount gundabad after the kingdom of angmar was abandoned, and apparently ruled. The five most irritating ways peter jacksons the hobbit deviated.
Azog, a giant white orc known as, the defiler, beheads thror, but instead of being killed by thorin, thorin cuts off his left forearm and azog is dragged back into moria by his orcs, seemingly with a mortal wound. Ive really appreciated and im liking much the character of azog the defiler, and i was very happy to see also bolg on screen. And, if not, was he the victim of the late change from two to three films. Hes presented accurately enough at first, as the slayer of thorins grandfather though thorins father, thrain was not killed. In particular, he examines whether persistent criticism of this key villain might be a result of flaws inadvertently introduced by the relatively late switch from two films to three. In the recent trilogy of movies around jrr tolkiens book, the hobbit, one of the chief bad guys is an orc bearing the name and title, azog the defiler. Azog is a minifigure that was released in december 20 appearing in the the hobbit. 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. 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 the battle of the five armies, and a supporting antagonist in the desolation of smaug. Actually i think he did better, especially making edits and personal inventions.
Top ten differences between the hobbit book and films. He is portrayed by manu bennett, who also played slade. Officially announced by peter jackson on his facebook page, azog is. Azog was a powerful orc chieftain who claimed rulership over the abandoned dwarvish mines of moria during the third age. Thorin was one of those great fighters among dwarfs, he fought till his last breath. Giant gundabad orc lord, that leads his warg pack in pursuit of thorin oakenshields company.
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