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What do you know? I say I'm gonna post art more frequently by working on it far more than I have, and here I am to prove that I actually can uphold a promise.
U proud of me?
I proud of me!

Anyways, this piece I started last year and only started with Talions Blue Cape, and a rough outline for the other four Orcs/Ologs. After starting it on the 26, and working on it for the next 9 to 11 days, I come with another piece of work from yours truly. The reason it took so long was that I am still rather new to this artstyle. Avoiding the comfortable style of hard black ink for outlines and details leads to a lot of doubt, caution and overall second guessing, THAT and doing the shading and multiple coloring does take more time.
HOWEVER, I can safely say that I am proud of my work. Far from perfect I'm sure, but I feel I did a good, just job here in paying my tribute to Shadow of War- A game I love to death... the many deaths of Talion of course.
And I know, this game's old... but come on, I still love it so let me be happy! >

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Okay, so here's the part where I save you from reading my essay on what's happening, and instead say:
Thank you very much for viewing my artwork. If you liked it and want to see more of it, please do support the artist!
The best way to do this of course is to favorite the art piece, give me a comment (or Critique if you have the time) telling me what you think about it and if you have any advice, and add me to your deviant watch so that you can always see what I come up with next! Also visit my gallery for more (albeit older) content.
I don't have any other social media (Cept Instagram but it's not even really doing anything at the moment...) but if you stick around, that'll change soon.
*hint hint*
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STORY TIME
Shadow of War is a game based off of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series where you play as Talion- a Ranger of Gondor who is murdered along his wife and son during a blood ritual and is bound to the spirit of an Elvish Blacksmith who forged the original rings of power and betrayed by Sauron. After mastering your powers, your goal is to amass a massive army to use against Sauron himself and to conquer the territory of Mordor so that you can finally defeat the Dark Lord. But who's going to be made of your army? ORCS.
Using the power of the Bright Lord, you dominate the minds of his Orc Warriors and bend them to serve the Bright Lord rather than the Dark Lord. However, your Uruk's have free will still, and some will choose to betray you or protect you during your struggle against the Dark Lord. More importantly though, Nothing Will be Forgotten as your actions have a permanent affect against the Orcs you meet, with each Orc being unique compared to other Orcs other players meet thanks to the Unique Nemesis System.

With this in mind, this piece represents one of my own experiences. Being in the End Game and generally just playing for the fun of it, Four of my Orc Captains initiated a Rebellion on me- a event in which multiple Orcs betray you at once. From left to right, the Orc traitors are:
Grom the Harrow
Ar-Baruk Hammer Fist
Ur-Edin the Judge
Luga the Mystic
During this rebellion, I was kept on my toes the whole time as with the exception of Grom and Luga, these captains were exceptionally strong thanks to me leveling them up... thanks boys. Despite the odds being very much against me, I was able to survive, one by one breaking and dealing with the different traitors. Grom was the first to break, and because I loved his unique character aesthetic- Dark Mask, Terror Chest, Two Pauldrons, Zog's Gauntlets, Dress Pants, Marauder Crossbows, Black Blade- I tried to force him back into my army. But he developed Iron Will and refused, so I shamed him. This had the adverse effect of deranging him, causing him to from now on scream out "THIS IS SUFFERING!!!"
Ur-Edin was next, I liked him and spent the past hours getting him strong. Despite this, I still tried to recruit him. And impressively, he decided to join back without a fuss.
Luga was next. Despite him opening up the rebellion with "You never noticed me before, so this for casting me low!", he too joined back without a fuss. Ar-Baruk however also had Iron Will, so I shamed him and recruited him later. After this though, I demanded him to prove himself to me by having him fight a captain that was higher level than him. He did that as well as kill three other captains that exceeded his level and killed a Graug. Suffice to say, he's proven his worthiness to me.

After thinking about it, I think that it was Grom and Ar-Baruk who initiated the rebellion and just bullied Luga and Ur-Edin into following them. I extrapulate this because Grom and Ar-Baruk had Iron Will, so they must have CHOSEN to betray me. But Luga and Ur-Edin didn't and happily joined back, giving me the impression that their lines for betrayal were them trying to justify it when in reality, they were just being bullied into following... not uncommon for Orcs.

That's why I love this game. You get to have your own stories.

Description
What do you know? I say I'm gonna post art more frequently by working on it far more than I have, and here I am to prove that I actually can uphold a promise.
U proud of me?
I proud of me!

Anyways, this piece I started last year and only started with Talions Blue Cape, and a rough outline for the other four Orcs/Ologs. After starting it on the 26, and working on it for the next 9 to 11 days, I come with another piece of work from yours truly. The reason it took so long was that I am still rather new to this artstyle. Avoiding the comfortable style of hard black ink for outlines and details leads to a lot of doubt, caution and overall second guessing, THAT and doing the shading and multiple coloring does take more time.
HOWEVER, I can safely say that I am proud of my work. Far from perfect I'm sure, but I feel I did a good, just job here in paying my tribute to Shadow of War- A game I love to death... the many deaths of Talion of course.
And I know, this game's old... but come on, I still love it so let me be happy! >

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Okay, so here's the part where I save you from reading my essay on what's happening, and instead say:
Thank you very much for viewing my artwork. If you liked it and want to see more of it, please do support the artist!
The best way to do this of course is to favorite the art piece, give me a comment (or Critique if you have the time) telling me what you think about it and if you have any advice, and add me to your deviant watch so that you can always see what I come up with next! Also visit my gallery for more (albeit older) content.
I don't have any other social media (Cept Instagram but it's not even really doing anything at the moment...) but if you stick around, that'll change soon.
*hint hint*
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

STORY TIME
Shadow of War is a game based off of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series where you play as Talion- a Ranger of Gondor who is murdered along his wife and son during a blood ritual and is bound to the spirit of an Elvish Blacksmith who forged the original rings of power and betrayed by Sauron. After mastering your powers, your goal is to amass a massive army to use against Sauron himself and to conquer the territory of Mordor so that you can finally defeat the Dark Lord. But who's going to be made of your army? ORCS.
Using the power of the Bright Lord, you dominate the minds of his Orc Warriors and bend them to serve the Bright Lord rather than the Dark Lord. However, your Uruk's have free will still, and some will choose to betray you or protect you during your struggle against the Dark Lord. More importantly though, Nothing Will be Forgotten as your actions have a permanent affect against the Orcs you meet, with each Orc being unique compared to other Orcs other players meet thanks to the Unique Nemesis System.

With this in mind, this piece represents one of my own experiences. Being in the End Game and generally just playing for the fun of it, Four of my Orc Captains initiated a Rebellion on me- a event in which multiple Orcs betray you at once. From left to right, the Orc traitors are:
Grom the Harrow
Ar-Baruk Hammer Fist
Ur-Edin the Judge
Luga the Mystic
During this rebellion, I was kept on my toes the whole time as with the exception of Grom and Luga, these captains were exceptionally strong thanks to me leveling them up... thanks boys. Despite the odds being very much against me, I was able to survive, one by one breaking and dealing with the different traitors. Grom was the first to break, and because I loved his unique character aesthetic- Dark Mask, Terror Chest, Two Pauldrons, Zog's Gauntlets, Dress Pants, Marauder Crossbows, Black Blade- I tried to force him back into my army. But he developed Iron Will and refused, so I shamed him. This had the adverse effect of deranging him, causing him to from now on scream out "THIS IS SUFFERING!!!"
Ur-Edin was next, I liked him and spent the past hours getting him strong. Despite this, I still tried to recruit him. And impressively, he decided to join back without a fuss.
Luga was next. Despite him opening up the rebellion with "You never noticed me before, so this for casting me low!", he too joined back without a fuss. Ar-Baruk however also had Iron Will, so I shamed him and recruited him later. After this though, I demanded him to prove himself to me by having him fight a captain that was higher level than him. He did that as well as kill three other captains that exceeded his level and killed a Graug. Suffice to say, he's proven his worthiness to me.

After thinking about it, I think that it was Grom and Ar-Baruk who initiated the rebellion and just bullied Luga and Ur-Edin into following them. I extrapulate this because Grom and Ar-Baruk had Iron Will, so they must have CHOSEN to betray me. But Luga and Ur-Edin didn't and happily joined back, giving me the impression that their lines for betrayal were them trying to justify it when in reality, they were just being bullied into following... not uncommon for Orcs.

That's why I love this game. You get to have your own stories.