Azog isn't in the book

In reality, she isnt even a character in the book, with this being someone that was totally made up to give a female warrior to the films. As the wargs tear yazneg apart, azog angrily demands the rest of the orcs send word out he is placing a bounty on the dwarf kings head. The addition of azog isnt really a complaint for me. This scene is not in the book, and adds a violent battle that somewhat changes the tone of the. After a short fight, azog personally directs his attention toward bilbo. The reader doesnt follow gandalf to the necromancer and only finds out in fellowship of the ring who the necromancer really is. 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. Why didnt gandalf simply destroy azog during their. In the book azog was already dead, and his son bolg lead the goblin army in the battle of the 5 armies. Azog the defiler vs the mountain much faster and likely a bit stronger. Information about azog as told by balin in the movie never makes it to the book is taking from the silmarillion and unfinished tales. Gandalf isnt a powerful mage, but a wellinformed homeless guy, radagast is another one, and a schizophrenic in addition. Azog was the leader of the orcs in the north, while lurtz seems to be the leader of. I am to play azog in peter jacksons lord of the rings lotr two part prequel the hobbit based on the book by j.

Azog does not appear in the hobbit, having been killed by dain ii ironfoot many years earlier in the story. You stood up looking at azog above who was still in slight pain on his wrist and the line of durin will still live. The company has found the way into erebor, but their quest isnt over yet. He is uninterested in yaznegs excuses, and kills him for his failure. In the books the five armies are dwarves, men, elves, orc, and wargs.

This is chapter 12, inside information, in the 2019 theatrical audiobook of the hobbit produced by bluefax. Azog is large, covered in scars, and most noticeably, is pale as snow. He was anecdotally slain by thorins cousin dain ironfoot. Azog is defiantly superior in strength, decapitating a horse isnt completely impossible for a normal human to do, hes best feat was putting enough pressure to outright explode oberyns head like a melon, which is notably superhuman, but still nothing compared to sending several dwarves, all armored in full and heavy looking plate, off their. The red viper game of thrones vs azog the defiler the. The tolkien nerds guide to the hobbit peter jacksons blockbuster movie draws upon stories behind stories behind stories, just as j. This is completely and patently untrue, not present in any version of the book, ever.

This doesnt seem familiar from the book, but perhaps my memory isnt so good. But this isnt over, not yet till he falls forever anyways. In the book, the orc legions are commanded by azogs son bolg, who appears in desolation of smaug as the leader of the orcs who track the dwarves to laketown. The book is packed with more than 1,000 images of concept artwork, photographs and development paintings by the artists working behind the scenes to. Are there any tolkien lord of the rings books that. The problematic climax of the battle of the five armies a. And while i can honestly say i have told you the truth, i may not have told you all of it.

Having grown both age and reading experience, i can now easily say that the book isnt free from defects not simply a more childish theme, but the actual structure of the book, useless characters, twisted character. Azog in the hobbit movie is one of the main antagonist, while lurtz was a fairly important minor character. The addition of azog added action to the movie, which otherwise there wouldnt be much of. The only full account of the event is tolkiens description of the battle of azanulbizar in appendix a to the lord of the rings. Azog is depicted in the films as a huge, fearsomelooking and herculean orc, the most developed example of the orc species in all of middleearth. In the movie, he is killed by legolas, outside of the main battle. R tolkien that takes place in the fictional world of middle earth, which is the setting of most of the authors works.

Why didnt azog wait to attack until the elves and dwarves had. Apparently, these are drawn in from obscure places in tolkien, like his silmarillion i wouldnt know, havent read it which means. Tauriel is an elf that was completely made up for the hobbit movies. Between initial casting and final edit my character was renamed bolg, who in the tolkein book is the son of azog. In reality, she isnt even a character in the book, with this being.

In the book the hobbit azog is little more than just a name. The hobbit was one of the early fantasy book ive read and together the lord of the rings was something that i loved. Having read the book, i can safely say that, yes, the eagles are the fifth army, tolkien himself explicitly states, in the book, that it was a battle fought between men, elves, dwarves, orcs, and eagles. By jennifer vineyard cnn when people complain about the nearly threehour length of the first installment of the hobbit film trilogy because the source book is. Although some viewers did not appreciate the addition of azog since it compromised the movie by making it stick less to the book.

The five armies are made up of the dwarves, the men of laketown, the mirkwood elves, the orcsgoblins and. Im going to point out firstly that, although azog isnt a character in the book, i think this is a valid question in both book and movie canon. This vengeful orc one of the main villains in the hobbit films isnt even alive in tolkiens version of the story. This computer generated azog isnt unique to the first hobbit film, it is, in fact, the same techniques and technologies used for the gollum character also in this film, and the lotr trilogy of films 4. Lord of the rings vs game of thrones read op battles. This blog is meant to document some of the details that went into editing peter jacksons three hobbit films down into a single 3hour movie that, i think, follows tolkiens original story as lovingly as possible. When it appears that thorin is about to be killed, bilbo jumps to his aid and rescue him. This sparked off the war of the dwarves and the orcs which went on for 9 years before azog. For an orc, was azogs motivation in the hobbit films.

The company is instead trapped by a group of wargs who live in the area. Gandalf says that sauron wants to conquer the lonely mountain because of its strategic position. Tolkiens 1937 novel the hobbit, as well as a supporting character in the lord of the rings. In the book, bolg is killed by beorn during the battle of the five armies. In the book kindhearted heroic men, a bit stubborn, and loving to troll people now and then. So, she joins in the dwarves to reclaim erebor, capturing the hearts of many on her way. Scenes and characters added to the hobbit films fandango. Within the hobbit, azog plays a big part in the movie, appearing as one of the. We see his master is none other than azog the defiler. The battle of the five armies covers roughly the last 60 pages of the book, chronicling the demise of the dragon smaug benedict cumberbatch and the struggle to gain dominion over the lonely mountain and its treasures. 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.

Bilbos not a conservative gentleman hobbit, who gets carried away by his curiosity for adventure, but a timid teenager. Thorin kills azog the defiler hobbit art, o hobbit, azog the defiler. Although his book counterpart was also a villain, the first film makes him willing to answer azogs bounty on thorins head. He was the first hobbit to become famous in the world at large, and was one of the few to. He is about to kill the hobbit when the moth returns to gandalf. I should say that while i dont think jacksons storytelling was as concise and characterdriven as it could have. Bolgs father azog is killed by thorin in the movie, also away from the battlefield. When azog had them cornered with wargs and many other orcs, and gandalf was clearly outnumbered. The necromancer is mentioned in the hobbit and is basically the explanation for gandalfs disappearances in that book. Although it isnt clear why, when he actually manages to disable.

Azogs son, bolg, does appear in the hobbit to get revenge, but appears only at the battle of five. Its not a question of remaining faithful to the book, but placing some of your. So it isnt out of the realm of possibility that an all powerful orc leader would hold a grudge. To be straight about it, yes, azog is a tolkien creation. With martin freeman, ian mckellen, richard armitage, andy serkis. Im generally a book purist, but i loved how jackson brought the characters more to life i mean, im getting to know about some of the dwarves more than i did in tolkiens book this isnt an insult to him, but he mainly focused on gandalf, bilbo, and thorin, and while thats fine, i would have liked more information on the others, that said, bofur.

Keep in mind that jackson isnt allowed to use some of tolkins. 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. There and back again, or the hobbit in 3 hours there. Battle of the 25 armies plus a couple of random giant mountain goats. Azog is made far more interesting than he ever was in the books or, should i say, the appendices. He had one son that we know of, bolg, who succeeded him after his death. Why didnt azog wait to attack until the elves and dwarves. These events are related by the narrator, gandalf and thorin during the unexpected.

The hobbit tells a fantastic story of adventure, danger, friendship, and courage, and serves as a prequel to the even more immersive and epic book series, the lord of the rings. Five things changedexpanded from the book for the hobbit. The escape from the goblin caves is abandoned in favor of transitioning to bilbo and gollums exchange. While azogs involvement in the hobbit trilogy was greatly expanded, it presented us with a very important nemesis. In the books, gandalf indeed fears that sauron could ally with the dragon, but the dark lord isnt concerned with the battle of five armies or erebor. Azog, also known as azog the defiler, is a background antagonist in j. In this rendition of the film, azog takes the place of bolg, and several other nameless goblins. The average lifespan of an orc is unknown, but it is conceivable that he was one of those sent to moria by sauron in about t. Another cg character but think about ittolkien created azog and while his backstory isnt fleshed out much like countless other characters, his purpose in the book is. Also, the book is quite different by the time we get to the battle of five armies.

Unlike any other orcs seen in peter jacksons films, azog and his band speak using the orkish language rather than in english, refuses to speak in common speech. Azog from the hobbit auj by grantgoboom on deviantart. Given there are signs that orcs hold somewhat have a hierarchy and we do see from the books that bolgs motivation is based on a grudge. At the theater, a gamefaqs message board topic titled bolg is supposed to be azogs son. According to the author, azog was slain years earlier by a dwarf named dain who appears in the battle of the five armies. The distinction between orcs and hobbits isnt exactly clear, the two groups may be somewhat interchangeable, but i dont think theyre completely so.