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Then Azog laughed, and he lifted up his head to let forth a great yell of triumph; but the cry died in his throat. For he saw that all his host in the valley was in a rout, and the Dwarves went this way and that slaying as they would, and those that could excape from them were flying south. And hard by all the soldiers of his guards lay dead. He turned and fled back towards the Gate.

Up the steps after him leaped a Dwarf with a red axe. It was Dain Ironfoot, Nain's son. Right before the doors he caught Azog, and there he slew him, and hewed off his head. That was held a great feat, for Dain was then only a stripling in the reckoning of the Dwarves. But long life and many battles lay before him, until old but unbowed he fell at last in the War of the Ring. Yet hardy and full of wrath as he was, it is said that when he came down from the Gate he looked grey in the face, as one who has felt great fear.

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Third drawing in my "Deeds of the Dwarves" series: Dain Ironfoot as he slays Azog chief of Goblins in the Gate of Moria. This is the last part of the War of the Dwarves and the Goblins.

EDIT: Given the presence of Azog in the recent Hobbit movie, I feel I should explain this. Azog never lived past the battle of Moria. He never killed Thrain, either, though he DID kill Thror, and also Nain, Dain's father. It's Dain Ironfoot who kills him, not Thorin. While I understand, and to some extent even approve, of Peter Jackson's decision regarding him, I still feel the need to explain this.

Dain Ironfoot is a really, really awesome guy, and we'll see more of him. For our purposes here, know that Azog just killed his father, who was in a war to avenge the honor of his great-uncle Thror. Thror is Thorin's grandfather, Durin's heir, and Azog killed him in a particularly humiliating way. THAT got ALL the dwarves mad, and they pretty much hunted down all the goblins they could find. In fact, at the point of this picture, the Dwarves have hunted out ALL the goblins in Moria, but it costs them so many men they leave nearly immediately.

So glad to get this picture out, I've worked on it for what seems like forever. I'm not completely happy with it, but, eh, I never am. Anyway, people seemed to like that last one pretty well.

Oh, someone pointed out that goblins and orcs have black blood, not red. This is true. However, it didn't occur to me in the Thorin picture, and here... well, between the night sky, the black clouds, the dark armor, and the dark doorway, I didn't want to try black blood on top of it.

Deeds of the Dwarves:

The Dwarves of Belegost: [link]

King Under the Mountain: [link]

Alas, My Axe is Notched: [link]

Thorin "Oakenshield:" [link]

The Last Stand of Dain: [link]

The Ruin of Doriath: [link]

The Orcs are Behind the Wall!: [link]

A Chance Meeting: [link]

Baruk Khazad!: [link]

I Say Neither Yea nor Nay: [link]

The Undying Lands: [link]

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Then Azog laughed, and he lifted up his head to let forth a great yell of triumph; but the cry died in his throat. For he saw that all his host in the valley was in a rout, and the Dwarves went this way and that slaying as they would, and those that could excape from them were flying south. And hard by all the soldiers of his guards lay dead. He turned and fled back towards the Gate.

Up the steps after him leaped a Dwarf with a red axe. It was Dain Ironfoot, Nain's son. Right before the doors he caught Azog, and there he slew him, and hewed off his head. That was held a great feat, for Dain was then only a stripling in the reckoning of the Dwarves. But long life and many battles lay before him, until old but unbowed he fell at last in the War of the Ring. Yet hardy and full of wrath as he was, it is said that when he came down from the Gate he looked grey in the face, as one who has felt great fear.

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Third drawing in my "Deeds of the Dwarves" series: Dain Ironfoot as he slays Azog chief of Goblins in the Gate of Moria. This is the last part of the War of the Dwarves and the Goblins.

EDIT: Given the presence of Azog in the recent Hobbit movie, I feel I should explain this. Azog never lived past the battle of Moria. He never killed Thrain, either, though he DID kill Thror, and also Nain, Dain's father. It's Dain Ironfoot who kills him, not Thorin. While I understand, and to some extent even approve, of Peter Jackson's decision regarding him, I still feel the need to explain this.

Dain Ironfoot is a really, really awesome guy, and we'll see more of him. For our purposes here, know that Azog just killed his father, who was in a war to avenge the honor of his great-uncle Thror. Thror is Thorin's grandfather, Durin's heir, and Azog killed him in a particularly humiliating way. THAT got ALL the dwarves mad, and they pretty much hunted down all the goblins they could find. In fact, at the point of this picture, the Dwarves have hunted out ALL the goblins in Moria, but it costs them so many men they leave nearly immediately.

So glad to get this picture out, I've worked on it for what seems like forever. I'm not completely happy with it, but, eh, I never am. Anyway, people seemed to like that last one pretty well.

Oh, someone pointed out that goblins and orcs have black blood, not red. This is true. However, it didn't occur to me in the Thorin picture, and here... well, between the night sky, the black clouds, the dark armor, and the dark doorway, I didn't want to try black blood on top of it.

Deeds of the Dwarves:

The Dwarves of Belegost: [link]

King Under the Mountain: [link]

Alas, My Axe is Notched: [link]

Thorin "Oakenshield:" [link]

The Last Stand of Dain: [link]

The Ruin of Doriath: [link]

The Orcs are Behind the Wall!: [link]

A Chance Meeting: [link]

Baruk Khazad!: [link]

I Say Neither Yea nor Nay: [link]

The Undying Lands: [link]