‘Isildur cut the Ring from [Sauron’s] hand with the hilt-shard of his father&

‘Isildur cut the Ring from [Sauron’s] hand with the hilt-shard of his father’s sword, and took it for his own.’ “…I will risk no hurt to this thing: of all the works of Sauron the only fair. It is precious to me, though I buy it with great pain.”~ Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien Isildur who took the Ring, but did not destroy it. Pencil and acrylics, 21x29cms. A character sketch to (attempt to) capture the compelling combination of Númenorean nobility with the burning corruption of the Ring’s influence. -- source link

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