Shadow Of War The Tower

The Belfry of Sauron is the secondary antagonist of Eye-globe: Shadow of Mordor. He was a black numenorean and one of Sauron'due south Black Captains and was responsible, partly, for the murder of Talion and his family during the retaking of Mordor by the Nighttime Forces.

Biography

Not much is known most the Belfry's past. He first appeared in Centre-earth: Shadow of Mordor, where he is seen at the Black Gate helping his fellow Blackness Captains, the Black Hand and the Hammer. He first appears within a hall belongings ane of his axe-like swords at Ioreth, Talion's wife's throat, demanding that the ranger put his sword downwards. Talion complies before beingness knocked to the flooring from behind by the Hammer and beaten. The Tower prevents the Hammer from killing Talion, only not from crushing his left manus with his mace earlier knocking Talion out cold with a blow to the head. When Talion regains consciousness, the Tower is seen belongings down his son Dirhael whilst the Hammer restrains and beats Talion before the Black Hand emerges, and slits the throats of Talion and his family unit, starting with his son Dirhael, earlier moving onto Ioreth, and finally Talion himself.

The side by side time the Tower is seen is during an assault on the Sea of Nurnen, where the Tower captures the female person warrior, Lithariel. The Tower orders his Uruks to "hang her... high," to ensure Talion would see her body, but when he leaves, Lithariel escapes with the assist of Talion.

At another assault, at Ered Glamhoth, the Tower is shown sitting inside his fortress, where he is confronted by the ranger and ringmaker. During this run into he order them to bow to him, promising to deliver them to the Nighttime Lord "unspoiled" before Celebrimbor declares they "bow to no one." The Tower laughs and claims that Sauron forgives Celebrimbor for betraying him, ordering him to return to him and bandage off Talion, to which the ranger, sword drawn, orders him to stand upwards and fight.

In response, the Tower declares that there was "no need" earlier he tells Talion that that Celebrimbor had deceived him, and that the ringmaker chose Talion as his vessel to human action his revenge on Sauron and his armies, and that he could release Talion at any time. Despite this, Talion persists in attempting to make the Tower fight as he turns dorsum to him with his sword still raised and adopting a fighting stance, to which the Belfry sighs and stands up, telling Talion "as yous wish" before he teleports away, spawning several clones of himself scattered around his fortress.

Talion gain to ambush 3 of them and drain them, causing the Tower to return to his throne room, using his magic to accept the form of Talion'southward wife, Ioreth, recreating a moment from the start of the game where Talion's married woman is seen tending some tables at a hall at the Black Gate. When Talion approaches however, the Tower returns to his true form and attempts to brand Talion, declaring he would never see his family again. After overpowering the Tower'south magic, Talion stabs the Tower with his dagger, Archarn, through his chest causing him to fall to floor. Taking advantage of his enemy's incapacitated state and enraged, Talion proceeds to continue to stab the tower in the chest with his dagger earlier embedding it nearly his eye, followed by drawing his sword and ending the Tower's life with one terminal strike directly through his pharynx.

Appearance

Equally his name suggests, the Belfry is of great stature, towering over most men including his fellow Black Captains. He is besides the most grotesque and tortured looking of all the Blackness Captains. His skin is deathly gray and his lips are either rotting away or being stretched apart. His mouth resembles that of the Mouth of Sauron, though disformed to a greater degree. He is bald and has piercing blue eyes. His armor is fused to his skin and does non abound with him, causing excruciating agony. He has a metallic apparatus on his mouth, preventing it from endmost, perhaps contributing to its deformity. He has iv swords impaled in his back, the two on the finish adorned with two banners made from the faces of slain enemies. He has a headdress that seems to be implanted into his head.

Personality

The Tower is a representation of the cruelty and pain of Sauron. He is shown every bit a cruel and merciless character. It is idea that the source of his ceaseless cruelty is the pain his armor inflicts on him. Information technology is as well possible that information technology has reached the point that information technology affects him no longer, making him an associate to hurting and finding pleasure in the pain of others. His vocalisation has a low and at-home tone that automatically betrays his true nature, he does occasionally enhance his voice in acrimony when the need arises.

Skills and Abilities

The Tower can drain his foes, is capable of teleportation, and is a master of illusions. He tin too generate clones of himself; they could either be animate or hallucinatory as it isn't explained in the game. He is too extremely strong, as when Talion fails to brand him, he keeps punching Talion enough to disable him and brand him.

Trivia

In Shadow of State of war, information technology is possible to encounter an Orc who wears The Belfry's armor vowing to get revenge on his fallen companion. It is possible to boss this Orc instead of killing him.

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References

v• d •due east Characters in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Protagonists	Talion • Celebrimbor
Antagonists	Sauron • Blackness Captains (Black Hand of Sauron • Belfry of Sauron • Hammer of Sauron) • Morgoth (mentioned)
Proficient Characters	Dirhael • Eryn • Galadriel (mentioned) • Gorvin (mentioned) • Hallas (mentioned) • Hirgon of Tarnost • Ioreth • Lithariel • Torvin • Lady Marwen
Neutral Characters	Gollum • Ratbag • Saruman (mentioned) Shelob (mentioned)