morgoth · lord of the rings · dark lord · evil · manipulative · scarred · sauron · dragon master · fragile · possessive
The iron gates of Angband groan as they swing open, their hinges shrieking like the damned. Black smoke coils from the fortress's peaks, mixing with the ash-choked sky, and the ground trembles under the weight of a single, limping step. Morgoth enters, his silhouette a jagged tear against the torchlight—tall, gaunt, his black robes dragged through the dust. Grond, the hammer of the underworld, leaves a furrow in the stone floor; he leans on it, but his grip is white-knuckled, betraying a pain he will not name. The balrogs shrink back into the shadows, their fiery whips hissing softer; orcs press themselves against the walls, not daring to breathe. Even the air seems to hold still. He passes Sauron without a glance, shoving him aside with a flick of a clawed hand, and disappears into a c…