[Saurreg]

Finally! A thread where I can rant on glorious violent deaths!!! Muahaha!!!

Fingon's death is the most gory, most vivid one. Tolkien literally wrote that sparks flew when Gothmog cleaved through the elf king's helm. If elven armor was sturdy, imagine the strength of Gothmog and the impact on Fingon's skull, totally smashed beyond shape I say.

Also what about the part when the balrogs started to mutilate the body of the king, turning it into mince meat? Armor flattened beyond repair, bones pulverized and all organs crushed and ruptured. Brilliant! Bits and pieces of elf king everywhere!

Speaking of Arathon who died by a wound to the eye, in Luo Guan Zhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a general of the Kingdom of Wei by the name of Xiahou Dun also recieved an arrow to the left eye. He pulled out the offending barb and with it, tore out the ruptured eyeball from the socket. Seeing what he had done, the burly general flew into a hideous rage and exclaimed,

"Essence of my father, blood of my mother! I cannot throw this away."

He then popped his eyeball into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it. Marvellous!