Saruman the lord of the rings fantasy art grima wormtongue orthanc. 3000 saruman used the palantir of orthanc and was trapped by sauron after which though he thought himself to be free he was controlled by the dark tower. Fantasy art lord of the rings between the nazgul and his prey by gonzalokenny on deviantart glorfindel below the coronation of gil galad as king of the noldor and high elves in the middle earth at the beginning of. In peter jacksons the lord of the rings. Saruman the white is the secondary antagonist of the 1937 fantasy novel the lord of the rings by the late jrr tolkien and the secondary antagonist of peter jacksons live action film trilogy adaptation of the novels.
Orthanc was the black impenetrable tower of isengard built by the dunedain. The two towers after theoden exiles him grima wormtongue takes refuge with saruman. Grima wormtongue in the lord of the rings film series. Grima wormtongue grima wormtongue is known as the chief counselor of king theoden of rohan as well as the servant of saruman the white.
He is the secondary antagonist of the lord of the rings. Grima serves as an archetypal sycophant flatterer liar and manipulator and is considered to be based by tolkien on the beowulf character unferth. I do not own the rights to the song and trailer and do not condone ownership. He is introduced in the two towers as the chief advisor to king theoden of rohan and henchman of saruman.
Wormtongue was once a man of rohan but betrayed them for saruman and they were manipulating theoden the king of rohan. All rights belong to warner bros howard shor. Saruman set a trap for gandalf using radagast the brown to lure him to orthanc. It stood in the center of the ring of isengard surrounded by great defensive walls fortified by the early men of gondor.
By the great years and the war of the ring it was controlled by the wizard saruman the white. When naming grima tolkien resorted to a special literary device antonomasia. Saruman is shown creating a large explosive device and then saruman and grima go out onto one of orthancs balconies to survey sarumans army of 10000 uruk hai.