![]() ![]() The destruction of the One Ring finally allows him to pass on to Valinor. He's further barred from it when he takes the ring of Isildur and becomes a Ringwraith himself. ![]() Barred from the Afterlife: His "undeath", as Carnán puts it, is due to Celebrimbor using his body as a host.This trope becomes even stronger at the end of Shadow of War when Talion pretty much becomes a Nazgûl himself after rejecting Celebrimbor's goal to replace Sauron, and then uses his powers to defy the Dark Lord, keeping his armies divided for as long as he can to defend Middle-earth from being invaded by him. Bad Powers, Good People: Due to being Celebrimbor's host, he has his powers by proxy but he is still qualifies as The Hero.Also arguably averted, since Ratbag is a Harmless Villain and Talion was almost certainly going to kill those enemies anyway. Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: Interestingly inverted with Ratbag, an orc who gets Talion (a Man) to kill his enemies for him.His wraith form also has one, like the other Nazgûl. Shadow of War reveals it to be a Tragic Keepsake of his dead wife. Badass Cape: Has one, and it can never be removed in gameplay.Badass Baritone: Courtesy of Troy Baker.Armored But Frail: He remains as strong as a normal human throughout the game, only able to cause and receive more damage due to his armor and weapons.While he still limits himself to orcs, his domination and slaughter of them takes a toll one monologue in the Lord of the Hunt DLC is him questioning who is the real beast between Mordor's fauna, the orcs, and himself who hunts all of them. Anti-Hero: Talion's primary motivation is avenging his and his family's murders and he's willing to do just about whatever it takes to accomplish that.In his place are Nazgûl powers that let him raise deceased orcs to fight for him once more. Ironically, he gains this ability after Celebrimbor leaves his body in Shadow of War. Animate Dead: The logical endpoint for Talion's abilities, considering his banishment from death.And Then John Was a Zombie: After taking Isildur's ring, Talion becomes a Ringwraith himself and bound to Sauron's service.Shadow of War shows that a Ring of Power (which has the life force of its creator inside of it) can also sustain him. When the Black Hand severs their connection, Talion's lethal wounds immediately re-open. Achilles' Heel: The only thing stopping Talion from passing on is The Wraith.Already a masterful swordsman, a skilled acrobat, and a formidable fighter, the wraith's power has turned him into a One-Man Army, bent on revenge against the Black Hand for killing his family, and for the Resurrective Immortality that keeps him from reuniting with them. One of the Rangers of Gondor who was stationed at the Black Gate, Talion is the sole survivor of Sauron's return, if only because instead of being sacrificed for the Black Hand to retrieve a powerful wraith from the dead, it joined with him instead. They're worse, and there's far too many." ![]()
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