Why is Talion so huge?

[TacticalFaux]

He is massive compared to other humans, but appears normal size in cutscenes if I remember correctly. He is pretty much orc-size. Is there a lore reason for this, or is this to help animations with orcs in combat match-up better?

Edit: I know nothing about LoTR, was hoping someone could enlighten me.

[Zebedee]

Lore reason could be that he may be of Numenorean descent, and they were like 6'6 average height. Aragorn in LOTR was meant to be something like that tall.

The game plays fast and loose with the lore so I doubt it's really going to be thought through like that. I'd always assumed that the orcs were just super-sized at an average man's height.

[Grimjaw]

Rangers of Gondor are built strong and tall....maybe?

[RCMidas]

Interestingly, he even says in-game "No blood of Numenor flows in my veins", so he's just an unusually large man from a lore perspective.

From a game perspective, yeah, I'd agree it was to make the model interactions easier.

[Reverend Belial]

I think it's probably just a gameplay thing, yeah.

[Elric]

I always thought it was the slaves/outcasts who were short, can't imagine they eat well in Mordor and lack of food might have stunted their growth

[Grimjaw]

steroids

[Atomic Pineapple]

The dude is 5'8 - 5'9 ish maybe
prob the combat training made him buff

[Reverend Belial]

Originally posted by Atomic Pineapple:

The dude is 5'8 - 5'9 ish maybe
prob the combat training made him buff

1. N-n-n-necropost!

2. Talion is confirmed by the devs to be 6'6" or 6'8" or something absolutely absurd like that.

[Valden21]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Interestingly, he even says in-game "No blood of Numenor flows in my veins", so he's just an unusually large man from a lore perspective.

From a game perspective, yeah, I'd agree it was to make the model interactions easier.

He wouldn't be the first really tall man to show up in LOTR. If I recall correctly, Beorn from The Hobbit was easily over 7 feet. There's also a chance that Talion could be Rohirrim (i.e, he's from Rohan), as in the lore, the Men of Numenor and the Men of Rohan were distantly related. Since one of the inspirations for the Rohirrim was medieval Scandinavia, it could be that. But if Talion IS Rohirrim, he would be an anomaly, as there's no record of ANY Rohirrim fighting and traveling on foot. They're horsemen, through and through.

[talemore]

Medieval people were shorter than today's. It's a bad console port. That's why. The guy is huge because the game is made to be played on a huge screen.

[Reverend Belial]

Originally posted by talemore:

Medieval people were shorter than today's. It's a bad console port. That's why. The guy is huge because the game is made to be played on a huge screen.

The guy is huge to better match animations with the huge Uruks. Has zero to do with consoles.

[talemore]

Actually no, celebrimbor is not as wide like a barn and still manages to animate with the orcs. The character is basically batman reskin, forced in twined steel wires in the orc cities who doesn't belong to the environment.

[TacticalFaux]

Originally posted by talemore:

Actually no, celebrimbor is not as wide like a barn and still manages to animate with the orcs. The character is basically batman reskin, forced in twined steel wires in the orc cities who doesn't belong to the environment.

Celebrimbor is still big compared to the slaves.

[stephhhny]

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