"They passed through all perils, until they came with the dust of their long and weary road upon them to the drear dale that lay before the Gate of Angband." This image captures the period in the adventures of Beren and Lúthien when they meet again and along with Huan, the hound of Valinor, and begin the long and dangerous journey to Angband. The composition is very important in this image. The image is divided distinctly into two halves with the light and clean world of the elves on the left and the dark and polluted world of Angband on the right. The clouds form a distinct line between. The line of Beren's cloak and his bent arm leading the eye to the right and Lúthien's upright figure frames the left. The rock on which they all stand (or lie) is framed by the lightning in the lower left. I tried to get a sense of the imposing and stifling world that they are facing, leaving the clear unsullied world behind. The halo-like glow edging the clouds behind the figure of Beren, symbolises hope for the future.