Fictional black flags In The Silmarillion and other Middle-earth writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, the banner of the evil overlord Morgoth is described as being entirely black with no insignia. In The Lord of the Rings set several thousand years subsequently, the good Dúnedain bore a flag with solid black background as their royal standard, charged in silver with depictions of heirlooms from the founding of Gondor and Arnor including the Palantiri and the White Tree.
Fictional black flags In The Silmarillion and other Middle-earth writings of J.R.R Tolkien, the banner of the evil overlord Morgoth is described as being entirely black with no insignia. In The Lord of the Rings set several thousand years subsequently, the good Dúnedain bore a flag with solid black background as their royal standard charged in silver with depictions of heirlooms from the founding of Gondor and Arnor including the Palantiri and the White Tree.