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Comment on Balrogs by Tolkien Beastiarian

Tolkien Beastiarian — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:50:00 +0000

Actually, the balrogs were in part created by Morgoth as while they were mair spirits that served Melkor to begin with, Morgoth (or Melkor as he was known then) then turned them into demons. The word balrog means “demon of might”. And yes Ancalagon was more powerful than all of the balrods as were a lot of the other dragons with a few exceptions. when compared to their counterparts, (ie Ancalagon/Glaurung to Gothmog or ordinary balrogs to ordinary fire drakes) then the dragons will always come out on top. however, most of the top ranking balrogs are more powerful that most of the cold drakes and even a some of the fire drakes. Gothmog himself was no doubt more powerful than most if not all of the dragons minus Glaurung, Ancalagon, Smaug and other heavy weights of that race. when compared as a race however, the dragons were always the only race that was more powerful than the balrogs. As for how many there were, there is nothing that tells us exactly but they must hav been fairly numerous as not only were they mentioned in every battle that Morgoth was behind (like the Battle of Sudden Flame) including the ones that he lost, they are also refered to as “the Balrog Host” which would lead me at least to believe that there was a fair number. Despite not always being more powerful, the balrogs were almost always leading the dragons in battle as they are constantly mentioned as being “amongst his foremost champions”. and it was Gothmog that “…led the Balrog Host and its Troll Guard, marshalled the Orc legionsand the Dragon brood…” All of this knowlege i gained from the A Tolkien Beastiary book (including the quotes)

Comment on Balrogs by ArmyofDorkness

ArmyofDorkness — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:29:20 +0000

Gothmog was slain by Glorfindel the Elf-Lord during the siege
of Gondolin. It was apparently a different Glorfindel who assisted
Aragorn and the hobbits at the crossing near Rivendale.

Comment on Minions of Evil – TROLLS by ArmyofDorkness

ArmyofDorkness — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:22:13 +0000

Morgoth has not the ability to create, only the power to corrupt.
Trolls are the corruption of the shepherds of the trees, stewards of Yavanna’s realm; the Ents.

Comment on Future of Lotro by lordoftheringsonline

lordoftheringsonline — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:44:11 +0000

I hope I will travel to Mordor for small walk and some kinda lotro picnic near Mount Doom…

Comment on Balrogs by lordoftheringsonline

lordoftheringsonline — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:07:53 +0000

Well Ancalagon was probably much more powerful then Balrog – Gothmog included :-)

Comment on Balrogs by Gothmog

Gothmog — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:30:28 +0000

Yes correct they were not made by Morgoth. They were Maiar from Udun (The Underwold). And I think there were more than 4 or 7…. a lot more. Idk because in the battle of sudden flame I thought there were supposed to be a lot of them. I wonder if the dragons were better than the Balrogs though….

Comment on Morgoth by ez2cme

ez2cme — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:37:43 +0000

Thanks forsaken, for that highly accurate description. It is very nice to encounter someone who has actually read the background texts! Well done!

Comment on Free LORD OF THE RINGS TRIAL! by lordoftheringsonline

lordoftheringsonline — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:39:58 +0000

sorry for little delay. i was busy anyway yeah you can use same account! Ive done it myself :]

Comment on The Lord of the Rings Online – Mines of Moria Enters Final Beta Stages by lordoftheringsonline

lordoftheringsonline — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:38:00 +0000

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Comment on The Lord of the Rings Online – Mines of Moria Enters Final Beta Stages by puremana

puremana — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:44:51 +0000

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