| Re: Winged Balrog in deep chasm of Khazad-Dûm [no tr0ll] [message #254113] |
Di, 18 April 2006 18:04 |
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Kristian Damm Jensen wrote:
> nfw wrote:
> > Doing that, he repeted the exploit of Glorfindel in the same way as
> > the latter likely told so many times in Gandalf's presence at
> > Imladris, considering the origins of Elrond. As a matter of fact, he
> > seems to have died the same way and it seems to be kind of a rule for
> > the Gods to send back to life the slayer of a Balrog. ;-)
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> No. Quite a number of balrogs was killed during the fall of Gondolin. No one
> survived killing a balrog, but only Glorfindel came back, that we know of.
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> Mind you, every balrogkiller except Gandalf was an elf, and so bound to come
> back after some suitable rest in Mandos. Glorfindel is just the only one we
> know of.
>
Tuor slew 5 Belroeg and survived all those encounters. He was
definitely a Man.
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| Re: Winged Balrog in deep chasm of Khazad-Dûm [no tr0ll] [message #265429 ] |
Mo, 08 Mai 2006 18:09 |
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> Tuor slew 5 Belroeg and survived all those encounters. He was
> definitely a Man.
That was back when Balrogs came in the hundreds and
thousands. Later in life Tolkien decided that there must
have only ever been around 7 Barlogs maximum.
-Aris Katsaris
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| Re: Winged Balrog in deep chasm of Khazad-Dûm [no tr0ll] [message #265431 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 01:02 |
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Aris Katsaris wrote:
> > Tuor slew 5 Belroeg and survived all those encounters. He was
> > definitely a Man.
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> That was back when Balrogs came in the hundreds and
> thousands. Later in life Tolkien decided that there must
> have only ever been around 7 Barlogs maximum.
yes, they used to be frightfully .. common.
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| Re: Winged Balrog in deep chasm of Khazad-Dûm [no tr0ll] [message #265436 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 23:36 |
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Count Menelvagor wrote:
> Aris Katsaris wrote:
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>>>Tuor slew 5 Belroeg and survived all those encounters. He was
>>>definitely a Man.
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>>That was back when Balrogs came in the hundreds and
>>thousands. Later in life Tolkien decided that there must
>>have only ever been around 7 Barlogs maximum.
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> yes, they used to be frightfully .. common.
They did indeed grow on trees.
Morgil
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| Re: Winged Balrog in deep chasm of Khazad-Dûm [no tr0ll] [message #265444 ] |
Sa, 13 Mai 2006 03:56 |
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Morgil wrote:
> Count Menelvagor wrote:
> > Aris Katsaris wrote:
> >
> >>>Tuor slew 5 Belroeg and survived all those encounters. He was
> >>>definitely a Man.
> >>
> >>That was back when Balrogs came in the hundreds and
> >>thousands. Later in life Tolkien decided that there must
> >>have only ever been around 7 Barlogs maximum.
> >
> >
> > yes, they used to be frightfully .. common.
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> They did indeed grow on trees.
and in the process created some hardcore deserts.
they were also responsible for a few mass extinctions. mind you, they
wiped out species far more eleantly than humans do.
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