| Re: Winged Balrog in deep chasm of Khazad-Dûm [no tr0ll] [message #254121] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 17:59 |
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Kristian Damm Jensen wrote:
> chornedsnorkack [at] hushmail.com wrote:
> > 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. ;-)
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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 Belryg in Gondolin and survived all those encounters. And
> > he definitely was a Man. Though eventually he went to Uttermost West
> > and became immortal.
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> Sorry, I had forgotten how much easier Balrogs were to kill in them days.
> And here I am not referring to the first age, but to 1917. :-)
>
> If we turn away from this early account of the Fall of Gondolin, which
> Balrog-killers do we know of? How many survived?
>
Are any examples of Balrog-killing other than Gandalf confirmed after
the Fall of Gondolin?
Well, there is the mention of Belryg destroyed in the War of Wrath. No
mention of any casualties on the part of the victorious Host of the
West...
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