Balrogs: How large are they?

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 10-11-2002, 12:38 PM

Couldn't the Balrog have had a larger then Man sized structure? It seems as though the Balrog was capable of useing maybe the power of illusion with darkness, but yet it was a impentetrable thing. The battle with Fingon makes me think this.

"Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, High Captain of Angband was come, and he drove a dark wedge between the Elven hosts surrounding King Fingon, and thrusting Turgon and Hurin aside toward the Fen of Serech."

So it seems that they remain the same size but manipulate darkness.

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10-11-2002, 12:38 PM	#21
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	Couldn't the Balrog have had a larger then Man sized structure? It seems as though the Balrog was capable of useing maybe the power of illusion with darkness, but yet it was a impentetrable thing. The battle with Fingon makes me think this. "Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, High Captain of Angband was come, and he drove a dark wedge between the Elven hosts surrounding King Fingon, and thrusting Turgon and Hurin aside toward the Fen of Serech." So it seems that they remain the same size but manipulate darkness.