10-30-2003, 01:13 PM | #21 |
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As other people have said, the Balrogs became much more powerful in the post-LotR writtings. Of Tuor and The Fall of Gondolin in the published Sil comes from the 1930 Quenta Noldorian, the last version written of The Fall of Gondolin. Who knows how Tolkien would have treated the Balrogs in that story if he ever got to writting it again.
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10-30-2003, 08:10 PM | #23 | |
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Originally posted by matthew
"Lightning? Where did you get that impression?" _________________________________________ Well, there's a somewhat ambiguous passage in LOTR Book Three "The White Rider" that hints at Gandalf's use of lightning: Quote:
Also, was there a storm or did the hypothetical observers see evidence of the Gandalf vs. Balrog fight?
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