Interesting discussion. Has anyone noticed, by the way, all the references to fire and Gandalf? He speaks of being "a servant of the secret fire", etc. He bears the Ring of Fire and he does fireworks for fun. And he smokes! (g) Fire seems to be his element and it's a nice touch that he should fall in battle with a fire spirit of the negative sort (can't call the Balrog a demon, exactly, since they're Maiar, of course!)
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