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Re: Of Bombadillos and Balrogs
Hi all,
I saw this discussion about the Balrog wings and I checked for some info in LoTR and it says (free swedish translation): "Slowly it walked across the bridge, until it suddenly raised itself to a great height with wings, which spanned from wall to wall.."
So the Balrogs had wings, and if they spanned from wall to wall they must have been huge, which makes me believe they could have been able to fly, a slow, not very gracious flight it must have been tho.
Halbarad wrote:
"...Anyway, if the Balrog had wings it could have flown out of the chasm (which was plenty wide enough for it to spread its wings no matter how large)"
In my first quote from LoTR it is said that the wings were very large, from wall to wall, how could it fly once it had fallen into the chasm then?
"Drop the whip and fly out- the chasm was very very deep so plenty of time to fly on out of there...sorry, just a new thought that came to me."
Well, as I imagine the balrog and Gandalf were pretty entangled and I wouldnt believe it could have flown out even if it had been able to spread it wings.
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