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Originally Posted by Essex
but what of the rest? Can we take a character's opinion to be Cannon? I don't think so......
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Yes, we can, if it is agreeable that the character is an honest, reliable & symbolic creature representing good. If you can't trust Gandalf, then who else can you trust? My own opinion is that Gandalf was the voice of Tolkein himself, a character there to clarify anything the audience did not understand. Indeed Gandalf was the chief of Good, Sauron the opposite.
Gandalf made the claim of being the most dangerous opponent after Sauron on the basis of defeating a Balrog, & through his enhanced powers after his resurrection, so he is a proven force. The Witch King, however, is not proven in combat at the highest level. In previous encounters with Gandalf & Aragorn he has failed, & he did not fancy a duel with Glorfindel either. So there is nothing to measure the power of the Witch King against.
Does anyone know if Mordor had news of Gandalf defeating the Balrog? The Witch King obviously seemed not to have known.