Since we don't know how many Dragons there are it would be tough to judge. There is a note that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that said that no more than 3 or 7 Balrogs had ever existed. I think that Obloquy has just about convinced me to accept the note as Tolkien's latest intentions and therefore the truth. Although I'm still thinking about it and am not sure. I had previously contented that because the note was not published and since the numbers 3 or 7 never appear anywhere else, that Tolkien was planning to drastically reduce the thousands of Balrogs that existed in his earlier writings, but not to 7, and certainly not to 3. The fact that Tolkien made such a drastic reduction further supports the theory that Balrogs are stronger than Dragons.
[ March 06, 2002: Message edited by: Thingol ]
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Yet the lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.
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