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HerenIstarion · 12-02-2002, 06:19 AM

In ages past Saulotus presented me with a piece of his thinking, were he argued upon 2 kinds of balrogs being in existence, one of those being ealar corrupted before arda (those who's number was 3 to 7), and another kind - 'created' by Morgoth using some existing life form of Arda, which was animated by direct investmemnt of his will (cf beast orks).

In case one agrees with the theory (and I did), I suppose linguistic difficulties may be eliminated by using capital B for ealar (or Umaiar) Balrogs and small b for the rest (something like: 7 Balrogs and great host of balrogs appeared)

[ December 02, 2002: Message edited by: HerenIstarion ]

12-02-2002, 06:19 AM	#7
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	In ages past Saulotus presented me with a piece of his thinking, were he argued upon 2 kinds of balrogs being in existence, one of those being ealar corrupted before arda (those who's number was 3 to 7), and another kind - 'created' by Morgoth using some existing life form of Arda, which was animated by direct investmemnt of his will (cf beast orks). In case one agrees with the theory (and I did), I suppose linguistic difficulties may be eliminated by using capital B for ealar (or Umaiar) Balrogs and small b for the rest (something like: 7 Balrogs and great host of balrogs appeared) [ December 02, 2002: Message edited by: HerenIstarion ] __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!