Balrog size

[Kuruharan]

I don't think Morogoth would be worried about the size of his minions. After all power does'nt necessarily mean size. He had dragons helping too, and I'm sure they were much larger than him.

That is an excellent point! I was having a total brain spasm and forgetting about dragons! {hits self in the head, wake up Kuruharan}

Couldn't the Balrog's shadow have been enormous, say 50 feet, and his actual pysical body only 8-10 feet?

Absolutely. But I was just talking about his physical body. I think that an observer would be able to tell the difference between the actual body and the shadow. I think that the body would look more substantial, if you understand me. And about the balrog living in Moria if he was so huge, as I said in a rather garbled fashion before, I just find it very implausible that the balrog would have lived for centuries in a place where he could only move around in the largest of the passages and halls.

Even if Ungoliant was 20ft.(as you say, I disagree, I would think more about 30), then why would she run from several man-sized horny dudes with a little firey whips.

Because she was outnumbered 8-1 and they were all coming from different directions at once. It's hard to fight against 3-1 odds, much harder to fight against 8-1. Although I don't think that Balrogs were mearly man sized. I think that 12-15 ft. is a reasonable guess, but I do think that Ungoliant was much larger than them by that point. Even as powerful as she was, I don't think that she could cope with the numbers facing her.

Mister Underhill-I was beginning to wonder how long it would be before somebody brought up the deadly B-wings question.
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[ February 05, 2002: Message edited by: Kuruharan ]