The Problem of Rog

[lindil]

My last opine on the matter:

Findegil, I can understand not wanting to lose a serious chunk of text due to an outdated word, but from the start, the goal with the FOG was to keep in as much as could be adapted to the canon - and eliminate that which can not.

I can think of no clearer case of something that siomply can not truly fit in a post LotR Silm.

As I am in the obvious minority I sill say no more. the circumflex over the 'o' is seemingly a little better, if the majority feels Rog must be included no matter what the cost of the strain of canonicity.


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an addendum:

great to see you here Mithadan!

unfortunately I must beg to differ with you on the footnote possibility.

It seems to me that the addition of a footnote about the "loss" of the name for the captain of the host of the Hammer of Wrath is as much a "fan fiction" as making up a new name is.

As I see it, the name was lost. The legendarium and the languages in particular evolved, and Rog did not. His name [not to mention the hordes of Balrogs] is a fossil imbedded in an archaic text.

So as I see it, the story, and Rog's name, survived into Q30. The surrounding Legendarium and languages shifted and changed leaving Rog's company fifhting an enemy 'host' that could no longer exist, and captained by an Elf with a name that could not be [as anything other than a nickname].

We all want to keep as much as possible, and I can see bending so much as to keep 1 balrog
being slain by Rog and co. [though it is dubious] but to me the name is the straw that should break the camel's back. Rog and his conmpany I am know thinking should go. There is just to much 'editing' needed at every turn, capped off with the name that CJRT is 100% confident [which as HoM-E foot note/Commentary readers no is a pretty rare assertion] Rog would not have made the cut.

I have repeated myself more than enough on this point, and seemingly have won no converts so unless the winds shift in this regard I shall observe Rog and his battle from the sidelines.
Good luck!
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[ September 05, 2003: Message edited by: lindil ]