I can't support this with passages from the book, seeing as I don't have it with me right now, but for some reason I remember always seeing the Balrog mentally as being quite large, and with wings. I'm not sure where I got that, as you guys probably know there's not deliberate mention of wings in the book. However, I agree with an earlier statement speculating that maybe the Balrogs could change their size and/or appearance at whim, kind of like Sauron.(Sauron took on the form of the gift-lord, presenting the rings of power to the peoples of middle-earth) I agree, there is a lot of evidence saying that they were man-sized in nature, but maybe the Moria Balrog took the large shape to intimidate the massive army of orcs that happened to inhabit Moria at the same time?
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03-14-2003, 09:46 AM
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