Dragons vs. Balrogs?

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But then what would they be?

A hybrid of some sort, like I said. The point is that they are beings who can't 'exist' (in the way that true ealar exist) in a disembodied state.

I don't think that this means that the spirit would be any weaker, since there was no dilution.

Maybe not. I already conceded this point in an earlier post:

Though that does not mean they could not potentially be as powerful as a true Maia, or born with supernatural abilities.

But breeding with beasts may be more of a 'negative' than just a 'zero', if you catch my meaning. I don't expect you to accept that as a point of argument, though. It's just one more possible explanation regarding something we know very little of.

I wonder if even the admins have gotten bored and are no longer bothering to read it

I know Sharku doesn't bother reading my Balrog babble. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]