Ecthelion vs 100 trolls??? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Olorin_TLA · 05-05-2004, 08:19 AM

Yep, quite a few were killed. BUT: when Tolkien wrote this, Balrogs were different from the one in LotR, because they weren't as powerful, as they weren't Maia. Later Tolkein said that there would be only 3 or 7, at most, Balrogs, becuase if you had armies of them, as there were in BoLT, and they were as powerful as the Balrog of Moria, then they would taken over the world.

05-05-2004, 08:19 AM	#10
Olorin_TLA Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gardens of Lórien, Valinor. Posts: 420	Yep, quite a few were killed. BUT: when Tolkien wrote this, Balrogs were different from the one in LotR, because they weren't as powerful, as they weren't Maia. Later Tolkein said that there would be only 3 or 7, at most, Balrogs, becuase if you had armies of them, as there were in BoLT, and they were as powerful as the Balrog of Moria, then they would taken over the world. __________________ "For I am Olórin! And Olórin means me!" ELENDIL! - Join "Forth Tolkiengas!"