Were Balrogs winged? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Glornan · 06-29-2001, 06:46 AM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: No problem...

I don't think they could shapeshift easily. I mean, all maiar/valar had to form some sort of body to be able to do stuff in ME, so they were no longer shapeless spirits. It appears that only higher, stronger, more powerful Ainur could easily shapeshift (e.g. Melkor,Sauron), and even then they could lose that ability (e.g. Sauron at the end of Numenor). So, once all the Balrogs had made themselves a body, it couldn't be changed, unless because of a wound of course.

By the way, is there any passage in the books that all the Balrogs were the same? I mean, couldn't they all have made a different body?

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06-29-2001, 06:46 AM	#11
Glornan Animated Skeleton Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 29	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Haunting Spirit Posts: 58</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: No problem... I don't think they could shapeshift easily. I mean, all maiar/valar had to form some sort of body to be able to do stuff in ME, so they were no longer shapeless spirits. It appears that only higher, stronger, more powerful Ainur could easily shapeshift (e.g. Melkor,Sauron), and even then they could lose that ability (e.g. Sauron at the end of Numenor). So, once all the Balrogs had made themselves a body, it couldn't be changed, unless because of a wound of course. By the way, is there any passage in the books that all the Balrogs were the same? I mean, couldn't they all have made a different body? Glornan, Feeling sigless</p>