Do Balrogs Have Wings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nilpaurion Felagund · 01-16-2005, 07:38 PM

[Gandalf: ]Long I fell [into the chasm of the Bridge of Khazad-dûm], and [the Balrog] fell with me.

LR III 5

According to Physics, their freefall velocity will increase with a factor of g for every second they fall. So, if I see it correctly, by the time they reach the bottom, they would have enough of a velocity to squash them flatter than a pancake (even if it was water that they hit).

Retardation of freefall due to wings, anyone?

Fordim Hedgethistle · 01-19-2005, 04:16 PM

OK, I'm going to go ahead and call it. According to my fellow BDers:

*drum roll*

Balrogs have wings.

(That may or may not be functional.)

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01-16-2005, 07:38 PM	#1
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01-19-2005, 04:16 PM	#2
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	OK, I'm going to go ahead and call it. According to my fellow BDers: drum roll Balrogs have wings. (That may or may not be functional.) Next Up: "Can orcs repent?" __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.