tactical discussion, countering balrogs

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Originally Posted by Celebaglar

What reason had the maia to be fighting the balrogs, the noldor were not suited, they just came across the noldor.

Celebaglar brings up a good point: fire-retardant suits are absolutely necessary. This, as Tolkien points out, was why the Elves were able to bring down so many in The Fall of Gondolin. Gondolin was the center of all fire-retardant suit manufacturing, however, so once it fell there was no longer an abundance of this special Elven armor. I believe Rog's chestpiece had a name, but it's not coming to me at the moment. Maybe someone else remembers.