Of Bombadillos and Balrogs

[Adunakhor]

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Re: Of Bombadillos and Balrogs

Hi all,


I saw this discussion about the Balrog wings and I checked for some info in LoTR and it says (free swedish translation): &quot;Slowly it walked across the bridge, until it suddenly raised itself to a great height with wings, which spanned from wall to wall..&quot;

So the Balrogs had wings, and if they spanned from wall to wall they must have been huge, which makes me believe they could have been able to fly, a slow, not very gracious flight it must have been tho.

Halbarad wrote:
&quot;...Anyway, if the Balrog had wings it could have flown out of the chasm (which was plenty wide enough for it to spread its wings no matter how large)&quot;

In my first quote from LoTR it is said that the wings were very large, from wall to wall, how could it fly once it had fallen into the chasm then?

&quot;Drop the whip and fly out- the chasm was very very deep so plenty of time to fly on out of there...sorry, just a new thought that came to me.&quot;

Well, as I imagine the balrog and Gandalf were pretty entangled and I wouldnt believe it could have flown out even if it had been able to spread it wings.


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