Who Am I?

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

My actions lead to the death of exactly twelve people.


(This is one of my tricky ones, where the clue isn't what it seems at first glance)

How large was Turin's outlaw band? Anyone know?

Wait, or is this circling back to Beren and Barahir again?

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Why was Gandalf so surprised to find one there? Catastrophic hole in his knowledge!

Now there's an interesting question. My best answer is that everyone thinks of Balrogs as creatures of fire first; notably, Gandalf and Legolas only recognise Durin's Bane when it steps through the fire and catches alight. If Dain saw it in Shadow form, then he could have shared everything with Gandalf and still not tipped him off. (Evil shadow creatures are probably a tharni a dozen in Middle-earth.)

hS