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Mithalwen · 07-23-2011, 03:32 AM

They might... in lakes of fire... and it was more the directional qualities than the medium that was the issue...

Inziladun · 07-23-2011, 07:51 AM

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They might... in lakes of fire... and it was more the directional qualities than the medium that was the issue...

Negative. For directional control underwater they'd need some sort of fins at the back end, wouldn't they? Er...never mind.

Mithalwen · 07-23-2011, 08:34 AM

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Negative. For directional control underwater they'd need some sort of fins at the back end, wouldn't they? Er...never mind.

Are you suggesting penguins have fins on that logic? I think we know that at least one Finn has penguins...

Inziladun · 07-23-2011, 08:56 AM

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Are you suggesting penguins have fins on that logic? I think we know that at least one Finn has penguins...

You've just proven my case. Penguins and Finns have a known affinity. Finns and Balrogs? Not so much.

Mithalwen · 07-23-2011, 09:14 AM

After my experience of some Werewolf games I don't think that holds water. Besides the Finns invented saunas. They must be creatures of fire.

Inziladun · 07-23-2011, 01:02 PM

When I think on it, maybe Balrogs having wings isn't so far fetched. After all, Band On the Run was a pretty good song.

Mithalwen · 07-23-2011, 01:38 PM

But Mull of Kintyre was dreadful (we are showing our age dreadfully Inzi darling). I will argue the toss indefinitely that Balrogs had wings conceding only that they might be of shadow and not enable flight... but bagpipes are truly the work of Melkor* save that for love of Tevildo he would not so torture a cat,

*I'll make and exception for Highland Cathedral music which stirs the soul even for one such as I with not a drop of Scots blood.

Eruhen · 07-23-2011, 05:21 PM

WHAT?! Bagpipes the work of the Morgoth?! What blasphemy! Bagpipes are the purest expression of the Music this side of the Dagor Dagorath!

And, Balrogs must have been able to swim. Remember in TTT when everyone's favorite Istar says that he and the Balrog of Moria 'plunged into deep water' after they fell?

QED. And shenanigans on anyone who says otherwise.

Archaic Elf · 07-23-2011, 11:57 PM

*Disclaimer: Don't consume energy drinks. Drink something healthy instead. Water.
**All apologies to John Howe.

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I think it does say and wings are cool. Why wouldn't they have them?

I think we have a winner.

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So, what happens when the UAMB and MUBA inevitably merge and form one group? Will the balrogs develop a personality crisis? Or is there actually two species of balrog, Valarauko ráma and Valarauko carnë.

It doesn't really matter what they do in the end. The United Association of Dragons have the patent on flight. The balrogs can masquerade all they want in their little wings.

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And, Balrogs must have been able to swim. Remember in TTT when everyone's favorite Istar says that he and the Balrog of Moria 'plunged into deep water' after they fell?

QED. And shenanigans on anyone who says otherwise.

Is this your way of saying those wings are just fins? As if. But yes they can swim.

Mithalwen · 07-24-2011, 03:06 AM

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WHAT?! Bagpipes the work of the Morgoth?! What blasphemy! Bagpipes are the purest expression of the Music this side of the Dagor Dagorath!

No that would be Bach.

Archaic Elf - that might be it - personally I think Red Bull is orc draught but this may explain why they don't try to fly so much :http://youtu.be/vOBKA9q_DWU

Galadriel55 · 07-24-2011, 04:56 PM

Red Bull? Bullsh..!... erm, ah, umm, yes. Right. That's for cows, not Balrogs or ballrogs or ballroughs or even bullfrogs... even though the latter might fancy themselves suitable for that drink....

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*Pouts* They might be able to glide...

...off the top of Zirakzigil... ?

Mithalwen · 07-26-2011, 12:16 AM

That ended up being more of a plummet but he had been hewn and was possibly also still water logged - bursting into flame again may not have been enough to render wings useful in air so soon after water..think of all that steam.... I think there is failure in balrog waterproofing that may have been identified here...

07-23-2011, 03:32 AM	#41
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	They might... in lakes of fire... and it was more the directional qualities than the medium that was the issue... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-23-2011, 09:14 AM	#45
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	After my experience of some Werewolf games I don't think that holds water. Besides the Finns invented saunas. They must be creatures of fire. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-23-2011, 01:02 PM	#46
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,036	When I think on it, maybe Balrogs having wings isn't so far fetched. After all, Band On the Run was a pretty good song. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

07-23-2011, 01:38 PM	#47
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	But Mull of Kintyre was dreadful (we are showing our age dreadfully Inzi darling). I will argue the toss indefinitely that Balrogs had wings conceding only that they might be of shadow and not enable flight... but bagpipes are truly the work of Melkor* save that for love of Tevildo he would not so torture a cat, *I'll make and exception for Highland Cathedral music which stirs the soul even for one such as I with not a drop of Scots blood. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

07-23-2011, 05:21 PM	#48
Eruhen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: At the Mountains of Madness Posts: 399	WHAT?! Bagpipes the work of the Morgoth?! What blasphemy! Bagpipes are the purest expression of the Music this side of the Dagor Dagorath! And, Balrogs must have been able to swim. Remember in TTT when everyone's favorite Istar says that he and the Balrog of Moria 'plunged into deep water' after they fell? QED. And shenanigans on anyone who says otherwise. __________________ Agannâlô burôda nênud; zâira nênud. Adûn izindi batân tâidô ayadda: îdô kâtha batîna lôkhî. Êphalak îdôn Yôzâyan. Êphal êphalak îdôn hi-Akallabêth.

07-26-2011, 12:16 AM	#52
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	That ended up being more of a plummet but he had been hewn and was possibly also still water logged - bursting into flame again may not have been enough to render wings useful in air so soon after water..think of all that steam.... I think there is failure in balrog waterproofing that may have been identified here... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace