Timeline for After Gandalf kills the Balrog of Moria, do any more Balrogs remain in Middle-earth?
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| May 25, 2015 at 12:47 | comment | added | maguirenumber6 | The popular Midde-earth based MMO The Lord of the Rings Online plays on this rumour and has the player discover and subsequently battle one of the "other" Balrogs in an ancient underground chamber in Angmar. I realise the game should not be considered canon, but I thought you might be interested :-) | |
| Nov 8, 2013 at 22:42 | comment | added | dmm | @Jeff: Agree, on both points. As they kill good guys, wouldn't they level up? ;-) Seriously, though, Middle Earth changes, and the powers in it change along with it. By LotR, the elves were waning, the dwarves dwindling away, the ents dying off, etc. No reason that balrogs couldn't also increase or decrease (esp. w/ One Ring being so close). | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 17:43 | comment | added | Jeff | Not all Balrogs are created equal! Also why can't they develop throughout their lives, why can't Sauron have gotten stronger? Are creatures in the Tolkien universe completely set in stone from birth to death with their abilities, strengths and weaknesses? | |
| Mar 15, 2013 at 21:34 | comment | added | user8719 | Doubtful if Gothmog was stronger than Sauron: see HoME X, Myths Transformed, "Orcs" essay: "Melkor had corrupted many spirits - some great, as Sauron, or less so, as Balrogs". | |
| Aug 24, 2012 at 5:33 | comment | added | Nathan C. Tresch | I know that in canon some Balrogs are more powerful than others, also ... Gothmog was the captain of Morgoth;s guard, and stronger than Gorthaur the Cruel(Sauron) at the time, if I recall correctly. | |
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| Aug 23, 2012 at 20:33 | comment | added | NominSim | Yeah I saw that, was just pointing out that it isn't necessarily backed in canon. | |
| Aug 23, 2012 at 20:28 | comment | added | user8252 | I know it was from C.Tolkien, it's in my answer. And yes there is no official number. Yet "thousands" and "armies", as pure canon says, in not compatible with Lotr. | |
| Aug 23, 2012 at 20:26 | comment | added | NominSim | I updated my answer with a reference to an essay on precisely how many Balrog's there were. The seven quote was from Christopher Tolkien, "...in a late note my father said that only very few ever existed - 'at most seven'." Though this isn't backed up in canon, and there are publications of works later than the quote which categorically place the number well over seven. | |
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| Aug 23, 2012 at 19:45 | history | answered | user8252 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |