Timeline for How could Gandalf beat the Balrog?
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| Sep 6, 2022 at 5:28 | comment | added | EvilSnack | It's not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog. | |
| Mar 14, 2017 at 23:39 | history | edited | Edlothiad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2017 at 23:38 | history | edited | Rand al'Thor♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 12, 2017 at 15:37 | history | edited | Edlothiad |
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| Dec 1, 2016 at 22:26 | comment | added | Möoz | Also related: Why was Gandalf afraid of the Balrog of Morgoth? and Was Gandalf's fight against Balrog a violation of “Inspire but don't fight instead of Men” rule? | |
| Aug 28, 2015 at 15:20 | answer | added | user001 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 13:03 | vote | accept | user47865 | ||
| Jul 6, 2015 at 20:11 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | @user47865 - Everything that happens in Tolkien's books happens by the will of Eru. It is likely that Gandalf was with the Fellowship specifically to face and defeat the Balrog, because that's what Eru wanted to happen. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 17:55 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 6, 2015 at 17:40 | comment | added | eirikdaude | possible duplicate of Is Gandalf the Gray's power actually limited or did he merely promise to not use it?, specifically, this quote seems to answer it "Gandalf has exactly the same intimidating presence as the Balrog, is quite prepared to use it where necessary, and is clearly not under any restrictions - even as Gandalf the Grey - that prevent him from doing so." | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 17:31 | comment | added | user46509 | @Hoffmann Gandalf was sent back by Eru, not the Valar. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 17:04 | comment | added | TGnat | Thematically speaking, killing a Balrog always involved self-sacrifice. Gandalf, Glorfinel and Ecthelion all gave their lives defeating a Balrog to help others. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 16:01 | comment | added | Hoffmann | I always assumed that while fighting the balrog Gandalf shed his human body (or the balrog killed it) and went full ainur on his ass. Without a body gandalf was forced back to Aman, there they deemed his job was not done yet and he was given a new body (or his old body was restored) and sent back to Middle-earth. That is all my interpretation though. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 15:28 | comment | added | user46509 | Ecthelion (an elf) killed a Balrog, as did Glorfindel. They were powerful, but not all consuming. | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 14:56 | answer | added | jokeSlayer94 | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 14:32 | answer | added | BBlake | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 14:25 | comment | added | user47865 | Oh, silly me, i forgot. That could be the missing point | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 14:22 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 6, 2015 at 14:21 | comment | added | Himarm | he did have ring of fire, captainplanet.wikia.com/wiki/Wheeler | |
| Jul 6, 2015 at 14:17 | history | asked | user47865 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |