Collective Nouns of Arda
 

You’ve heard of a “gaggle” of geese, a “sleuth” of bears, a “pride” of lions…

What should we call “a group of Balrogs flying in formation”? :smokin:

Well, we could go closer to the literal spirit:
a dread of Balrogs
a terror of Balrogs
a squadron of Balrogs

Or we could be ironic:
a festival of Balrogs
a charity of Balrogs

Or we could be (British-ly) understated:
an imposition of Balrogs

I created a monster. :D

A flutter of Balrogs

A flame of Balrogs

A chain of Balrogs

A destruction of Balrogs

An Angband of Balrogs

And of course, A bane of Balrogs

A wing of Balrogs, of course!

^Heresy!:eek::D

A wrath of Balrogs
A conflagration of Balrogs
A bonfire of Balrogs

I like an "at most seven" of Balrogs. :D

A metaphorical wing of Balrogs, rather. ;) Clunky and a wee bit confusing, sure, but lore-accurate! (IMHO.) Or we could go with the more conciliatory debatable wing of Balrogs.

An aviary of Balrogs? (Sounds charming!)

Speaking of charming, how about a group of Hobbits?

A fluff of hobbits.

I support a dread of Balrogs.

EDIT: Oh, and before anybody asks, a group of dwarves is called a grumble.

A dinner of Hobbits? A dessert of Hobbit-lads and -lasses?

A smorgasbord of Hobbits!

For Elves, may I propose a snobbery, or perhaps a waft of Elves.

One might be forgiven for thinking you want to eat them...

As to the Elves, what of a Nomenclature of Elves? A Dialect of Elves?

Or, if that's too on-the-nose, how about Dwarves? A quarry of Dwarves?

An Elder of Elves? A Delving of Dwarves?

No, as I already stated, it is a grumble of dwarves. :p

That is pretty appropriate.

And in keeping with the trend, a Banquet of Hobbits. ;)

I am beginning to see the theme of a potential werewolf game coming together here...

My thought exactly.

A gluttony of hobbits.
A silmarillion of elves.

A hobbit of hobbits, of course. ;)

Also, all your devourings of races sound like ASOIAF titles. Perhaps if GRRMartin wrote LOTR...

...it would never have been finished.:p

But everybody would die anyways. :D