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Old 01-08-2002, 11:16 PM   #12
Tar Elenion
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Originally posted by Elrian:
<STRONG>If there were any that remained they were still buried deep and undisturbed, like the Moria Balrog had until he was disturbed in TA 1980. There may have been other Dragons too, if there were they kept a low profile as well. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]</STRONG>

According to JRRT in Letter 145: "[The Balrogs] were supposed to have been all destroyed in the overthrow of Thangorodrim... But it is here found (...)that one had escaped and taken refuge under the mountains of Hithaeglin...". Only _one_ Balrog escaped from the War of Wrath.
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