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Yes I do take your point on Tolkien being affected by the horrors of The War, and surely anyone surving that horror was changed in some way or another. During the mid 70s when I joined the Army, I got the chance to visit some of our veterens at The Royal Hospital (Chelsea). What struck me most, was the humour of the old fellows. There is a common bond that bridges generations within the Military family, I spent 24yrs surviving a few horrors myself, and have been affected. So yes Tolkiens story becomes more dark after the war, yet as he got older look at the humour within LotR. I think the stories were already there, because he had read versions of them all his life. The Balrog existed in the form of Surt, as the Valar are in the forms of Hephaistos/Aule or Demeter/Yavanna and Artemis/Nessa. All the source material to Sub-Create is already there like Fenrir/Carcharoth or even Atlantis/Atalante, but if I where looking for the origins of the Balrog, I know that starting with the Edda`s would be a dead Surt.
I hope you know some good restaurants in Brum.
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