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Rinurion · 05-01-2002, 04:21 AM

Hmmm, this thread is really loving the new theme [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Ok, from what i have seen on this thread and read myself, i would have to say that a one on one match, dragon against balrog, a dragon would come out on top.
1. Dragons are bigger. (i am looking foward to the debate on this one [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]). A balrog is not all that much bigger than a troll... they cant be. they can get down the corridors built by the dwarves. dragons do not fit down these corridors... as an example i use smaug... he couldnt chase biblo up the corridor, and had to use the the top of the mountain exit. the balrog in moria made his way through a maze of corridors... which makes him a LOT smaller.

2. the only cases of dragons being killed stated by tolkien are when somone has suprised them or shot them with an arrow. i dont see balrogs carrying bows, nor sneaking up on someone. and as for the case of turin and glaurung... i somehow thing a dragon would take a blarog seriously. the balrog would have to engage the dragon in hand to hand combat... and a dragon, as a said, is much, much bigger. three words... BIG CRUSHING JAWS.

3. Balrogs may have done more than dragons, but there were MORE of them. a host of them in fact. although 3 to seven dragons seems far too small, i doubt there were ever more than 50 of them. oh, and as for the list of people who have killed a balrog... maybe they were simply smart enough not to mess with a dragon.

hmmm... that will do for now... go dragons!

05-01-2002, 04:21 AM	#10
Rinurion Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NZ, the home of middle earth Posts: 36	Hmmm, this thread is really loving the new theme [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Ok, from what i have seen on this thread and read myself, i would have to say that a one on one match, dragon against balrog, a dragon would come out on top. 1. Dragons are bigger. (i am looking foward to the debate on this one [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]). A balrog is not all that much bigger than a troll... they cant be. they can get down the corridors built by the dwarves. dragons do not fit down these corridors... as an example i use smaug... he couldnt chase biblo up the corridor, and had to use the the top of the mountain exit. the balrog in moria made his way through a maze of corridors... which makes him a LOT smaller. 2. the only cases of dragons being killed stated by tolkien are when somone has suprised them or shot them with an arrow. i dont see balrogs carrying bows, nor sneaking up on someone. and as for the case of turin and glaurung... i somehow thing a dragon would take a blarog seriously. the balrog would have to engage the dragon in hand to hand combat... and a dragon, as a said, is much, much bigger. three words... BIG CRUSHING JAWS. 3. Balrogs may have done more than dragons, but there were MORE of them. a host of them in fact. although 3 to seven dragons seems far too small, i doubt there were ever more than 50 of them. oh, and as for the list of people who have killed a balrog... maybe they were simply smart enough not to mess with a dragon. hmmm... that will do for now... go dragons! __________________ But long ago he rode away, and where he dwelleth none can say, for into darkness fell his star, in Mordor where the shadows are.