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It seems to me that the addition of a footnote about the "loss" of the name for the captain of the host of the Hammer of Wrath is as much a "fan fiction" as making up a new name is.
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That's true. As I think about it, a footnote seems less and less of an option.
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I agree that "Rog" does not "sound" right. Similarly, the use of a word meaning "demon" might appear to be inappropriate for an Elf. I use the phrase "might appear" purposefully, however.
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I no longer think we need to worry at all about a possible conflict with "demon". Clearly, "Rog" does not come from the same root; also (as jallanite pointed out) the true Sindarin form of the word "demon" would be "rhaug", not "rog". Moreover, the "demon" stem was already in place in BoLT, where "Rog" is in fact the name of the Elf - if there was no conflict there, why should there be now?