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Galin · 08-23-2020, 11:45 AM

Going by BOLT one could say Ecthelion's Balrog plummeted into the fountain with a helmet spike in his rogly body

. . . but in a late text Tolkien wrote that the duel with Glorfindel and "the Demon" may need revision, so who knows.

08-23-2020, 11:45 AM	#35
Galin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,031	Going by BOLT one could say Ecthelion's Balrog plummeted into the fountain with a helmet spike in his rogly body . . . but in a late text Tolkien wrote that the duel with Glorfindel and "the Demon" may need revision, so who knows. Last edited by Galin; 08-23-2020 at 01:33 PM.