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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
I like the idea of a Dragonfly Balrog. Especially a clumsy one who couldn't control his wings.
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Well, Tolkien never said its shadow only had TWO wings...
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Thinking about it, we're more or less told how all the speaking peoples *except* hobbits came into being. (Although I don't recall reading how the race of men began, either).
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Originally Posted by Urwen
Men and Elves were both sung into existence by Iluvatar, I believe.
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Yah that. Gilfanon's Tale in BoLT would have gone into detail on the awakening of Men, but Tolkien never finished it.
Hobbits are said, I think, to be derived Men, like Petty-dwarves are from dwarves. Though I can't help entertaining the notion that they're actually cross-breed with dwarves, or perhaps with the Druedain/Woses. (Whether we have to take the rumours of Fallohide elvish ancestry as canon is an exciting question!)
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
IThe star MORWINYON?
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Oh, yeah, password.
No, not Morwinyon; younger than that. The answer was made by elves, and the clue, with the king and name stuff, still applies.
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