Do Balrogs Have Wings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lord Halsar · 01-03-2008, 09:02 PM

Forgive me if this has already been presented, but I recently found this little bit of information in the RotK appendix A.
"Thus they roused from sleep a thing of terror that, flying from Thangorodrim, had lain hidden at the foundations of the earth since the coming of the Host of the West: a Balrog of Morgoth."
Whether this is like Gandalf's use of the word meaning to flee or retreat, or if it truly does mean to fly, I do not know.

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01-03-2008, 09:02 PM	#23
Lord Halsar Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 'Round the corner, down the well, passed the Balrog, straight to HELL! Posts: 77	Forgive me if this has already been presented, but I recently found this little bit of information in the RotK appendix A. "Thus they roused from sleep a thing of terror that, flying from Thangorodrim, had lain hidden at the foundations of the earth since the coming of the Host of the West: a Balrog of Morgoth." Whether this is like Gandalf's use of the word meaning to flee or retreat, or if it truly does mean to fly, I do not know. __________________ My time is at an end, for I have walked from Valinor to the Far-east where men have not gone for millennia. Demons have fallen before me. And now... I must rest...