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Fell Shade · 01-14-2002, 04:40 PM

I'm somewhat confused. I had thought that the great powers diminished over the ages, until, by the third age, the great foe was a highly diminished Sauron(highly diminished because he did not have his ring, but diminished nonetheless.) His greatest foes, the istari, were diminished in form by choice. So, how did the balrogs become more powerful after such falls from power as occured before?

Perhaps I'm way off base here, I just thought the great powers at play in middle earth were much less in power than in past ages.

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01-14-2002, 04:40 PM	#1
Fell Shade Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 13	I'm somewhat confused. I had thought that the great powers diminished over the ages, until, by the third age, the great foe was a highly diminished Sauron(highly diminished because he did not have his ring, but diminished nonetheless.) His greatest foes, the istari, were diminished in form by choice. So, how did the balrogs become more powerful after such falls from power as occured before? Perhaps I'm way off base here, I just thought the great powers at play in middle earth were much less in power than in past ages.