Gandalf’s speech to the Balrog

[InklingElf]

You're cool Dain [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] .

I don't think PJ forgot about the Ring of Fire......Maybe it might be in ROTK?

About Feanor vs. Balrogs, and Gandalf vs. Balrog as well: Maiar (and even Valar) are much closer in power to elves and men than we tend to think (at least, physical, fighting power). At least, no-one ('cept maybe Eru) can "snap his fingers and make someone disappear" in an omnipotent sort of way. I mean, Fingolfin fights Morgoth and wounds him and resists his strength pretty impressively. But then, Fingolfin is a bad mother... for an elf.

Quite true.