The Balrog

[Tuor in Gondolin]

Originally posted by Boo Radley
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Originally Posted by Tuor in Gondolin
My impression is that Gandalf's observation referred to lighting the wood on Caradhras (where it probably did not alert anyone to his presence).


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'If there are any to see, then I at least am revealed to them,'
he said. 'I have written Gandalf is here in signs that
all can read from Rivendell to the mouths of Anduin."


That's what I was referring to. And as for not alerting anyone to his presence, why do you say that? As far as I'm concerned, anyone (or thing) with any kind of ability to sense the power he used to light the fire would have known where he was.
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It's a matter of inference. Caradhras was acting as an independent evil force (like Old Man Willow) before Gandalf lit the fire. And the Watcher went for Frodo, not Gandalf. In Moria tthere was no hint of their being discovered by anyone but Gandalf before that fool of a took stirred things up. It's only in the movie that anyone (Saruman) is definitely aware of the Fellowship's actions before they enter Moria.
Note the conditional "if" in Gandalf's comment, and that it was lit during a snowstorm.