ecthelion vs glorfindel

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by mark12_30

I wonder: would he have come up with some sort of "Lesser Balrog" order, and left Seven Balrog Captains in command over numerous, lesser Ensign Balrogs; perhaps renaming the Ensign Balrogs to something less impressive.

Perhaps it reminds me of the spiders. There is Ungoliant; and Shelob; and there are Lesser Spiders, that make the southern borders of Dorthonion a nasty place, and Mirkwood too, later.

Of course this is all rambling and unsupported whimsy on my part.

Well, it actually reminds of the children of the Valar becoming Maiar. So maybe you could get even lower-level Ainu.