Legolas and the Balrog - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Selmo · 09-17-2002, 06:40 AM

Hello, Cazoz.
Greetings from another new member.

Balrogs hadn't been seen in Middle Earth since The War of Wrath at the end of the First Age. Legolas wasn't born then.

Although they were rulers of wood-elves (Nandor), Legolas's family were Grey-elves (Sindar) from Doriath. They had met Balrogs, knew they didn't have wings [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] and regarded them as the most fearsome of Morgoth's minions. Legolas would have been brought up on bed-time stories of the heroic deeds of the Old Days, including detailed descriptions of the greatest Elf-bane of them all.

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09-17-2002, 06:40 AM	#2
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	Hello, Cazoz. Greetings from another new member. Balrogs hadn't been seen in Middle Earth since The War of Wrath at the end of the First Age. Legolas wasn't born then. Although they were rulers of wood-elves (Nandor), Legolas's family were Grey-elves (Sindar) from Doriath. They had met Balrogs, knew they didn't have wings [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] and regarded them as the most fearsome of Morgoth's minions. Legolas would have been brought up on bed-time stories of the heroic deeds of the Old Days, including detailed descriptions of the greatest Elf-bane of them all. [ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: Selmo ] [ September 17, 2002: Message edited by: Selmo ]