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Old 02-19-2001, 10:15 PM   #13
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Re: The ascendence of Gandalf

I don't know whether someone had set the Balrog on Gandalf or it was just an aspect of their evil and a sense that their home had been invaded. In the Silmarillion the Balrog were first named Valaraukar and in Chap. 3 of Quenta Silmarillion, speaking of Melkor: &quot;And in Utumno he gathered his demons about him, those spirits who first adhered to him in the days of his splendour, and became most like him in his corruption: their hearts were of fire but they were cloaked in darkness, and terror went before them; they had whips of flame. Balrogs they were named in Middle-earth in later days.&quot;

This doesn't answer your question but adds a bit to the discussion. It would be in their nature to attack Gandalf.

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