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At last!

sador
Half-elven


Aug 20 2013, 2:12pm


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At last! [In reply to] Can't Post
Thank you for the excellent job you're doing! And my apologies for taking so long.

Dragons are present in ME, after the destruction of Angband.
Well, I expect they could have fled - after all, some could fly by all accounts.
However, it is said in "later" works that the dragons did multiply, didn't they? Perhaps only two, one male and one female, escaped - but that was enough...

I have always suspected that somehow Sauron knew the secrets of the "dragon project", and was able to assist them in multiplying. It is also noteworthy that in the Third Age a variety of dragons is known - not just the unwinged and improved, winged, models, but also cold-drakes, dragons without any fire! To say nothing of the Fell Beasts of the Nazgul, which seem to distantly connected...

Balrogs, more than one was said to have escaped.
I didn't remember that! Is it?

This is odd, especially in view of Tolkien's statement I've cited in a recent thread thjat no more than five or seven are supposed to have ever existed. Five? Lemme count... two at least were killed in Gondolin, more than one escaped, so only one Balrog was destroyed! This contradicts Tolkien's statement in the previous chapter, doesn't it?

But even if we ignore this statement, and assume that there were originally seven such fellows - what was Eonwe doing, destroying only four out of the five? Isn't that a sloppy job of him?

What have they been doing all this time?
(Or ARE they doing? These earthquakes are a pretty sordid business!!)
Well, I have to link to an old post by Beren IV (another long-missed fellow of the RR circle, which I did have the pleasure to debate with). Your last statement just rang a bell.
Enjoy!

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Silmarillion Chapter Discussion: Akallabeth (Downfall of Numenor) Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 18 2013, 2:47am
    A few points Hamfast Gamgee Send a private message to Hamfast Gamgee Aug 18 2013, 12:54pm
        I had the (possibly wrong) impression... Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 18 2013, 1:03pm
            Rather depends upon what type of power you mean! Hamfast Gamgee Send a private message to Hamfast Gamgee Aug 18 2013, 1:09pm
                I thought that I read somewhere.... Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 18 2013, 4:52pm
                    Dunedain CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 28 2013, 12:27pm
    I like your approach! Half-Elven, and Religion arithmancer Send a private message to arithmancer Aug 18 2013, 4:21pm
        Thanks, and thoughts... Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 18 2013, 5:29pm
            Old Testament arithmancer Send a private message to arithmancer Aug 18 2013, 6:20pm
                Definitely Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 18 2013, 6:37pm
                    Tinkering with religion CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 28 2013, 12:38pm
                Just to throw another idea into the mix Riven Delve Send a private message to Riven Delve Aug 21 2013, 6:39pm
                    Just a vague idea Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 21 2013, 6:45pm
                    Some possibilities CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 28 2013, 11:59am
    As this discussion has seemed to have 'died'... Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 19 2013, 9:35pm
    Loose ends Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 19 2013, 9:44pm
        At last! sador Send a private message to sador Aug 20 2013, 2:12pm
            Missed citations added, with a thought on dragons Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 20 2013, 2:44pm
            Number of Balrogs Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 20 2013, 3:26pm
    Sauron Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 19 2013, 9:57pm
        Did Sauron actually do the world a favour Hamfast Gamgee Send a private message to Hamfast Gamgee Aug 19 2013, 11:05pm
            Hmm... Counter-factuals can get messy.. Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 19 2013, 11:51pm
            Sauron did Sauron a favor squire Send a private message to squire Aug 20 2013, 12:11am
                I agree Hamfast Gamgee Send a private message to Hamfast Gamgee Aug 21 2013, 8:31am
                    Political partition Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 21 2013, 4:32pm
        Short answers sador Send a private message to sador Aug 20 2013, 2:26pm
            Not angling for power, with no desire for upward mobility? Brainwashed? Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 20 2013, 3:17pm
                Beaten by a girl... squire Send a private message to squire Aug 20 2013, 5:12pm
                I'm not sure what's worse CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 27 2013, 8:51pm
                    Heh! Meneldor Send a private message to Meneldor Aug 27 2013, 10:21pm
                        Sounds like you fought with Eowyn, lol. // CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 28 2013, 12:00pm
                            Eowyn? Meneldor Send a private message to Meneldor Aug 28 2013, 4:14pm
                Brainwashing CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 28 2013, 12:19pm
    The rings Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 19 2013, 10:16pm
    What happened to the Ring? Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 20 2013, 8:10pm
        He had it... Brethil Send a private message to Brethil Aug 21 2013, 2:01am
    My replies to your great questions! Brethil Send a private message to Brethil Aug 21 2013, 1:54am
        Elf envy CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 29 2013, 4:58pm
            Numenor and random Wraiths Brethil Send a private message to Brethil Aug 29 2013, 5:48pm
                Non-omniscient gods CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 29 2013, 6:26pm
                    Indeed Darkstone Send a private message to Darkstone Aug 29 2013, 6:41pm
                        A stark contrast to Eru CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 29 2013, 7:00pm
            Recipe for a wraith-- Step one: find the subject to be wraith-ified Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 29 2013, 8:23pm
                Job opening: gain awesome powers, live forever, wear cool black, ride big bird-things CuriousG Send a private message to CuriousG Aug 29 2013, 9:46pm
                    So what would the first day on the job look like? Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Aug 30 2013, 8:16pm

 
 
 

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