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Victariongreyjoy
Lorien
Jul 18, 3:11pm
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Melkor war against the Valar in The Battle of Powers
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We know orcs was him main conventional force of his army, but I doubt they can fight the gods, unless Morgoth enhanced their weapons so they can hurt the Valar. But what were his other forces? Maybe it was more a spiritual battle? Evil maiar turned into wraiths, phantoms and demons? Were trolls there too?
(This post was edited by Victariongreyjoy on Jul 18, 3:19pm)
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Asger
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Jul 22, 6:31pm
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Well, he had orcs, of course...
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Lots of orcs... and he had at least one Balrog, Trolls galore, Boldogs (giant orcs with Maya-spirits), perverted Mayas of all kinds, armies of men, dragons on the ground and in the air, beasts of many kinds, vampires and bats, werewolves, wargs and wolves. I may have missed some...
"Don't take life seriously, it ain't nohow permanent!" Pogo
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InTheChair
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Aug 7, 7:49pm
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Even a Maiar might have his physical bodily representation poisoned. In theory. And there are snakes and insects that can kill a human of we don't get medical aid in time.
I don't know if the theory is ever tested though. Orcs would likely run away rather than face them. Since they have a measure of rationality. Indeed a great many of them ran away for Orcs to fight another age.
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Victariongreyjoy
Lorien
Aug 7, 10:47pm
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Lots of orcs... and he had at least one Balrog, Trolls galore, Boldogs (giant orcs with Maya-spirits), perverted Mayas of all kinds, armies of men, dragons on the ground and in the air, beasts of many kinds, vampires and bats, werewolves, wargs and wolves. I may have missed some... But that was in the final battle of the first age. I'm talking about the battle before the time of the lamps and first age. When Morgoth resides in Utumno.
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Victariongreyjoy
Lorien
Aug 7, 10:51pm
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My idea of what army Morgoth had during the first battle with the Valar
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Conventional forces: Orcs and Trolls. These are corrupted version of elves and ents he captured.
Spiritual forces: wraiths, phantoms, troll-size insects, lizards, flying reptiles, boldog orcs, pre-balrogs. All of these are corrupted maiar.
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Asger
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Aug 8, 4:41am
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Oh, you’re rigth, that’s quite another thing
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No orcs or trolls then. ‘Powers’ were strictly Mayar. I think Tolkien in HoME mentioned ‘Balrogs in the thousands’ including their greatest; Arien, their queen. I’m not even sure Sauron was on Morgoths side then, as he was of Aules train and might be corrupted later. But lots of powerful Mayar of whom most were killed in the battle. Later only seven or three Balrogs were mentioned.
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InTheChair
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Aug 8, 2:04pm
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Perhaps it wasn't even conceived in the terms of armies back then.
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Aha. I also thought of the War of wrath.
If you mean the earlier period before Morgoth was captured and brought as a prisoner to Valinor, then as Asger points out there would be no Orcs, since it would be before or to soon after either Elves or Men woke up.
I think it said that there were many spirits of the Ainur and Maiar that sided with Morgoth in the early days, and though we only get the names of those that would later achieve some measure of success and fame, I think it seems fairly clear most of those struggles were Ainu agains Ainu, or Maia against Maia.
That stuff is all pretty mythological anyway from the perspective of the Silmarillion, so I don't think it matters that much.
(This post was edited by InTheChair on Aug 8, 2:07pm)
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