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Originally posted by MagiK:
Attalus as the man said...they had been fighting for quite a while and Gandalf himself laid down and died after the fight...I doubt the thing could have summoned the strength to fly.
Supposition and not therefore admissible
I read that link and the debators are making concessions that I would not. As written JRRT literally said this Balrog had wings...either you accept that or you accept that while being so careful and precise in the rest of the book, he got sloppy here...I don't think so.
True true true, so as Tolkien said, quite clearly, the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings
Of course we will never know since the source of the material is dead....I suppose we could ask his heirs....that at least would be a semi-official ruling..therwise its all mere speculation [img]smile.gif[/img]
Thankfully he did leave one bit of crucial evidence... in the LOTR he says the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings
. You can all put a spin on his words but I think he was capable of saying things as he meant them to be [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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I think we can arragantly claim we won that court case Attalus [img]tongue.gif[/img] Now what shall we celabrate with? A nice Penfolds Shiraz perhaps [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]