[Cerek the Barbaric]

Real wings...fake wings...smoke wings...hot wings...What difference does it make???

I have a far more pertinent question about the Balrog in Durin's Keep.

In the book (and the movie), Gandalf knows their is a Balrog in the depths of the Keep. That is why he gets so ticked at Pippin for knocking the skeleton (and it's armor) down the well. As powerful as Gandalf is, even HE is afraid of facing a Balrog in combat. So once the party defeats the orcs and ogre(?), he has them running at max dit dit to get out of there before Mr. Fire and Brimstone shows up. Then they get trapped in the Dining Hall and are surrounded by more than a thousand orcs. The situation looks bad and the odds seem unbeatable.

Suddenly, a footstep rumbles through the cavern and a sulphuric smell drifts menacingly into the Hall. Then the Balrog ROARS!!!! - shaking the very foundations of this dwarven-crafted cavern. The orcs ALL run away before you can blink an eye....yet the party stands there transfixed....waiting to see just WHAT could be coming towards them.

EXCUUUUSE ME!!!!! This thing just scattered ALL the orcs like field mice with it's voice alone, it's footsteps cause the bedrock of the cavern to rumble, and even Gandalf turns pale at the prospect of facing it.

WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW???? RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!