Originally posted by: Mith
Yes, correct. However, Gandalf is of another class... similar to a Maiar but it starts with I. Argh, LOTR was so long ago.
Dragons: Mighty reptilian creatures who ranked among the most feared of the servants of the Dark Lord. Of the origins of dragons, no tale tells; Dragons have powers of intelligence and speech, and many are also able to cast the dragon-spell, a bewildering confusion that affects any who gaze into the eye of the creature.
Balrog: The Balrogs originated as Maiar, beings of the same kind as Sauron himself. They were primordial spirits of fire that had allied themselves with Melkor in ancient times, and became the most feared of his servants, especially during the Wars of Beleriand in the First Age. Details of their numbers are hard to state with certainty, but there seem to have been relatively few of them - probably no more than seven.
Originally posted by: Judgement
How young is your son that asked this question? There is still time to turn him around and save him from following the same path of nerdiness that the people who have commented in this thread did
Originally posted by: Kyteland
Dragons: Mighty reptilian creatures who ranked among the most feared of the servants of the Dark Lord. Of the origins of dragons, no tale tells; Dragons have powers of intelligence and speech, and many are also able to cast the dragon-spell, a bewildering confusion that affects any who gaze into the eye of the creature.
Balrog: The Balrogs originated as Maiar, beings of the same kind as Sauron himself. They were primordial spirits of fire that had allied themselves with Melkor in ancient times, and became the most feared of his servants, especially during the Wars of Beleriand in the First Age. Details of their numbers are hard to state with certainty, but there seem to have been relatively few of them - probably no more than seven.
Balrogs were like lesser gods, dragons were just really powerful creatures.
Balrogs > Dragons
Originally posted by: memo
im gonna have to go with balrog, i mean he was an azzkickin boxer in north america, and a claw on hand, mask wearning, bouncing off the wall guy in japan, what more can you ask for....
// end street fighter nostalgia
seriously though, one of my friends is a huge fan of LOTR and D&D and stuff and he tells me balrogs are on of, if not the best character in the LOTR world.
Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: memo
im gonna have to go with balrog, i mean he was an azzkickin boxer in north america, and a claw on hand, mask wearning, bouncing off the wall guy in japan, what more can you ask for....
// end street fighter nostalgia
seriously though, one of my friends is a huge fan of LOTR and D&D and stuff and he tells me balrogs are on of, if not the best character in the LOTR world.
Um, the claw on one hand mask wearer was vega and he was in spain or italy...
Originally posted by: m2kewl
tell him yoda and his light saber would kick the balrog's arse!!!
Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Originally posted by: m2kewl
tell him yoda and his light saber would kick the balrog's arse!!!
yoda sucks, they made him look like sh!t in episode II with all those special effects IMO.
Originally posted by: Wahsapa
ya, can somebody post a story about how balrogs came about(iv got the lesser god part down)
pretty much anybody in this thread is 100% geek
Originally posted by: m2kewl
Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Originally posted by: m2kewl
tell him yoda and his light saber would kick the balrog's arse!!!
yoda sucks, they made him look like sh!t in episode II with all those special effects IMO.
you won't be saying that when he squashes balrogs nuts using the FORCE and chops off head w/lightsaber!!
balrog = p/\wn3d!!
Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Originally posted by: Wahsapa
ya, can somebody post a story about how balrogs came about(iv got the lesser god part down)
pretty much anybody in this thread is 100% geek
I guess you didn't check his links