Glaurung had a host of allies as well. And Gothmog was always leading the host. He was Morgoth's military commander after all.
The text says "Gothmog", not "Gothmog and" drove "a dark wedge" through the hosts of Men and Elves. And his fight with Fingon was one-on-one it was a ceremonial battle.
Gothmog had ripped through the army to face Fingon personally. Fingon himself was clearly depicted fighting Gothmog alone, it is only at the end when another Balrog wrapped its whip around Fingon's neck allowing Gothmog to kill Fingon.
Double his stature would mean between 12 and 20 ft which is consistent with the depiction of Durin's Bane in the movie. A spirit being about the height of a Troll, that's the definition of a giant.
Almost half his body is underside. The bottom of his neck his entire torso and stomach. And if he's flying at close range he becomes more susceptible to a single fatal blow from an axe. And besides, I doubt Dragons were as powerful as Ainur, since it is Ainur that created them.
Using sneaky spells is hardly fair either.
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They could be at a slightly mid-long range as well, due to the reach of the whip of fire.
Balrogs wernt only twice as high, they could be twice to three times bigger.
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Perhaps. But sweaping apart the two armies if far more impressive then driving in a "dark wedge".
I never said diffrently. I said "Gothmog and another Balrog took down Fingon together." WHich is true.
Assuming Glorfindel is a normal sized elf double his stature would be roughly 12 feet, not 20. 20 would be more then thrice his stature. Also Gothmog was small enough to fit in a well and be tripped by a Elf, and Durin's Bane was able to fit through a doorway in Moria. And the Balrog in the move is far larger than 20 feet. His headd is almost the size of Gandalf.
First Glaurung isn't going to be "flying at close range". His unprotected undersides are going to be on the ground.
No mere Ainur created the Dragons. Even more we don't know what dragons are. However theu have spirits and are therefore no normal beasts, more than likely they are bodies filled with a maiar similar to the great eagles and Werewolves. Or perhaps they are filled with Morgoth's spirit itself
Sneaky spells? It was hardly sneaky and using spells in a middle of a fight is perfectly fair.
Oh yeah, Galurung cant fly, he was made BEFORE the winged dragons...... But dude, you are making Glaurung sound wtf uber., He wasnt.
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leons a big debby downer its not changing the facts its changing the situation the wind isnt going to blow the same way for eternity and plus several of tolkiens books were written as if he himself was voicing it so ofcoarse its going to change thats what makes it more realistic in form
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That would put the Balrog between 12 - 18 ft (18 is close to 20 ft as a rough estimate) since "double" is also rough estimate. Even if we take 12 ft, that would make them giants.
I don't remember Durin's size, but he was no more than 3 times the height of Gandalf from what I remember, fairly consistent with "double" the height of Men and Elves.
And Moria had huge archways, it wasn't some normal sized complex. And fitting into a well only requires that your width can fit through it. It doesn't mean you have to fit in lengthwise.
I forgot he was a ground Dragon. Doesn't much help his chances of avoiding a giant axe.
Dragons according to Tolkien were bred by Morgoth. Glaurung was said to have been bread probably from a terrestial beast and then corrupted and infused with sapience by Morgoth. So I doubt a terrestial being is going to be more powerful than an Ainur.
By sneaky I don't mean unfair, it just means non-straightforward.
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Sauron is immortal as proved by the drowning of Numenor Im pretty sure none of the balrogs had that ability I also read in a post that Sauron didnt lead any armies into battle which is untrue"Sauron greatest & most terrible of the servant ofMorgoth came against Orodreth,he took Minas Tirith by assault"i
Sauron created the rings of power to say that an elf is superior to Sauron who I believe was probably the most powerful of all the maia good or evil is absurd.The Noldor were powerful &were blessed with skills by Eru but Sauron was far superior
Your grammar sucks so much. Your English is so bad, and it's making me so sad.
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If by "we've already settled this" you mean you've claimed as such while also showing a distinct lack of understanding of the source material, sure. If you mean we have come to some mutual understanding based on the concrete evidence then certainly not.
You just summed up Kurupt in virtually all his debates. He often forgets what happens and never supports his opinion with proof just a baseless claim repeater.