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Post by Galadriel on Mar 24, 2004 19:55:19 GMT -5
Very True Gothmog, yes Legolas, after Gothmog reading lots of LOTRS books, he should know, I knew a while ago, but it took me some time to figure it out, Balrogs, are not some sort of big race, there are simply 10!!!
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Post by Ilúvatar on Mar 24, 2004 19:59:41 GMT -5
Wondering if maybe we could get a reference as to the number 10, like in what book is it mentioned (that sort of thing). That would be most helpful. Thanks
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Post by Gothmog on Mar 25, 2004 0:50:25 GMT -5
I really should have said 'probably' acording the Encyclapidia of Arda, the most there were was seven, I can't recall which book, but I seem to remember Chris boy talking about it somewhere.
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Post by Legolas on Mar 26, 2004 23:12:15 GMT -5
who is "chis boy"? anyway, why were there only seven?
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Post by Ilúvatar on Mar 28, 2004 0:03:47 GMT -5
Well I can answer your "chris boy" question Legolas. Gothmog is referring to Christopher Tolkien. I'll leave the 7 up to Gothmog to answer
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Post by Gothmog on Mar 30, 2004 15:14:55 GMT -5
Seven, I got the number from the Encyclapedia of Arda, a fairly well thought of sorce(Endorsed by Chris-boy).
In anycase, my ultamate point was, there was no army of Balrogs, their Miair!
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Post by Kitoky on Apr 9, 2004 10:18:21 GMT -5
Sauron was the mightiest of the Maia and then he followed Melkor, and became Melkor's general in the 1st Age.
Some people think "How can Sauron cork open thousands of orc armies while being an eye?" Well Sauron doesn't initially control them, he gives out the orders, and the Mouth of Sauron makes sure his will will be done.
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Post by DarkLordSauron on May 27, 2004 8:57:41 GMT -5
Sauron was a maia. servant to the Great Smith of the Valar. But Morgoth the renegade Valar decided to go and seduce him to flame and shadow. He was captured eventually by the Numenoreans shortly after the downfall of Morgoth, I believe, but using guile he destroyed their kingdom using their own actions against them. He then proceeded to cause the downfall of Eregion (where he tricked the elves of the land to forge his ring) and went to Mordor where the first War of the Rings was fought between his army and the Last Alliance (and I believe he settled in Mirkwood at some point, being known as the Necromancer). He moved his base of operations back to Mordor, and rebuilt his tower Barad Dur. Then the War of the Rings began again... and... well... you know the rest...
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Post by Ilúvatar on May 27, 2004 11:50:41 GMT -5
What a great summary DarkLordSauron! Nice to see ya on the boards. Feel free to go to the Introduce Yourself board and well, introduce yourself! Enjoy!
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Post by Fili on May 28, 2004 11:21:46 GMT -5
Ho He HOWDEE
Yeah.. the dark lord sums things up nicely.
He was of the House Of Aule. Mighty amongst his kind. Unfortunately he was tempted and corrupted by Morgoth. Now Morgoth had the pleasure of being Evil incarnate, and Suaron rose to be mighty in Morgoths service. Morgoth got a right good kicking and his forces were scattered over the earth.
Sauron survived and escaped .He is a legacy from the past. A leftover from a previous age.
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Post by Pandora on Jun 26, 2004 15:42:29 GMT -5
Me and my chinese friend were searching for Fan Art from LotR... (Just to laugh a bit... ;D) And we saw a picture of Sauron that he looked like a Chinese Emperor! My friend said that Sauron looked like her cousin... That day from now Sauron is my friend's cousin...How cool... I never trully understanded who Sauron really was... I only know that he was a bad guy... Who made many rings and one evil ring to take over all Middle Earth! Oh! And that he was destroyed by 2 innocent little halfings.... (How humiliating for you man!! )
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