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Middle Earth where and when to start a Rolemaster campaign?

Started by danskmacabre, July 26, 2012, 08:06:04 PM

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flyerfan1991

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July 27, 2012, 09:37:12 PM
Quote from: GameDaddy;565373What makes you think there was only one Balrog under Moria?

From Silmarillion:

"Balrog: 'Demon of Might', Sindarin form (Quenya - Valarauko) of the name of the demons of fire that served Morgoth.

Note the plurality. Also, there was a host of Balrogs in the second age that came with the Dragons and burned the elven city of Gondolin, Feanor slew more than one.

There is no reason to believe that only one managed to survive into the third age.

There's no reason why not, but at the same time, Balrogs without their dark Master probably set to infighting.  After all, you'd think that Sauron would be able to exert his control over the Balrog, but all evidence indicates that the Balrog refused to deal with his fellow fallen Maia.

If that's the case, then the Balrog would probably haven't suffered a fellow Balrog in the same area.

Now Smaug, under Sauron's control, that would have been devastating.  Gandalf's speculation in Unfinished Tales indicated similar thinking.
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