you know gandalf
so imagine if gandalf got the ring
well maybe not the ring
was he even there for the morgoth thing, i dont think he was
whatever, maiar shit
but if he decided "hey fuck all you nerds, this melkor guy seems pretty swell" it'd be something like that
since maiar are basically slightly more proactive angels, sort of, if there's an equivalent
You know the bit where Gandalf goes YOUU SHALL NOT PASS and then it drags him off the bridge when he breaks it?
that guy
edited 23rd Nov '15 9:25:51 PM by WonderSquid
@Squid: given how well-regarded gandalf was it was almost certain he was there for the war of wrath yeah
well
"gandalf" wasn't but that's because gandalf as in the "hey be wizards and don't fight sauron directly we don't want to fuck things up even worse" didn't exist yet but olorin definitely did
but yeah that is basically what a balrog is
a fallen maiar, which are basically angels of the choir that sung the universe into existence
hence my joke a while back about the legendarium being the world's biggest musical
@Jam: okay so
Basically Tolkien deliberately keeps it somewhat vague
They do have a body, but... I'm not going to get into the terminology because that'll just be confusing but Balrogs are beings of spirit
In Lord of the Rings, as you express yourself in the world, you expend your power, and unless you're god you have a limited power of course
Balrogs poured all of this into "I AM DEATH METAL POWER ITSELF", thus somewhat limiting their forms
But they're still amorphous spirit things
Physical appearance: Basically what I've described in the RP
A vast shadow in which fire dwells (and deeper shadow)
Of man-shape maybe, but greater
They are large, but definitely not so large as presented in the movie
Shadow and flame
edited 23rd Nov '15 10:12:08 PM by ThanatoSeraph
I made the gif to share with you guys, then decided I might as well publish it to Imgur and see how it goes. It's got Lego, Doctor Who and Portal, so it's got that going for it.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?im looking through the imgur album
and
i forgot how much i like this pic of von and smooth criminal riv drew
it looks nothing like how SC looks but
it just works
oh fuck i forgot SC had HATE brass knuckles
that's baller as fuck
edited 23rd Nov '15 10:16:20 PM by ChrissieMcNapkins
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.I am finally getting to do a giant robot fight in Battleworld.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

huge ass demon with wings that are either metaphorical wings of shadow, literal wings of shadow, or firey wings, depending on how you read it
UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI