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He knew what he was doing (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You really think any of them were high enough level to take on that Balrog? He was looking out for them! No group XP in LotR, otherwise Gandalf could have spent a few days powerleveling them beforehand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also they were on similar level, Gandalf and the balrog, it's a boss enemy he'd be on fairly equal footing if he was allowed to be his full divine abilities. The rest may have been able to take it on if they were willing to die, since I believe that's the only way that balrogs were killed in the past by great elf warriors.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No rezzes in LotR (unless you're a Maia like Gandalf), so definitely not worth it. The quest was too important!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically the elves can come back, they usually just don't want to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm fairly sure that this is technically true, but basically only because Tolkien accidentally named two different characters Glorfindel and decided to explain it away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My favorite is how Fëanor was such a shitty little kid that his mom asked the gods to invent death so she could get some sleep.