Bane?

>>79014808
>wings
Shiggity.

>>79015284
http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/13283/do-balrogs-have-wings

>>79015303
They do NOT have wings.

>>79015443
I don't think they do, either, but I still like the art there.

Tolkien was intentionally vague with a lot of descriptions. Would the most fell beasts of Morgoth be as frightening if he had described them in every detail?

>>79015558
The real problem with the art is how small the bridge is and far across Gandalf is.

Tell me about the dwarves. Why did they delve so deep?

>>79015443
Yeah, exactly. That's why he described it as having wings in Fellowship.

>>79015711
Oh shit, didn't notice that. Yeah, the bridge of khazad-dum is definitely huge.

>>79015721
>'For mithril,' answered Gandalf. 'The wealth of Moria was not in gold and jewels, the toys of the Dwarves; nor in iron, their servant. Such things they found here, it is true, especially iron; but they did not need to delve for them: all things that they desired they could obtain in traffic. For here alone in the world was found Moria-silver, or true-silver as some have called it: mithril is the Elvish name. The Dwarves have a name which they do not tell. Its worth was ten times that of gold, and now it is beyond price; for little is left above ground, and even the Orcs dare not delve here for it. The lodes lead away north towards Caradhras, and down to darkness. The Dwarves tell no tale; but even as mithril was the foundation of their wealth, so also it was their destruction: they delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled, Durin's Bane. Of what they brought to light the Orcs have gathered nearly all, and given it in tribute to Sauron, who covets it.

>>79015789
Thank you; this precisely answers my question.

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Anyone else feel that the animated Hobbit movie gets across a better "tone" of the story than Jackson's bloated trilogy?