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<blockquote data-quote="Black Omega" data-source="post: 22768" data-attributes="member: 79">I'm very much inclined to think Galadriel could well win.&nbsp; She's one of very few First Age Noldor left and she was important enough to be mentioned in the Silmarillion as one of the primary non-Faenor Noldor wanting to return to Middle Earth.&nbsp; She has the age, the raw power, the knowledge learned from another maiar, and one of the three rings.Elrond is much younger and I doubt as powerful.&nbsp; The ring of water could balance out the fire side of the Balrog but the creature would still be powerful and very tough.&nbsp; My feeling is he'd lose a long struggle unless on home ground.Saruman was more powerful than Gandalf the Grey but I'm not sure he'd have quite the same will and determination to win at all costs.&nbsp; I'd need to read up on him again.Sauron almost certainly would win.&nbsp; A balrog might even out with an old school Noldor King, with both dying, but Sauron not only beat one but he took him alive.&nbsp; With the ring he'd certainly beat the Balrog.&nbsp; Without it he doesn't even have a body, so I doubt there would be any fight.Aragorn and Legolas would get smooshed.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Black Omega, post: 22768, member: 79"] I'm very much inclined to think Galadriel could well win. She's one of very few First Age Noldor left and she was important enough to be mentioned in the Silmarillion as one of the primary non-Faenor Noldor wanting to return to Middle Earth. She has the age, the raw power, the knowledge learned from another maiar, and one of the three rings. Elrond is much younger and I doubt as powerful. The ring of water could balance out the fire side of the Balrog but the creature would still be powerful and very tough. My feeling is he'd lose a long struggle unless on home ground. Saruman was more powerful than Gandalf the Grey but I'm not sure he'd have quite the same will and determination to win at all costs. I'd need to read up on him again. Sauron almost certainly would win. A balrog might even out with an old school Noldor King, with both dying, but Sauron not only beat one but he took him alive. With the ring he'd certainly beat the Balrog. Without it he doesn't even have a body, so I doubt there would be any fight. Aragorn and Legolas would get smooshed.:) [/QUOTE]

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