[quote=InspectorGadget]
I'd be up for the dragon conversation. I mostly joke about Gandalf because he always seems to do nothing. I'm sure he is bad ass but you never see it. I don't know if they described the battle with the Balrog in the books but for all we know (based on the movies) they're down in that pit sipping tea and playing backgammon. "I guess I should get back to the hobbit. He's probably nervous by now." "Alright dude, Dap it! And the stairs are over there." I suppose that I should pick them back up now that I'm older. They just left a bad taste in my brain the first time though. Anyway. Back on topic!
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They fought mid fall ALL THE WAY DOWN, FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME. Then they landed in deep water and it became more slime than fire, and he fought it til it ran off through the caves to the outside world. Then he followed it up a thousand steps to a ancient tower, where to the locals it must have looked "like a storm" as he described it. Then he threw the balrog off the side of the mountain. Then Gandalf basically died and came back. SO YEAH, GANDALF'S TERRIFYING. READ THE BOOKS.