With the first line, fans argue that the Balrog's "wings" are merely an illusion ... After all, he helped edit many Tolkien books, and compiled The Silmarillion. Surely he'd know the definitive ...

The Maiar exist throughout Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings—Gandalf the Grey (SirIan McKellan), Saruman (Christopher Lee), and even the Balrog are ... thumbed through The Silmarillion, a ...