Nicholas Palazzo
Well-Known Member
Will have to find my copy of The Fall of Gondolin, but as the matter stands as of the Tolkien database, this is the case.
Whether Gothmog is the first to fall or not, I'm also against any balrog deaths prior to the Fall of Gondolin. I really like how waiting until then sets those deaths up as a "Big Deal" and also gives the reader/viewer a false hope that just maybe this will all turn out ok. (Spoiler Alert: It isn't.)
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