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== Encyclopedia entry ==
 
== Encyclopedia entry ==
  
        ...  It came to the edge of the fire and the light faded as
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        if a cloud had bent over it.  Then with a rush it leaped
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...  It came to the edge of the fire and the light faded as<br />
        the fissure.  The flames roared up to greet it, and wreathed
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if a cloud had bent over it.  Then with a rush it leaped<br />
        about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air.  Its streaming
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the fissure.  The flames roared up to greet it, and wreathed<br />
        mane kindled, and blazed behind it.  In its right hand
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about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air.  Its streaming<br />
        was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it
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mane kindled, and blazed behind it.  In its right hand<br />
        held a whip of many thongs.
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was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it<br />
        'Ai, ai!' wailed Legolas.  'A Balrog!  A Balrog is come!'
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held a whip of many thongs.<br />
                  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
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'Ai, ai!' wailed Legolas.  'A Balrog!  A Balrog is come!'<br />
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The balrog, &, is the most powerful of the ordinary major demons in NetHack. Like in its original concept, it is armed with bullwhip and broadsword. Unlike other major demons they are incapable of summoning additional demons.

The balrog can steal your weapon with its bullwhip.

Encyclopedia entry

... It came to the edge of the fire and the light faded as

if a cloud had bent over it. Then with a rush it leaped

the fissure. The flames roared up to greet it, and wreathed

about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air. Its streaming

mane kindled, and blazed behind it. In its right hand

was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it

held a whip of many thongs.

'Ai, ai!' wailed Legolas. 'A Balrog! A Balrog is come!'

[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]


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