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   From: Troels@ThisIsFake.invalid   
      
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   >> I don't think there is any hint that the balrog is concerned with   
   >> Frodo or the Ring (the implication is that the balrog is alerted   
   >> through the stone Pippin drops into the well in the guard-room).   
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   > Perhaps the Balrog was alerted to their presence by Pippin's   
   > dropped rock, but became aware of the hidden power carried by   
   > Frodo after turning his full attention to the party?   
      
   I rather doubt it. After the confrontation in the Chamber of Mazarbul   
   the balrog would have been completely focused on Gandalf, and I don't   
   think it would have been able to discern two sources of power (Gandalf   
   and the Ring/Frodo) before that.   
      
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