Well, if you agree with the conception that a balrog is a body of living flame with a corporeal structure, then you also have to face the basic stricture that its' body cannot be consumed by fire even though it is made of flame.
Kayelle Allen has an interesting structure for her Sempervians - that when they die and are reborn, their cells duplicate and self-destruct almost simultaneously. In essence the body dies and cell A dies at the same moment that new cell A-1 is ready to take its place. This leads to elevated body temperatures and a painful rebirth for them as their bodies self-destruct and regenerate simultaneously; i.e. high levels of heat generated by the old cells as they self-destruct. Maybe hot enough to support flames? Whew! But I can see it working in the case of balrogs (to return to the appropriate uni and away from the Tarthian Empire).
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Date: 2012-10-20 11:55 pm (UTC)Kayelle Allen has an interesting structure for her Sempervians - that when they die and are reborn, their cells duplicate and self-destruct almost simultaneously. In essence the body dies and cell A dies at the same moment that new cell A-1 is ready to take its place. This leads to elevated body temperatures and a painful rebirth for them as their bodies self-destruct and regenerate simultaneously; i.e. high levels of heat generated by the old cells as they self-destruct. Maybe hot enough to support flames? Whew! But I can see it working in the case of balrogs (to return to the appropriate uni and away from the Tarthian Empire).
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