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Published: 2006-10-11 06:55:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 3069; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 0
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This one's name is Malaroko. Its meaning is 'Cruel demon'.All my work is copyrighted © Jay Young - alias Carcharadon. All rights reserved.
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Noooo painted it about um...8 yrs ago?
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Almost as much as Slash does! I wish! lol
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keep up the great works... u are welcome...
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this is awsome!!! what do u use to do ur paintings? airbrush?
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ah.. That's awesome!! beautiful design. And very well done!!
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Awww thankya ! 
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Seh... Underworld rocks! 
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Absolutely awesome, as usual.
Naming it was a nice touch. Is Malaroko a Quenya name?
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Absolutely awesome, as usual.
Naming it was a nice touch. Is Malaroko a Quenya name?
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"The name, but not the meaning, is relatively early: it appears in the Fall of Gondolin, one of the earliest texts Tolkien wrote (ca. 1918). At the time the name is described as "an Orc-word with no pure Quenya equivalent: 'borrowed Malaroko-'". Its meaning at the time was Cruel demon.
In the Gnomish (=early Sindarin) wordlist from the same period Balrog is given as balc 'cruel' + graug 'demon', with a Quenya equivalent Malkarauke. Variant forms of the latter include Nalkarauke and Valkarauke.
By the 1940s, when the writing of The Lord of the Rings had begun, Tolkien had come to think of Balrog as Noldorin (Sindarin) balch (cruel) + rhaug (demon), with a Quenya equivalent Malarauko (from nwalya- (to torture) + rauko (demon).
The last etymology given for Balrog, written as part of Quendi and Eldar, gives the Quenya form Valarauko (Demon of Might), defining Balrog as the Sindarin translation. This etymology was adopted in the published The Silmarillion"- *wiki
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Thankya! Will be another demon soon...
Working on a collaboration, but its secret, so don't tell ok? 
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Can't wait to see it^^
My next Dragon will take a while...
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Thanks gorgeous!
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Youre welcome
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Possessed with the urge to.....paint lots of evil firey things Muwahahah! It's only 5:31am afterall...perfectly still and quiet...my painty solitude...
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That's the 2nd in a series of fictional (not religous) demons. I love Tolkien!!!
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Am so clueless about Tolkien and everything u wrote in the comment section
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It's okay, not everyone is as nerdy as me! I'm lazy and so I used wikipedia for the quotes, but heres the link to discover more about Balrogs if you want - [link]
I would recommend reading the Silmarillion to anyone who loves epic stories of heroes and adventures..it's not written as a normal novel would be, more a narrative study of the history and events of Middle Earth - It was Professor Tolkiens attempt at a creation myth for the fantasy reading LOTR generations, and took years to write.
It is simply a masterpiece!!!
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Wow! Thanks for the link and thanks for the advice 
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I love it Im a LOTR fan and Ive memorized the Silmarillion love your work hoping for more also check out [link] he is real good at LOTR art and hes done all the LOTR official illustrations
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The Silmarillion is my fave, man! Seriously, the single most moving book I've ever owned and read...my heart breaks at the tragedy of the Noldor's exodus and the Fall of Gondolin...but I LOVE the Balrogs and monsters!!!
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I love it too its just magnificent I really Liked Fianor he was really cool and the way he died was cool too cuz I believe the rest of the Elves before him were more drone like until he came and sparked emotions into them cuz there is no good as long as there is no bad to contrast it
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My fave dude - the tragically doomed but heroic Fingolfin! He was FEARLESS! And wounded Morgoth so bad, he never healed properly afterwards...course...Fingolfin DID die..but thats what tragic heroes do!!! Check this picture out - [link] its the showdown...and in a way it inspired me to paint my Trial by Fire picture
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always such cool looking pieces... the fire effects are great 
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Thanks, I'm just getting some release art out at the moment...this one was a blast! I'll settle down soon and get my project works started again, but for now...it's hellfire blood and brimstone baby!
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heheh .. cool. cool... or maybe i should say .. hot... hot...lol
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Oooooh....I love the flame effect...and the pic in general...fav time!!!
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A balrog? that's an heavy one. i would not dare to recreate such an established vision. Good luck.
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Its not like its the first one I've done. And I don't like the movie one much, it's got no character.
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and old myths always need new interpretations if they want to remain intemporal.
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er..no...
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Nice! I love demon drawings and all sorts of dark stuff. Great colors, smooth, yet not blurry... Nice all 'round.
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