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|Box title = Balcheneb Bane of Gondolin (N)
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|Box title = Balcheneb, Bane of Gondolin (N)
 
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|Row 2 info = [[Melkian]]; [[Dragon-Speech]]; [[Sindarin]]
 
|Row 2 info = [[Melkian]]; [[Dragon-Speech]]; [[Sindarin]]
 
|Row 3 title = People
 
|Row 3 title = People
|Row 3 info = [[Dragons]],[[Fire-Drakes]]
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|Row 3 info = [[Dragons]], [[Fire-Drakes]]
 
|Row 4 title = Time Period
 
|Row 4 title = Time Period
|Row 4 info = - ca. F.A. 300 - F.A. 585
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|Row 4 info = ca. [[First Age|1.A.]] 300 - 1.A. 585
 
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|Row 5 info = Male
 
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|Row 7 info = Unknown
 
|Row 7 info = Unknown
 
|Row 8 title = Spouse
 
|Row 8 title = Spouse
|Row 8 info = Goehel (N)
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|Row 8 info = [[Goehel]] (N)
 
|Row 9 title = Children
 
|Row 9 title = Children
|Row 9 info = Agburanar (N)
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|Row 9 info = [[Agburanar]] (N)
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|Row 10 title = Notes
(N) = non-canon
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|Row 10 info = (N) = non-[[canon]]
 
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'''Balcheneb''' (S."Wild Eyed") was a powerful [[fire-drake]], a nephew of [[Glaurung]].He was born prior to the [[Fall of Gondolin]], in which he bore [[Morgoth]]'s [[Balrog]]-Lords into battle and almost crushed [[Tuor Eladar|Tuor]] and [[Ecthelion of the Fountain|Ecthelion]]. Luckily the two warriors managed to wound the creature, and provoked it to go berserk and devastate his own ranks.
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'''Balcheneb''' (S."Wild-eyed") was a powerful [[fire-drake]], a nephew of [[Glaurung]]. He was born prior to the [[Fall of Gondolin]], in which he bore [[Morgoth]]'s [[Balrog]]-lords into battle and almost crushed [[Tuor Eladar|Tuor]] and [[Ecthelion of the Fountain|Ecthelion]]. Luckily the two warriors managed to wound the creature, and provoked it to go berserk and devastate his own ranks.
   
 
He was mate to [[Goehel]] and father of [[Agburanar]] and was said to have perished in the [[War of Wrath]].
 
He was mate to [[Goehel]] and father of [[Agburanar]] and was said to have perished in the [[War of Wrath]].
   
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
[[MERP]]'s ''Creatures of Middle-earth'' gives his name as "'''Nwalkahendi'''". The [[Other Hands]] article proposes [[Sindarin]] "'''Balchen'''". The [[ICE]] Canon made Nwalkahendi a nephew of Glaurung, implying that he was the descendant of an unknown brother or sister of Glaurung. Also, as J.R.R. Tolkien stated that only two dragons (seemingly one [[Cold Drake]] and one [[Fire Drake]]) had survived the [[War of Wrath]] and became the ancestors of all later Dragons, this would imply that Balcheneb's son Agburanar may have been one of these two Drakes.
 
MERP:Creatures of Middle-Earth gives his name as "Nwalkahendi".The Other Hands Article proposes [[Sindarin]] "Balchen".The ICE Canon made Nwalkahendi a nephew Glaurung, implying that he was the descendant of an unknown brother or sister of Glaurung.Also, as J.R.R. Tolkien stated that only two dragons (seemingly one [[Cold Drake]] and one [[Fire Drake]]) had survived the [[war of Wrath]] and became the ancestors of all later Dragons, this would imply that Balchenebs son Agburanar may have been one of these two Drakes.
 
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
*Dragons of the North, by Chris Seeman; Other Hands Magazine #23
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*''Dragons of the North'', by Chris Seeman, [http://www.otherminds.net/downloads/other-hands/other-hands-issue-23.pdf Other Hands Magazine #23]
 
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Revision as of 03:50, 13 August 2020

Balcheneb, Bane of Gondolin (N)

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Home(s)
Language(s)
People
Time Period
ca. 1.A. 300 - 1.A. 585
Gender
Male
Parents
Unknown
Siblings
Unknown
Spouse
Goehel (N)
Children
Notes
(N) = non-canon


Balcheneb (S."Wild-eyed") was a powerful fire-drake, a nephew of Glaurung. He was born prior to the Fall of Gondolin, in which he bore Morgoth's Balrog-lords into battle and almost crushed Tuor and Ecthelion. Luckily the two warriors managed to wound the creature, and provoked it to go berserk and devastate his own ranks.

He was mate to Goehel and father of Agburanar and was said to have perished in the War of Wrath.

Notes

MERP's Creatures of Middle-earth gives his name as "Nwalkahendi". The Other Hands article proposes Sindarin "Balchen". The ICE Canon made Nwalkahendi a nephew of Glaurung, implying that he was the descendant of an unknown brother or sister of Glaurung. Also, as J.R.R. Tolkien stated that only two dragons (seemingly one Cold Drake and one Fire Drake) had survived the War of Wrath and became the ancestors of all later Dragons, this would imply that Balcheneb's son Agburanar may have been one of these two Drakes.

References