Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-27860585-20160227122451/@comment-26347028-20160320185347

Catfishperson wrote: The argument that elves are better because the Vanyar played a larger role in the War of Wrath then dwarves because there were more of them, isn't a solid one. I don't believe that any of the vanyar were named (Earendil and Finarfin weren't Vanyar) either. I seem to remember getting the impression that there were about as many Maiar as Vanyar when I read the Silmarilion. It wouldn't be unlikely, as before the elves woke, when the host of the Valar laid siege to Utumno, they would require some type of army, I assume that Maiar were the bulk of it, what else could be? Ingwion. And it isn't exactly hard to siege a place with a few Maiar in it with a few Maiar of your own. The numbers would be in direct proportion, so it isn't hard to imagine about 50 Maiar in total, which (due to the amount of named ones) is rather the impression I get.