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An early list of names described Balrog as "an Orc-word with no pure equivalent in Tolkien's invented language of Quenya: 'borrowed Malaroko-' ". [T 38] In Gnomish (another of Tolkien's invented languages), Balrog is parsed as balc 'cruel' + graug 'demon', with a Quenya equivalent Malkarauke. Variant forms of the latter include Nalkarauke and ...
The Balrog Awards were a set of awards given annually from 1979 to 1985 for the best works and achievements of speculative fiction in the previous year. The awards were named after the balrog , a fictional creature from J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium . [ 1 ]
In Fangorn, Aragorn's group encounters Gandalf, who, after dying in battle fighting the Balrog, was resurrected as Gandalf the White to help save Middle-earth. Gandalf leads the trio to Rohan's capital, Edoras, where Gandalf frees Théoden from Saruman's control. Aragorn stops Théoden from executing Wormtongue, who flees.
Brandstrom storyboarded the Balrog sequence for the visual effects team to follow. [40]: 16:58–20:10 Wētā created the Balrog, which was redesigned from the version that is seen in Jackson's films as part of the "Song of the Roots of Hithaeglir" sequence in the fifth episode. [44] [45]
Balrog (Street Fighter), a character in the Street Fighter video game series; Vega (Street Fighter), the Street Fighter character named Balrog in the Japanese versions; Balrog, a recurring boss in the video game Cave Story; Balrog Award, awarded to science fiction works; Balrog Botkyrka/Södertälje IK, a Swedish Floorball team outside Stockholm
The Balrog is a creature of smoke and flame which is sometimes depicted with wings, though there are debates among Tolkien fans about whether it should be. Wētā concept artist Nick Keller pitched versions of the character that had no wings and were more humanoid, but these were rejected in favor of consistency with the film version which has ...
While the others escape, Gandalf fends off the Balrog and casts it into a vast chasm, but the Balrog drags Gandalf down into the darkness with him. The devastated Company reaches Lothlórien , ruled by the Elf-queen Galadriel , who privately informs Frodo that only he can complete the quest and that one of the Company will try to take the Ring.
Balrog appears in the film Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, where he serves in a similar capacity to his role in the video game. In the 1994 live-action film version of Street Fighter, Balrog is portrayed by Grand L. Bush and is a supporting protagonist and the videographer in Chun-Li's news crew.