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Durin's Bane, the Balrog in Moria. Artwork by Markus Röncke. This Balrog appears in The Lord of the Rings, encountered by the Company of the Ring in the Mines of Moria. [1] It survived the defeat of Morgoth in the War of Wrath, escaping to hide beneath the Misty Mountains.
A principal figure in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, and the title character in The Return of the King, he becomes king over the reunited kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor. Arwen: Daughter of Elrond Half-elven and Celebrían. Marries Aragorn at the end of the War of the Ring and becomes queen of the reunited kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
The name "Moria" means "the Black Chasm" or "the Black Pit", from Sindarin mor, "dark, black" and iâ, "void, abyss". [T 1] The element mor had the sense "sinister, evil", especially by association with infamous names such as Morgoth and Mordor; indeed Moria itself had an evil reputation by the times in which The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set.
Instead, the Fellowship travels through the mines of Moria. When Gandalf is killed fighting a Balrog, [T 13] Aragorn leads the company to Lothlórien [T 14] and down the River Anduin to the Falls of Rauros. He plans to go to Gondor to aid its people in the war against Sauron.
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The Fellowship fights with the orcs and trolls of Moria and escapes them. [T 18] At the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, they encounter "Durin's Bane," a fearsome Balrog from ancient times. Gandalf faces the Balrog to enable the others to escape. After a brief exchange of blows, Gandalf breaks the bridge beneath the Balrog with his staff. As the Balrog ...
After a failed attempt to cross the Misty Mountains, the Fellowship risk the path through the Mines of Moria. They learn that Balin and his Dwarves, who had attempted to regain possession of Moria, were killed by Orcs. They are attacked by Orcs and a Balrog, a fire demon. Gandalf confronts the Balrog: both fall into an abyss.
They participated in the wars of the First Age of Middle-earth but are mostly destroyed during the War of Wrath which ended the Age. [T 5] [T 6] By the Third Age, the only remaining Balrog was "Durin's Bane," the Balrog of Moria, killed by Gandalf. [T 7]