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One first appeared in print in his high-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, where the Company of the Ring encounter a Balrog known as Durin's Bane in the Mines of Moria. Balrogs appear also in Tolkien's The Silmarillion and his legendarium. Balrogs are tall and menacing beings who can shroud themselves in fire, darkness, and shadow.
Durin's Axe was part of the regalia and weaponry of the Dwarf-kings of Khazad-dûm. Some years before the War of the Ring, Balin attempted to recolonize Khazad-dûm (by then called Moria), and the early records of the colony mention Durin's Axe, indicating it was sought for or even found. [T 33]
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.
King Durin III. The first bearer of the mightiest Dwarf Ring, the Ring of Thrór, is King Durin III. He was part of the King of Durin's Folk who ruled Khazad-dûm at the time of Sauron’s attack ...
"Doomed to Die" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The series is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
The younger Durin pleads with his father and king, fondly recalling moments and memories they Rings of Power Finale Recap: A Major Death, and a Reveal, Set the Stage for (Possible) Season 3 ...
[T 1] Eventually all seven Rings were destroyed or reclaimed by Sauron. [T 7] One of the rings was given to Durin III, and passed down to Thrór, who gave it to his son Thráin II, father of Thorin Oakenshield. Sauron captured Thráin and took the ring from him in the dungeons of Dol Guldur. [T 1]
Sauron (/ ˈ s aʊər ɒ n /) [T 2] is the title character [a] and the main antagonist [1] of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor. He has the ambition of ruling the whole of Middle-earth , using the power of the One Ring , which he has lost and seeks to recapture.