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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.
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.
Awakening from a dream of Gandalf fighting the Balrog in Moria, [a] Frodo Baggins finds himself, along with Samwise Gamgee, lost in the Emyn Muil near Mordor. They discover that they are being tracked by Gollum, a former bearer of the One Ring. Capturing Gollum, Frodo takes pity and allows him to guide them, reminding Sam that they need Gollum ...
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.
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 ...
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” Amazon Prime Video’s massive fantasy TV series based on the works of author J.R.R. Tolkien, made its biggest splash yet at San Diego Comic-Con on ...
When the company is forced to enter the ancient underground Dwarf-realm, the Mines of Moria, Gimli is at first enthusiastic, hoping to find Balin there. [T 5] However, Moria is still inhabited by Orcs, Cave Trolls, and a Balrog: Balin and his folk have all been killed. The Fellowship finds his tomb in the Chamber of Mazarbul; Orcs attack, and ...
The game's plot takes the player to various locations from the book, such as the village of Bree, the elven city of Rivendell, and the Mines of Moria. Unlike the book, however, the finale of the game is the fight between the Fellowship and the Balrog creature in the Mines of Moria (the first volume of the book ends significantly later).