balrogs

So, this might be a not so difficult issue to resolve but I have been thinking on how the Dwarves of Moria delved so much into the earth that they ended up disturbing a Balrog. Many questions arise: Was Angband deeper than Moria? How did the Balrog got there? How long was it there? Did it...

Did Balrogs have Wings? What do you think, rather than what you evidence thinks....I don't want people to argue, just whether they have wings...

VALA KILLERS Melkor Turin Turambar MAIA KILLERS Durin's Bane DRAGON KILLERS Turin Turambar Earendil Fram Bard BALROG KILLERS Ecthelion Glorfindel Gandalf Who do you think had the greatest success among these characters? I say Turin. Because unlike the others on the list, his name is...

Gandalf, recounting his fight with the Balrog, talks about tunnels dug up by unnamed creatures that neither him nor Sauron know about. The second time I read the LOTR books (recently, with more attention) this passage legitemely sent a chill down my spine. So I wonder, does tolkien talk about...

Balrogs, we've seen Glorfindel die to one to slay it, and so too Gandalf. I was watching FOTR Extended and had a question. Is it a in universe rule that to slay a Balrog you must give your life or are they just so dangerous that death is the only way? CL

Was it possible for the Balrog (Durin's Bane) to leave Moria?

From The Bridge of Khazad-Dum The implication is that Balrogs can speak but Durin's Bane may have been the strong silent type. Is there any spoken words recorded for a Balrog in Tolkien's works or in Christopher's Tolkien's writings? Do we know if Durin's Bane had detected the Ring or was he...

If we do not include Sauron, the most powerful servants of Morgoth were these dragons and balrogs. Do you think that the 3 most powerful dragons, Ancalagon, Glaurung and Smaug, are more powerful or are the 3 most powerful balrogs, Gothmog Lungorthin and Durin's Bane, more powerful? Because of...

Please forgive me if this is in the wrong place or thread and feel free to move it but I had some thoughts about Tolkien and the language he chose regarding wings, or more specifically, regarding the Balrog. So, to start: The only place in the entire Legendarium where wings appear to some to...

A question on Quora prompted me to look for a book-accurate rendering of Durin's Bane, and the movie version (whatever else one may think of it) is not it. No, the description is not very detailed but how much creative license is too much? I've never cared for the movie version. Those stupid...

Aragorn said he'd been in Moria once but that the memory was very evil. However, what he said when Gandalf stubborn insisted on going as the only way that could them to finish the quest in time, was that he feared that Gandalf would be most in peril if he went through Moria. While we know...

I am trying to find a picture of a Tolkien Balrog that I once had, and I am uncertain of the artist. As opposed to the horned, lava dinosaur of Howe and Jackson, this was a black (as in shadows), almost angelic man of significant size (but not T-Rex sized) with a sword that was red hot (as...

In this Forum's WIKI under Balrogs, I find 3 of them "named". Gothmog, Durin's Bane, and Lungorthin. In all my researches in the written Lore and other materials, I have not yet run into the name Lungorthin. Most sources say only 2 are named, with Durin's Bane really being a moniker rather than...

When Gandalf realized they're being trailed by a belrog, was he the only one that knew what a balrog is? In the movie, Legalos seemed to react to Gandalf's proclamation with a slightly knowing look, but maybe I'm just over-reading him. As old as Legolas was, the belrogs preceded him by thousands...

https://thetolkien.forum/threads/a-balrog-vs-a-dragon.5496/page-5 In this regard, only 6 people including me said that dragons are stronger. According to about 18 people, balrogs are stronger. The length of the balrogs is between 3 and 4 meters. However, the glaurung, the father of dragons, was...

It is written in Tolkien's late writings that there were no more than 7 balrogs. Does this mean that Morgoth had only 7 balrogs at his disposal? Were there only 7 balrogs that served Morgoth? So since 5 of them died in the fall of the gondolin, did only 2 balrogs fight in the war of wrath? I'm...

Why Did Gandalf Refuse To Allow The Hobbits to fight the Balrog But Allowed Them To Fight Saruman In The Shire On Their Own?

Under the inscription of the balrog in this book, it is written that the most powerful creatures that Melkor has created are dragons. https://books.google.com.tr/books?hl=tr&id=zs-OCgAAQBAJ&dq=tolkien&q=dragons#v=onepage&q&f=false A Dictionary of Tolkien

Why Could Elves Of The First Age Of Middle Earth Fight And Kill Balrogs And Elves Of The Third Age like Legolas Could Not?