So when Gandalf says he is a Servant of the Secret Fire, he is invoking his loyalty to the divine spirit of Eru Ilúvatar, pitting the power of creation against the Balrog’s power of destruction.

The Balrog’s Famous Battle with Gandalf Gandalf kills a Balrog at great personal cost. What begins as a showdown on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm ends at the Battle of the Peak 10 days later.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power hit SDCC with a brand new trailer, giving our first look at a Balrog in the Rings of Power story. Here's what you need to know!

In the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf the Grey faces off against the Balrog of Morgoth in the Mines of Moria. The wizard manages to cast it into the abyss, but at ...

Gandalf's greatest moment happens in Moria. As they pass through the mines, the Fellowship awaken a Balrog of Morgoth, basically the Middle Earth version of a demon.

Morgoth wandered Middle-earth causing problems before establishing himself in the north. He created monsters (like the Balrog) and a fortress—a fortress he appointed his most loyal servant to lead.

A Balrog of Morgoth — The Balrogs were created by Middle-earth’s first Dark Lord, Morgoth. The powerful, demonic entities were among the most powerful of Morgoth’s servants and particularly ...

Known as Durin's Bane, this beast is a Balrog of Morgoth, a ferocious demon from a time long past in Middle Earth. As J.R.R. Tolkien describes, the Balrog is a being of shadow and flame, and ...

Known in the books as Durin's Bane, the Balrog was one of the Maiar spirits created by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord of Middle-earth.