Durin's Bane

Character from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

A Maia spirit corrupted in the first age, wrapped in shadow and flame — it slept beneath Moria for five thousand years until the Dwarves dug too deep and woke it.

Also known as: Durin's Bane, The Balrog, Balrog of Moria

What They Know

• It is a fallen Maia — the same order of being as Gandalf and Sauron, not a mere beast
• The Dwarves of Moria awakened it by mining too deep for mithril in the Third Age
• It drove the Dwarves from Moria and has ruled the darkness there for over a thousand years

Connections

• slew — durin_vi
• rules — moria
• enemy_of — gandalf
• formerly_served — morgoth
• slain_by — gandalf

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