The dwarven city in which the battle occurred was originally known as Khazad-dum by the dwarves, and Hadhodrond by the elves (Sindarin). Both of these names mean "The Dwarrowdelf." Later, after the Balrog had been awaken, and Khazad-dum defiled and overrun by orcs, the name was changed to Moria, "The Black Pit." The fight between Gandalf and the Balrog had several stages in and outside Moria. First there was the Battle of the Bridge of Khazad-dum. This is where Gandalf destroyed the bridge and the Balrog fell, dragging Gandalf with him. They clutched and hewed at each other and hit ice cold water. After exiting that, the slimy, flameless Balrog tried to escape through the passages of the lower depths and then up the Endless Stair, which ironically, did have an end. Gandalf chased him all the way to Zirik-Zigal, the peak. Here he killed the Balrog.
To my knowledge there is not anyone who said those words, though Gandalf said "You shall not pass" in the first movie "The Fellowship of the Ring" while attempting to defeat the Balrog in Moria. The Black Knight in Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail uses that phrase.
He knows that the dwarves there accidentally woke a Balrog, a great demon of shadow and flame. The beast is still there.
Balrog was created in 1954.
Gandalf is a Maia, a minor god or angel. In the Third Age, he and a few others like him were sent on a mission to help the peoples of Middle-earth against Sauron. Naturally incorporeal and able to take any shape, they have been given the shape of old men for this mission. These body limited them, both by being physically old men, but they also could not use their full power or knowledge. In Middle-earth this group is known as the Istari, and mortals have called them "wizards".When he was killed by the Balrog his freed spirit left the physical world, but was sent back by Eru (God). He awoke again where he had been killed, but now again had access to more of his power and memory than before when he had been Gandalf the Grey. The changed colour in his title refers to that change, but also in his taking over of Saruman's position. ---- Gandalf (the gray) is pulled into the dark pit in Moria by the Balrog. There he battles with the Balrog until he defeats him, but it almost kills him. Gandalf lies there for what he recalls as feeling like centuries, near death. He is sent back from death because he has not completed his job, which is helping Frodo and the good peoples of Middle Earth to defeat Sauron. He is forced to return to life as Gandalf the White, similar but not exactly the same as he was before he fell.
The balrog attacked Gandalf and the party because it was an evil territorial creature who attacked any who ventured into its area. Gandalf attacked the balrog because he was the only one who could realistically fight the Balrog. As the balrog was massive, they could only run for so long before having to fight.
Gandalf fought the balrog because he was forced to. The party could not run away fast enough, and no one else stood a chance against the balrog.
Gandalf. Not even a Balrog can kill him.
A Balrog
Gandalf.
The Balrog is the beast of Morgoth that killed Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring. It is said to be made of fire and ash and carry a firey whip.
It's called a "Balrog"
The dwarven city in which the battle occurred was originally known as Khazad-dum by the dwarves, and Hadhodrond by the elves (Sindarin). Both of these names mean "The Dwarrowdelf." Later, after the Balrog had been awaken, and Khazad-dum defiled and overrun by orcs, the name was changed to Moria, "The Black Pit." The fight between Gandalf and the Balrog had several stages in and outside Moria. First there was the Battle of the Bridge of Khazad-dum. This is where Gandalf destroyed the bridge and the Balrog fell, dragging Gandalf with him. They clutched and hewed at each other and hit ice cold water. After exiting that, the slimy, flameless Balrog tried to escape through the passages of the lower depths and then up the Endless Stair, which ironically, did have an end. Gandalf chased him all the way to Zirik-Zigal, the peak. Here he killed the Balrog.
A Balrog of Morgoth that had lived in the mines for many years. He defeats a balrog in the Mines of Moria.
To my knowledge there is not anyone who said those words, though Gandalf said "You shall not pass" in the first movie "The Fellowship of the Ring" while attempting to defeat the Balrog in Moria. The Black Knight in Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail uses that phrase.
Balrogs are fictional characters in the story The Lord of the Rings. Just over 1000 years before The Fellowship of the Ring Dwarf King Durin VI is killed by a Balrog, and it earns the name Durin's Bane. Then Gandalf is forced to battle Durin's Bane in the mines of Khazad-dum (Moria), he and the balrog are both killed a few days later though Gandalf is sent back to Middle-earth as Gandalf the White. .
only gandalf can beat the balrog and then only by dieing WITH him. They are exactly evenly matched because they are both Miar of identical rank.