The Rings of Power Episode 5 Just Revealed a New Balrog Origin Story

The Balrog appears to have been born again in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. This entity is one of the most memorable monsters from The Lord of the Rings, a gargantuan fire-demon who loomed over the wizard Gandalf as he defiantly bellowed: “You shall not PASS!” It’s the reason the mines of Moria were abandoned, becoming merely a black pit beneath the Misty Mountains. When the dwarves who built the intricate subterranean metropolis of Khazad-dûm mined “too greedily and too deep,” as J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, they unleashed this colossal terror. Then they fled from it. The… Read Full Article