BALROGS

Their hearts were made of flame, but their appearance was darkness, and they carried terror with them; they had fiery scourges.

Balrogs — Maiar, the most terrifying of Melkor's servants, demons of fire and fear. They were also called Fire Whips and Valaraukar ("mighty demons").

In the Valian Age, when Melkor's power was still great, so that he opposed all the other Valar, many of the Maiar were attracted by his power; others sided with Melkor, believing false promises or being tempted by gifts. The most monstrous of Melkor's minions were the Valaraukar (or Mighty Demons), flaming scourges otherwise known as balrog demons of terror. Their appearance was similar to that of Melkor in the days of his fall, and they were his personal guards and bodyguards.

In the war of the Valar with Melkor for the elves, when Utumno's forces were defeated, Melkor threw the balrogs into battle, but Manwe defeated them and Melkor was defeated. The Valar took Melkor captive to Valinor, but they could not find the balrogs and Sauron; they took refuge in the ruins of the fortress of Angband.

In 1495, E. D. Melkor, along with the spider demon Ungoliant, fled from Valinor (already bearing the name Morgoth). When they reached Lammoth and Ungoliant demanded the promised reward, Melkor refused to fulfill his part of the bargain. Then Ungoliant became angry, and she became so huge that Melkor could not overcome her; she entangled the Lord of Darkness with her web and began to strangle him. Hearing the terrible cry of their lord, the balrogs came to Melkor's aid. With their fiery whips, they split the web and chased the Ungoliant away.

In 1497 A.D., the Noldor elves arrived in Beleriand, pursuing Morgoth, and they won a quick victory over his orcs at Dagor nuin Giliath. The high king of the Noldor, Feanor, broke away from the main army and pursued the remnants of the Dark Lord's army to the very walls of Angband. Melkor was ready to attack, and the balrogs came out against Feanor in Dor Daedeloth, surrounding him with several friends, who soon died. Since Feanor was stronger and more resilient than all the Children of Eru, he was able to resist all the demons at once for a long time and alone, although he was enveloped in their fire. In the end, the balrogs managed to crush him, inflicting many fatal wounds, from which Feanor died shortly after the battle.

In 455 A.D., the Balrogs were the leaders of Morgoth's army at the battle of Dagor Bragollach.

During the battle of Nirnaeth Arnoediad (472 BC), the balrogs were thrown into battle by Morgoth as the last reserves, along with the wolfmen and dragons. The high king of the Noldor, Fingon, engaged in battle with Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs and commander-in-chief of the army of Morgoth. The elf was not inferior to Gotmog, but during the duel, a second balrog crept up behind the king and wrapped him with a fiery scourge; thanks to this, Gotmog managed to kill Fingon.

At the time of the Fall of Gondolin (510 A.D.), Gothomog was the leader and commander-in-chief of Angband's forces. During the capture of the city, Gothmog knocked down Tuor, the son of Huor, but Ecthelion, the lord of the Fountain House, prevented the demon from finishing off the fallen opponent. Gothmog knocked the weapon out of his hand, but Ecthelion plunged the tip of his helmet into the balrog's chest, after which both fell into a deep city fountain, where Gothmog found his death along with the elf.

Shortly after, the escapees from captured Gondolin were attacked by a band of orcs led by a balrog. Lord Glorfindel fought with the balrog, but in the end both opponents fell into the abyss and died. Thanks to Glorfindel's sacrifice, the fugitives were able to escape.

At the end of the War of Wrath, Morgoth sent the Balrogs into battle against the Valar army as the last forces. The Balrogs were destroyed and only one was able to escape, hiding in the depths of the earth under the Misty Mountains.

In the 1980s, the dwarves of Moria reached the depths of the Misty Mountains in search of Mithril, and this awakened the balrog. The dwarves called it the "Curse of Durin", since the balrog killed their king Durin IV in 1980, and later his son, Nain I (in 1981). The dwarves fled Moria and even after winning the war with the orcs who captured Moria, the dwarves were afraid to return because of the balrog. In 2989 CE, Balin attempted to retake Moria by recapturing the kingdom from the Orcs, but his unit was destroyed by the balrog in 2994 CE.

In 3018 A.D., the balrog attacked the Fellowship of the Ring as they passed through Moria. Gandalf the Grey managed to throw his opponent off the top of Sirak Zigil in a deadly battle. Thus, the last of Morgoth's balrogs was destroyed.

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