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"Durin's Bane" refers to the particular Balrog of Morgoth that had fled following the War of Wrath to dwell deep within the depths of the Dwarven kingdom of Moria.

Although its true name and particular history are unknown, this Balrog eventually became an important figure during the War of the Ring after being awakened by the dwarves of Moria. It was not until the Fellowship of the Ring had passed through Moria and inadvertently reawakened the Balrog that it was finally slain in a great duel with the wizard Gandalf.

Biography

Years of the Trees and the First Age

The balrogs of morgoth by thylacinee-d5pl60x — Durin's Bane in old days led by the Lord of Balrogs by Thylacinee

Durin's Bane was one of the Maiar spirits that existed before the world was created (of the same race as Gandalf and Saruman), who descended into Arda with the Valar. It was eventually seduced and corrupted by Melkor, becoming one of the Valaraukar and joining with the other Balrogs in Morgoth's service. The Balrog fought in many battles of the War of the Jewels, up to and including the War of Wrath. It somehow managed to survive Morgoth's defeat, fleeing east and taking refuge beneath the Misty Mountains.

Third Age

For more than five thousand years, the Balrog lay dormant at the roots of the misty mountains beneath the dwarven kingdom of Moria. It remained undisturbed throughout the Second Age and most of the Third Age, until the dwarves awoke it when they mined too deeply and too greedily in their search for mithril.

In January of TA 3019, the Fellowship of the Ring traveled through Moria on their way to Mordor. There, they were attacked in the Chamber of Mazarbul by orcs. The Fellowship fled through a side door, but when Gandalf, who was also a Maia, tried to place a "shutting spell" on the door to block the pursuit behind them, the Balrog entered the chamber on the other side and cast a counterspell. Gandalf spoke a word of command to stay the door, but the door shattered and the chamber collapsed.

The company fled with Gandalf, but the orcs and the Balrog, taking a different route, caught up with them at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. At the Bridge, Legolas instantly recognized it as a Balrog, and Gimli recognized it as Durin's Bane. Gandalf then commanded the rest of the Fellowship to flee across the bridge, where he then stood, blocking the Balrog's way. The demon's flames then seemed to die, but its shadow increased before attacking with its flaming sword, which melted into red-hot liquid metal when it met Gandalf's own sword, Glamdring. The Balrog then leapt onto the bridge, brandishing its whip, and in response Gandalf smote the Bridge before him with his staff. The staff broke asunder, a blinding sheet of white flame springing up, and the bridge cracked at the feet of the Balrog, who fell forward into the abyss. But as the Balrog fell, it lashed out with its whip, catching Gandalf and dragging him over the edge and into the darkness below.^[1]

File:Gandalf watching Balrog fall.png

Gandalf succeeds in defeating the Balrog

After a long fall, the two crashed into a great subterranean lake, which Gandalf later said was as cold as the tide of death and almost froze his heart. The water quenched the Balrog's fire, reducing it to "a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake". Despite this relatively weak state, Durin's Bane renewed its attack on the wizard, and the two fought in the water, with the Balrog clutching at Gandalf to strangle him, and Gandalf hewing the Balrog with his sword, until finally the Balrog fled into ancient tunnels of unknown origin. There, Gandalf pursued the creature out of Moria, and Gandalf prevailed and finally slew the Balrog, casting it down from the peak and sending it crashing onto the mountain side.

The ultimate fate of Durin's Bane is not known, as only its physical form died, as with all Maiar when they were "killed," but what happened to the spirit of the Balrog was not revealed. It is also unknown if it was the last of its kind, or if there were other Balrogs who managed to escape the War of Wrath and remained hidden in long forgotten places.^[2]

Portrayal in adaptations

Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings

Gandalf vs mutant balrog — Gandalf fighting the transformed Balrog

Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring

The Balrog was also portrayed in Peter Jackson's live-action film trilogy, where it was a large, black creature covered in flame. Although Tolkien described it as being taller than a man but not huge, Durin's Bane in the film was practically enormous, at least twenty feet tall or so. Rather than having a voice of any kind, when it roared, it sounded similar to an erupting volcano - the vaporous presence of heat emanating as its breath (the Balrog's roar was created by pulling a cinderblock across a plywood board and then digitally shifting the pitch of the resulting sound.) Its weapons, rather than physical in nature, were completely comprised of flame, taking the form of a sword first and a whip second. More than its use of obliteration, it was flames that were its key weapon of choice against Gandalf. The fight between the two plays out very much like the version in the book: Gandalf shatters the Balrog's fiery sword (using a magical shield which Gandalf forms around himself, in conjunction with Glamdring), and then strikes bridge of Khazad-dûm, breaking it in half, and causing the Balrog to fall into the deep abyss below. As the Balrog falls, its whip latches onto Gandalf's legs and drags him into the abyss.

Epic_Battle_Gandalf_vs._the_Balrog — Epic Battle Gandalf vs. the Balrog

The complete battle of Gandalf and the Balrog

The Two Towers

The Balrog appears in a few flashbacks in The Two Towers. The first flashback shows the events that take place following Gandalf's plunge into the abyss of Khazad-dûm: Gandalf hurtles down the chasm after the Balrog, recovering his sword Glamdring in midair and catching up to the Balrog. He and the Balrog attempt to kill each other as they continue to fall down the abyss, with Gandalf managing to land several blows on the Balrog while it makes constant attempts to strike at Gandalf with its fists and claws. They fall for a few minutes, until they at last crash violently into the underground lake, temporarily extinguishing the Balrog's flames.

The second flashback shows Gandalf and the Balrog now dueling atop Mount Zirakzigil during a great storm, in which Gandalf manages to imbue his sword with electricity from a lightning strike and stabs the Balrog through the heart, mortally wounding it and causing it to fall from the peak and crash onto the mountain side, its flames extinguished.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Durin se vloek
Albanian	Mallkim ve Durinit
Armenian	Դւրին ի Կործանում
Azerbaijani	Durinın zəhrimar
Basque	Durins madarikazio
Belarusian Cyrillic	Дарына атрута
Bengali	দুরুনের মরুতুল্য
Bulgarian	Проклятието на Дурин
Catalan	La Fatalitat de Durin
Cebuano	Durin ni dangan
Croatian	Propast Durinova
Czech	Durinova Zhouba
Danish	Durins bane
Dutch	Durins vloek
Esperanto	Plagon de Durino
Estonian	Durini Hukk
Finnish	Durinin turma
French	Fléau de Durin
Galician	Ruína de Durin
Georgian	დურინის წყევლა
German	Durins Fluch
Greek	Ο όλεθρος του Ντούριν
Hebrew	קללת דורין (Durin's Bane) להבת אודון (Flame of Udún)
Hindi	ड्यूरिन का अभिशाप
Hungarian	Durin Veszte
Icelandic	Baninn af Durin
Indonesian	Kutukan Durin
Italian	Flagello di Durin
Japanese	ドゥリンの禍
Kannada	ಡರಿನಸ್ ಬನೆ
Lithuanian	Durino pražūtis
Malagasy	Durin ny zava-doza
Malaysian	Kutukan Durin ini ?
Marathi	ड्यूरिनचा विष
Persian	قاتل دورین
Polish	Zguba Durina
Portugese (Brazil)	Ruína de Durin
Portugese (Portugal)	Miséria de Durin
Punjabi	ਡੁਰਿਨ ਬੈਨ
Romanian	nenorocire lui Durin
Russian	Погибель Дурина
Somalian	Durin ee baanaha
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Daño de Durin
Turkish	Durin'in Felaketi
Swedish	Durins bane
Tamil	டரின் இன் பேன்
Telugu	డ్యూరిన్ బానే
Yiddish	דורין ס סאַם

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References

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+{{Infobox Person Servants of Evil
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-|caption = '''Durin's Bane''' in the films
+|caption = '''Balrog''' in the films
-|name    = Durin's Bane
+|name    = Balrog
+|othernames = Durin's Bane
-|othernames = Nameless Terror, Flame of Udûn, Shadow and Flame, The Balrog of [[Moria]]
 |title   =
 |birth   = Before the creation of [[Arda]]
 |death   = January 25, [[3019]]
 |weapon  = Fiery whip, flaming [[sword]]
-|race    = [[Ainur]] ([[Maiar]]/[[Balrog]])
+|race    =
-|culture = [[Maiar]] ([[Valaraukar]], Balrogs of [[Morgoth]])
+|culture = [[Valaraukar]]
-|gender  = Male
 |height  = Slightly larger and taller than a Man (book), 20 feet (movie)
 |hair    = Mane of red flames
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-{{Quote|It was a Balrog of Morgoth," said Legolas; "of all elf-banes the most deadly, save the One who sits in the Dark Tower.|''The Fellowship of the Ring'', ''The Mirror of Galadriel''}}
 "'''Durin's Bane'''" refers to the particular '''[[Balrog]]''' of [[Morgoth]] that had fled following the [[War of Wrath]] to dwell deep within the depths of the [[Dwarven]] kingdom of [[Moria]].
-Although its true name and particular history are unknown, this Balrog became an important figure during the [[War of the Ring]], eventually being awakened by the Dwarves of Moria, wreaking destruction upon them. Moria was left to the Balrog, and became known as a place of darkness and fear for hundreds of years. It was not until the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] had passed through Moria and inadvertently reawakened the Balrog that it was finally slain in a great duel with the wizard [[Gandalf]].
+Although its true name and particular history are unknown, this Balrog eventually became an important figure during the [[War of the Ring]] after being awakened by the dwarves of Moria. It was not until the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] had passed through Moria and inadvertently reawakened the Balrog that it was finally slain in a great duel with the wizard [[Gandalf]].
 == Biography ==
-{{Quote|Moria, Moria! Wonder of the Northern world! Too deep we delved there, and woke the nameless fear.|Gloin}}
 === Years of the Trees and the First Age ===
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 === Third Age ===
-For more than five thousand years, the Balrog lay dormant at the roots of the mountain [[Barazinbar]] beneath the dwarf kingdom of [[Khazad-dûm]]. It remained undisturbed throughout the [[Second Age]] and most of the [[Third Age]], until the miners of Dwarf-King [[Durin VI]] awoke it when they mined too deeply and too greedily in their search for [[mithril]]. The Balrog slew Durin, and was thereafter known as Durin's Bane.
+For more than five thousand years, the Balrog lay dormant at the roots of the misty mountains beneath the dwarven kingdom of [[Moria]]. It remained undisturbed throughout the [[Second Age]] and most of the [[Third Age]], until the dwarves awoke it when they mined too deeply and too greedily in their search for [[mithril]].
-The [[dwarves]] attempted to fight the Balrog, but its power was far too great. Despite their efforts to hold Khazad-dûm against it, King [[Náin I|Náin]] and many of the dwarves were killed, and the survivors were forced to flee. News of the disaster reached the [[Silvan Elves]] of [[Lothlórien]], who called the Balrog the ''Nameless Terror'' (not knowing its true nature at the time) and began to refer to Khazad-dûm as ''Moria'' (dark abyss).<ref name=":0">''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Appendix A]], Durin's Folk''</ref>
-For five hundred years, Moria was left to the Balrog. [[Sauron]] began to put his plans for war into effect around the year [[TA 2480]] of the Third Age, and sent [[orcs]] and [[trolls]] to the Misty Mountains to bar all of the passes. Some of these creatures came to Moria, where they stayed in uneasy alliance with the Balrog, whom they feared.<ref name="Lord">''[[The Lord of the Rings]], [[The Fellowship of the Ring (novel)|The Fellowship of the Ring]],'' Book Two, Ch. V: "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm (chapter)|The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]"</ref>
-Tolkien did not clarify whether Sauron was aware of the Balrog's presence prior to this time, and thus the full extent of their alliance remains unclear.
-The Balrog had a small but important role at the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]], the climactic battle in the [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]]. In [[TA 2799]], the dwarves finally defeated the majority of the orcs occupying Moria, but [[Dáin II]] [[Ironfoot]], having slain the orc [[Azog]], felt the terror of the Balrog at the gate and declared that Moria itself remained beyond their power to conquer. Despite an attempt to recolonize Moria by [[Balin]] in [[TA 2989]], Durin's Bane remained a menace in the ancient kingdom of the Dwarves, its true nature hidden to the outside world.<ref name=":0" />
-[[File:Balrog vs Gandalf.jpeg|thumb|251x251px|The Balrog's whip]]
 In January of [[TA 3019]], the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] traveled through Moria on their way to [[Mordor]]. There, they were attacked in the [[Chamber of Mazarbul]] by orcs. The Fellowship fled through a side door, but when Gandalf, who was also a Maia, tried to place a "shutting spell" on the door to block the pursuit behind them, the Balrog entered the chamber on the other side and cast a counterspell. Gandalf spoke a word of command to stay the door, but the door shattered and the chamber collapsed.
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 [[File:Gandalf watching Balrog fall.png|thumb|left|225px|Gandalf succeeds in defeating the Balrog]]
-After a long fall, the two crashed into a great subterranean lake, which Gandalf later said was as cold as the tide of death and almost froze his heart. The water quenched the Balrog's fire, reducing it to "a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake". Despite this relatively weak state, Durin's Bane renewed its attack on the wizard, and the two fought in the water, with the Balrog clutching at Gandalf to strangle him, and Gandalf hewing the Balrog with his sword, until finally the Balrog fled into ancient tunnels of unknown origin. There, Gandalf pursued the creature out of the tunnels, back into Moria and up the Endless Stair. The chase ended atop the peak of [[Zirakzigil]], or [[Celebdil]], when the Balrog's bodily flames were renewed, restoring much of its power. There, beginning on the 23rd of [[Solmath]], the pair of Maiar fought what was later known as the [[Battle of the Peak]], in which, after a lengthy battle, Gandalf prevailed and finally slew the Balrog, casting it down from the peak and sending it crashing onto the mountain side.
+After a long fall, the two crashed into a great subterranean lake, which Gandalf later said was as cold as the tide of death and almost froze his heart. The water quenched the Balrog's fire, reducing it to "a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake". Despite this relatively weak state, Durin's Bane renewed its attack on the wizard, and the two fought in the water, with the Balrog clutching at Gandalf to strangle him, and Gandalf hewing the Balrog with his sword, until finally the Balrog fled into ancient tunnels of unknown origin. There, Gandalf pursued the creature out of Moria, and Gandalf prevailed and finally slew the Balrog, casting it down from the peak and sending it crashing onto the mountain side.
-[[File:2F79D88A-6E65-46F5-9424-D245EF1339E2.png|thumb|220x220px|Gandalf battles Durin's Bane atop Zirakzigil]]The wounded and exhausted Gandalf died shortly afterwards, but was eventually "sent back, for a brief time, until his task was finished". The great eagle [[Gwaihir]] the Windlord (lord of the Great Eagles of Middle-earth) found him and carried him to Lothlórien where he was healed and clothed in white.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings]], [[The Two Towers]],'' Book Three, Ch. V: "[[The White Rider]]"</ref>
-The ultimate fate of Durin's Bane is not known, as only its physical form died, as with all Maiar when they were "killed," but what happened to the spirit of the Balrog was not revealed. It is also unknown if it was the last of its kind, or if there were other Balrogs who managed to escape the War of Wrath and remained hidden in long forgotten places.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings]], [[The Two Towers (novel)|The Two Towers]],'' Book Three, Chapter V: "[[The White Rider (chapter)|The White Rider]]"</ref><ref>''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]''</ref>
+The ultimate fate of Durin's Bane is not known, as only its physical form died, as with all Maiar when they were "killed," but what happened to the spirit of the Balrog was not revealed. It is also unknown if it was the last of its kind, or if there were other Balrogs who managed to escape the War of Wrath and remained hidden in long forgotten places.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings]], [[The Two Towers (novel)|The Two Towers]],'' Book Three, Chapter V: "[[The White Rider (chapter)|The White Rider]]"</ref>
 == Portrayal in adaptations ==
 === Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings ===
 [[File:Balrogbashki.jpg|thumb|left|Ralph Bakshi's Balrog]][[File:Gandalf_vs_mutant_balrog.jpg|thumb|right|Gandalf fighting the transformed Balrog]]
-Durin's Bane appears in [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|animated film]], and follows Tolkien's description in that it is bigger than a man, but not huge. However, its appearance has been  mocked by reviewers, noting that it appears to have wings similar to a butterfly, appears to have fuzzy feet, has the head of a lion-like creature, and roars repeatedly. After its fall into the chasm of Khazad-dûm, it changes into a half snake, half demon-like creature.
 === Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring ===
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 === The Two Towers ===
-The Balrog appears in a few flashbacks in ''The Two Towers''. The first flashback shows the events that take place following Gandalf's plunge into the abyss of Khazad-dûm: Gandalf hurtles down the chasm after the Balrog, recovering his sword [[Glamdring]] in midair and catching up to the Balrog. He and the Balrog attempt to kill each other as they continue to fall down the seemingly endless abyss, with Gandalf managing to land several blows on the Balrog while it makes constant attempts to strike at Gandalf with its fists and claws. They fall for a few minutes, until they at last crash violently into the underground lake, temporarily extinguishing the Balrog's flames.
+The Balrog appears in a few flashbacks in ''The Two Towers''. The first flashback shows the events that take place following Gandalf's plunge into the abyss of Khazad-dûm: Gandalf hurtles down the chasm after the Balrog, recovering his sword [[Glamdring]] in midair and catching up to the Balrog. He and the Balrog attempt to kill each other as they continue to fall down the abyss, with Gandalf managing to land several blows on the Balrog while it makes constant attempts to strike at Gandalf with its fists and claws. They fall for a few minutes, until they at last crash violently into the underground lake, temporarily extinguishing the Balrog's flames.
-The second flashback shows Gandalf and the Balrog now dueling atop Mount Zirakzigil during a great storm, in which Gandalf manages to imbue his sword with electricity from a lightning strike and stabs the Balrog through the heart, mortally wounding it and causing it to fall from the peak and crash onto the mountain side, its flames forever extinguished.
-=== Board games ===
-A Balrog was introduced to the ''[[War of the Ring (board game)|War of the Ring]] ''board game by its first expansion pack, "The Lords of Middle-earth". He is an optional character, a "Lesser Minion" which the Shadow Player may recruit, granting the use of a special Action Die to use for various actions in the game, though specifically accustomed to the use of Balrog. The Balrog's recruitment comes at a cost, however: mustering the Elves and Dwarves upon news of his arrival to war a little closer on the game's "Political Track".
-In the game, the Balrog makes it harder for the Fellowship of the Ring to travel past him, and by adding two dice to combat rolls in battle and offering three re-rolls on misses, boosting combat more than any other character. To limit his massive strength, he can be only used if "Awakened", and the Free People's player can put him back to sleep (that is, immobilize him) in several ways, such as with Gandalf. If the Balrog is immobilized anywhere outside of Moria, he is eliminated from the game.
-=== Video games ===
-In ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' video game, [[Gandalf]] battles Durin's Bane in a two-stage boss battle at the end of Moria. After weakening the beast with his lightning bolts, Gandalf must battle it with his sword.
-In [[Electronic Arts]]' ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'', the [https://bfme.fandom.com/wiki/Balrog Balrog] appears as a boss in the first level of the Campaign. The player is forced to fight the Balrog solely with Gandalf, using his Lightning Sword strike multiple times to kill it. In Skirmishes in the first and [[The Battle for Middle-earth II|second]] game, the Balrog can be summoned with its respective power, by evil factions. The Balrog can ignite its sword to cause additional melee damage, strike with its whip, roar to cause enemies to flee in terror, fly to certain areas, and most importantly, blast enemies and structures to ashes with its "Incinerate" skill.
-The Balrog is both a boss and playable hero in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Conquest]]''. In the Good campaign, the player must kill it to reclaim Moria from the orcs, playing as Gandalf the White. In the Evil campaign, it appears twice: once to kill [[Gimli]], and once to kill [[Treebeard]]. Its weapon in this game is a flaming sword and Fire Breath.
-Durin's Bane appears in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Tactics]]'' as an unique unit in the second mission of the game, armed with a sword of flame and fiery breath. In the Fellowship campaign, the player must get Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Frodo across the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, fighting off goblins and using Gandalf to stall the Balrog. In the Mordor campaign, Durin's Bane is a playable unit which is being targeted by Gandalf, Aragorn, Boromir, and several Rangers of Ithilien; the player's goal is to defeat the enemy heroes before they can defeat the Balrog.
-Two Balrogs also feature in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''. The first one, called Thaurlach, was created for the purposes of the game, and is the last 'Boss' in the famous Rift Raid, a 12-player instance in the region of Angmar. The other Balrog, Durin's Bane, features in one of the introductory quests to the Mines of Moria expansion of the game; an illusionary copy of it can later be fought in the Fear Wing of the Ost Dunhoth raid.
-The Balrog appears in ''[[LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game]]''. While its fight against Gandalf remains the same as in the film, it belches at one point, causing Gandalf to wave the fumes away in disgust. This same incarnation of the Balrog later appeared in ''[[LEGO Dimensions]].''
-The Balrog is a main boss in the ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age]]'', where it initially appears in a cutscene at the bottom of a mithril mine and is later fought on the bridge of Khazad-dûm where Gandalf becomes a temporary party member.
-In [[:en:Middle-earth:_Shadow_of_Mordor|''Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'']], the [http://shadowofmordor.wikia.com/wiki/Legendary_Graug Legendary Graug]'s in-game description notes it is speculated to be a "Balrog given flesh" though this is never confirmed.
+The second flashback shows Gandalf and the Balrog now dueling atop Mount Zirakzigil during a great storm, in which Gandalf manages to imbue his sword with electricity from a lightning strike and stabs the Balrog through the heart, mortally wounding it and causing it to fall from the peak and crash onto the mountain side, its flames extinguished.
-== Gallery ==
-{{Gallery|width=120|height=160|captionalign=center|position=center
-|500px-Gandaflandbalrogpic.JPG|The confrontation scene in [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Fellowship of the Ring (film)|Fellowship of the Ring]]
-|Gandalf confronts balrog.jpg|Gandalf confronts the Balrog at [[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]
-|Destruction of the Bridge.jpg|Falling from the bridge
-|Howe12.jpg|Gandalf confronts the Balrog at [[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm|the Bridge of Khazad-dûm]] II
-|Nasmith4.jpg|Gandalf confronts the Balrog at [[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm|the Bridge of Khazad-dûm]] III
-|GandalfVSBalrog.jpg|Gandalf fighting Durin's Bane
-|NasmithGandalfBalrog1.jpg|Gandalf confronts the Balrog at [[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm|the Bridge of Khazad-dûm]] IV
-|53675.jpg|Gandalf confronts the Balrog at the [[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm|the Bridge of Khazad-dûm]] V
-|Ted Nasmith - The Dwarves Delve Too Deep.jpg|The Dwarves delve too deep
-|Balrog 5.jpg|
-|Gandalf vs. Durin's Bane.jpg|
-|Gandalf vs the balrog by yamoshi-d6eq2ke.jpg|The confrontation by [http://yamoshi.deviantart.com/art/Gandalf-vs-the-Balrog-387528062 Yamoshi]
-|Zirakzigil by deagol.jpg|The crush of Maiar under clear sky and the Sun with the whole scenery of the tower of Zirakzigil by [http://deagol.web.fc2.com/per/per/zirakzigil.htm Deagol]
-|LOTR11255.jpg|The Zirakzigil battle
-}}
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 [[pl:Zguba Durina]]
 [[ru:Проклятье Дурина]]
-[[Category:Villains]]
 [[Category:Balrogs]]
 [[Category:Servants of Morgoth]]

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