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Tar Goroth is a Balrog and minor antagonist that appears in Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
He is not from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Biography[]
One of the lesser Maiar corrupted by Morgoth, Tar Goroth served the Dark Lord as one of his generals during the War of the Jewels. After his master's defeat, the Balrog was cast by the spirit Carnán into the fiery pits of the plains of Gorgoroth. There he slumbered late into the Third Age, awaiting "a final battle to settle Middle-earth's fate".[1]
The forging of the Bright Lord's New Ring awakened the demon. Sauron observed this and sent his "loyal servant"[1] Zog, to sway Tar Goroth to their side. Rising from the molten fires of Gorgoroth, the Balrog proved too powerful for even Zog and his acolytes to tame. Fire whip in hand, Tar Goroth easily dispatched the nearby Uruk necromancers and rushed to the surface. And so, despite the best efforts of Carnán, Talion and Celebrimbor, a Balrog was once again unleashed upon the world.
Following a trail of dead Orcs to Seregost, the Bright Lord and Carnán finally confronted Tar Goroth upon a frozen lake. After a hefty skirmish, the two are able to bring down the Balrog and plunge him beneath the ice.