Balrogs possessed superhuman strength, durability, stamina, pain tolerance, and flexibility, as they were capable of picking up and throwing a human with one hand. They could also create earthly explosions with just their fists and tails.
Lord of Balrogs
The most powerful of all the Balrogs, one of the chief servants of Melkor, who held an authority hardly less than Sauron himself. A wily commander and fearsome fighter, Gothmog was often accompanied by others of his fiery kind, and at least in the Nirnaeth he had a personal guard of dozens of Trolls.
After sleeping deep within the Misty Mountains for thousands of years, he was awoken by the Dwarves of Moria in the Third Age, responsible for the death of King Durin VI and the ruin of Moria; it was the Balrog encountered by the Fellowship of the Ring.
Yes, Sauron is more powerful than the Balrogs and was the greatest and most terrible of Morgoth's servants. The balrogs were beings of immense power as they were previously Maiar, essentially angelic beings born beyond the constraints of the mortal world.
Balrogs are portrayed as being between 14 feet and 18 feet (4.3-5.5 m) tall in the Lord of the Rings films.
In the end Tolkien stated that there were probably "at most" seven Balrogs: In the margin my father wrote: 'There should not be supposed more than say 3 or at most 7 ever existed. '
For more than five thousand years, the Balrog lay dormant at the roots of the Misty Mountains beneath the Dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm.
The movies didn't show it, but the Balrog all but defeated Gandalf in a battle of spells. So, the bottom line is that some brutish beast like Smaug (regardless of his size) wouldn't have been a threat to a Balrog. The only thing that could save Smaug would be his wings -- if he flew away in full retreat.
The Balrog of Moria is a lot more powerful than Gandalf the Grey, who needs to use a ring of power to defeat the monster. He is also weaker than Saruman, another Maia. And all of that changes when he returns as The White. That being said, it is necessary to understand that the Maiar are not all made from the same mold.
Gandalf pursued the monster for eight days, until they climbed to the peak of Zirakzigil, where the Balrog was forced to turn and fight, its body erupting into new flame. Here they fought for two days and nights. In the end, the Balrog was defeated and cast down, breaking the mountainside where it fell "in ruin".
Knocking Ecthelion's sword out of his hands, Gothmog prepared to strike at him, but, as he raised his axe, Ecthelion ran forward at the Balrog lord, ramming his pointed helmet into the beast's chest and forcing both of them into the Fountain of the King.
The Dwarves dug too deep, greedy for mithril, and disturbed a demon of great power: a Balrog, which destroyed their kingdom. By the end of the Third Age, Moria had long been abandoned by the Dwarves, and was a place of evil repute.
After disinheriting his son, King Durin banished Elrond and ordered the new mine to be sealed up, but not before he cast a leaf from the tree in Lindon into the mine, where it floated down and awoke a Balrog that had been lying dormant beneath the mountain.
So far I have learned that Galadriel is powerful enough to have a good chance. It is not clear whether she really would have to die or not. I personally think now that beating a Balrog could even be done without much physical power, e.g. by building a trap that will lead the Balrog to drown or fall very deep.
Gandalf was scared of this beast because he knew how powerful it was since it was a Maia like himself, but it was purely evil.
Balrog appears as one of the final bosses on Street Fighter X Mega Man. His weakness is the Mega Buster and the Soul Satellite.
So, in terms of "angelic rankings," they were on the same level, which meant that Sauron had no authority to commander the Balrog. As a Valar, Morgoth led a whole slew of Balrogs in the First Age, but because Sauron was only a Maia, the Balrog would have had no loyalty to him.
Legolas knows what Balrogs are and can identify one by sight, wings or no wings. Gimli did not know what Durin's Bane was, specifically, until he saw the Balrog and put the pieces together Gandalf knows exactly what Balrogs are, but, absolutely did not know that there was one in Moria 79 Wiles_ • 4 yr.
He would not have been able to prevail against it otherwise. As far as I understand it, the Istari were specifically forbidden to use their full power in furtherance of their mission, which was to organize and inspire the Elves, Dwarves, and Men in their fight against Sauron.
Sauron has been with Melkor since the Years of the Trees. He and the Balrogs fulfill the most important roles in Melkor's regime. He had no reason to fear them because they were his “allies”.
The Eagles came to help them, but Glorfindel fought the Balrog alone upon the pinnacle of a rock. Both died after falling in the abyss, and their duel is sung of by many songs.
Both Morgoth and Sauron managed to inflict significant damage upon the world and their enemies before their downfall, but Morgoth was undoubtedly the more powerful of the two.
It told how Balin discovered Durin's Axe, and established a small colony, but it was overrun by orcs and Balin was killed by an orc archer in Dimrill Dale. Thus he died in the same place as his father, having been self-proclaimed Lord of Moria for less than five years.
In appearance, the Balrogs were man-like, though huge, and could appear cloaked in shadow as an impenetrable darkness, or burst into a fiery form that streamed flame. They carried whips of flame and moved with great speed, inducing terror in friends and foes alike.
Yes, Sauron knew about the balrog in Moria, as did Saruman, Sauron's lieutenant.