Warning, this article contains spoilers for Episode 7 of Rings of Power.
After the fate montage erupted in a monumental explosion of fire and ash in episode 6 of The Rings of Power, we found our heroes reeling in episode 7.
Adar, the big bad of this first season, has succeeded in his dark design: making the lands of the south uninhabitable for men so he can settle there with his army of Uruks. His plan, which consisted of awakening a dormant volcano, worked perfectly. The reign of Mordor can thus begin.
After this disaster, which caused many casualties and injuries, the Númenóreans decided to return to their island, without promising to return to the warriors of the southern lands in battles against the common enemy.
On Khazad-dûm’s side, Elrond fails to convince the dwarven sovereign, Durin III, to allow the elves to use the mithril vein. This infuriates his son, Durin IV, who comes into open conflict with his father.
At the end of the episode, the king orders his troops to refill the mine that gives access to the precious ore, dropping the leaf that Elrond of Lyndon brought. The camera then pans in to drop us into the heart of darkness, the dwarven abode.
It follows the gentle fall of this leaf, ending in a burning moment when it hits the ground. Suddenly, a titanic and fiery creature appears, letting out a terrible deafening cry.
This huge monster is the Balrog, one of the most terrifying beasts of Middle-earth as presented by author JRR Tolkien. These giants are Maiar, as well as Sauron, Gandalf or Saruman. They were corrupted by Morgoth, who turned them into powerful fire demons.
Strong and durable, they have the ability to envelop themselves in fire or darkness. They may be armed with a fiery whip consisting of several thongs. They can also use a flaming longsword or a black axe.
In Peter Jackson’s films, Gandalf fights him in the Mines of Moria, which became the new name for Khazad-Dûm. We don’t know if one, ie Durin’s Bane, will be featured in the series.
The latter is the Balrog of Morgoth, who lies in the depths of Moria. In Tolkien’s writings, he was awakened in the mid-third century by dwarves searching for mithril.
During this time he killed many dwarves, including King Durin VI and his son Nain. They then gradually left these caves and the Balrog became the undisputed ruler of Moria. Will the showrunners of Rings of Power embrace the narrative to make this creature a well-known scourge of Durin?
Knowing that the events of the series take place in the Second Age and that the writers compressed the timeline set by Tolkien, this is entirely possible (Mithril is central to the Durin/Elrond narrative arc). We will definitely find out in episode 8.
A British author describes the Balrog in this way Ბekhdi brotherhood : “His curling mane flashed and blazed behind him. In his right hand he held a blade like a piercing tongue of fire, and in his left a multi-stranded whip.”
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