Tolkien invented the name "Balrog", providing an in-universe etymology for it as a word in his invented Sindarin language. Their power came from their nature as Maiar, angelic beings like the Valar. Only dragons rivalled their capacity for ferocity and destruction, and during the First Age of Middle-earth, they were among the most feared of Morgoth's forces. In Tolkien's later conception, they could not be readily vanquished-a certain stature was required by the would-be hero. They are armed with fiery whips "of many thongs", and occasionally use long swords. Balrogs are tall and menacing beings who can shroud themselves in fire, darkness, and shadow. Balrogs appear also in Tolkien's The Silmarillion and other posthumously published books.
One first appeared in print in his high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, where the Fellowship of the Ring encounter one known as Durin's Bane in the Mines of Moria. For other uses, see Balrog (disambiguation).Ī Balrog ( / ˈ b æ l r ɒ ɡ/) is a powerful fictional monster in J.
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