Gandalf facing the Balrog in the Mines of Moria is one of the most intense and memorable scenes from The Lord of the Rings, and there's a reason it has become so quotable. Whether fans are ...

Due to different interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkien's text, the Lord of the Rings fanbase is split on whether Balrogs have ...

But perhaps the biggest cliffhanger in the dwarves' storyline is the teeny tiny matter of the Balrog living in the depths of Khazad-dûm. As we know from the main Lord of the Rings trilogy ...

The Maiar exist throughout Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings—Gandalf the Grey (Sir Ian McKellan), Saruman (Christopher Lee), and even the Balrog are all Maia that reside in Middle-earth—but you ...

Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films omitted fascinating book characters like Tom Bombadil, Glorfindel, and Prince ...

The Fellowship of the Ring — and the entirety of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy — still looks amazing. The visuals hold up, with everything from the Balrog to the fiery wastes of ...

The Drop Black Speech gaming keyboard is inspired by Mordor, Barad-dûr, and the Eye of Sauron, but is just one of many ...

After his fateful battle with the Balrog of Moria, in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf falls into darkness but is reborn. He was sent back by the higher powers to ...