The sword that graced the hand of the White Lady ... including using it to slay the balrog known as Durin's Bane, until he eventually departed Middle-Earth at the beginning of the Fourth Age.

Across various eras, from the inception of Arda to the events of the Lord of the Rings movies, many talented sword wielders walked the lands of Middle-Earth, slaying many enemies and servants of ...

From the friendly, like the Great Eagles, to the harrowing, like Wargs or the Balrog, many of the creatures in the lore are massive. This doesn't exactly meet the criteria for a cozy setting.

To begin with, the Balrog is significantly smaller than in Peter Jackson’s films, it is not surrounded by fire, and it resembles a dragon. Gandalf wields his sword and gives the creature no ...