Gandalf vs. the Balrog explained - LOTR Lore

Gandalf the gray one of the most iconic characters in middle-earth in the Fellowship of the Ring he meets his match a Balrog of Morgoth this battle is legendary and it is a memorable moment from the law of thorns there is more to this battle than meets the eye and many questions arise from this event in this video and in-depth explanation of this battle shall be provided the encounter between Gandalf and the Balrog begins with a fellowship flees from the chamber of masago Gandalf is trying to hold the door leading out from the chamber using spells to buy time for the fellowship the Balrog now approaches and can perceive gandalf and his spells the barrel uses a counter spell and the door starts to open gandalf has used a word of command to hold the Balrog spells in check but it proves to be too much of a strain on the door the door is broken in many pieces and a ceiling even falls to the ground the Balrog were thus hit by the ceiling but survives without getting injured Gandalf is shocked by this counter spell and it can perceive that his power is matched he flies down the stairs and lands on the ground due to this immense power gandalf now tells us that he was almost broken and that his wearing the fellowship now heads for the eastern gate of Moria hoping to escape the confrontation between gandalf and a Balrog continuous once the Fellowship has reached the bridge of Castle gain off quickly recognizes that they are indeed facing a Balrog of Morgoth Legolas is terrified and Gimli buries his eyes in his hands the description that talking gives us here is interesting that it is indeed a dwarf and the elf that recognized this being is by means and accidents the Balrog is the whole reason that the dwarfs had to leave Casa to their most beloved Halla fault it is named during Spain by the dwarfs which killed during the father and the king of the dwarfs for the elves the Balrog were fearsome enemies of all slaying many elves in the first stage the being itself is a symbol of the downfall of costume and the victories against the elves and therefore it is no wonder why Gimli and Legolas are struck with horror the Balrog now raised towards the fellowship accompanied by orcs and trolls Boromir lost all of konga and all the enemies homes Gandalf strength was renewed and he told his companions to cross the bridge of costume gandalf stood in the middle of the span with a staff in his left hand and Glamdring in his right hand the Balrog approached the bridge shadow reached out from its sides and it's raised the weak but Gandalf stood firm you cannot pass the orcs now fell silent they had not expected that anyone would dare to challenge the Balrog whom they all feared I am a servant of the secret fire wielder of the flame of armour you cannot pass the dark fire will not avail you flame of udun go back to the shadow you cannot pass the Balrog made no answer the words that Gandalf utters here are very powerful but to understand them we must first understand what Gandalf and balrog our Gandalf is much more than a wizard he's an emissary a Maya from the West Gandalf was sent to Miller from Valinor to a the free peoples against our rules Dominion just like the four other research Gandalf was born before time itself to not overcomplicate situation we can just say that Gandalf is a half God that served the creator of middle-earth arrowy louboutin the Balrog were also born before time itself and it was as well Amaya however instead of serving arrow aloo Matar it became corrupted and followed Morgoth the valor that corrupted different Maia and made him an evil force of the world rebelling against arrow eluveitie the creator this considered we can now understand Gandalf's motives and thus why the Balrog is silence after this exclamation gandalf has exposed the Balrog for what it release when Gandalf says he's the secret fire wielder of the flame of armour he might refer to the flame imperishable the flame imperishable is the flame that arrow aloo Matar used to create a world and its life it is some kind of substance that provides creation in talking's what Gandalf explains that it serves this power the flame of udun on the other hand serves the dark fire he's a minion of the corrupted and fall mortal the contrast between the two is enlightened by Gandalf he states that he serves the one true power we'll see Balrog has rejected its creator and has fallen to serving the great corrupt immoral and being that pales in comparison to Eddie Universal Gandalf is portraying the greater authority and the Balrog has no answer to this the barek finally steps onto the bridge and the fire net disappear the darkness in its growth and then suddenly it attacks Gandalf with a molten sword gandalf repels the Balrog and it's attack an immortal soul of the Balrog is broken Gandalf sword Glamdring has a very interesting backstory it was used by the High King of the Noldor during the first stage and it is quite possible that's hiking torgan used it to slay barracks there is no wonder why the Balrog sword is cracked during this challenge Gandalf again exclaims that the barrel cannot pass the barracks had food upon the bridge Gandalf then breaks a part of the bridge where a Balrog stand the barrel Falls and prizes me but it manages to pull Gandalf into the abyss using it thoughts and then he is gone Gandalf and the Balrog fall together and Gandalf is burned by the Balrog fire their fall is long for a span under the bridge of Casa doom is deep and has no measure they crash into a lake under the mountain and it is freezing cold many might wonder how Gandalf and the Balrog could survive such a fall this is explained by the fact that there are Maya while mewn to the frailties of normal mortals the fight continued in this dark abyss but the Balrog no longer had any fire it was now a creature of slime for all its fire word quenched in this lake stronger the strangling snake it clutched Gandalf and Gandalf who at it with glam ding and the battle continued like this for many dark days under the earth where time is not counted finally the Balrog fled and it's headed for dark tunnels some kind of cave system which nameless things had made the nameless things are mysterious beings in talking's world and not much is known about them some have theorized that the watcher in the water could be such a being all we know for certain is that they are older than Sauron which doesn't give away a whole lot but this could possibly explain their origin they might have been in this place from the very beginning of the world not concerned with anything else this dreadful battle lasts for eight days under the earth until the Balrog led Gandalf to the endless tears up they climbed for many thousand steps until they arrived at during style part during style was card out of the rock of the mountain celeb deal itself and there the battle continued this is known as the Battle of the peak and it will become the conclusion of this struggle thunder and lightning shook the mountain and smoke in steam surrounded the two Maya those that looked upon the mountain from afar thought this was a great storm the battle lasted for two days at the peak until Gandalf finally managed to defeat The Ballad and it crashed down upon the mountainside Gandalf himself was broken by this train the spirit of Gandalf left his physical body the spirit was then enhanced by arrow a libertine for the creator could sense that there was no hope left for the peoples of middle-earth if Gandalf stayed dead there had originally been sent five wizards to middle-earth from the blessed realm to aid the free peoples but at this point of time only Gandalf pursued this mission there is no doubt that Rohan would have fallen without Gandalf said and thus Gondor and the rest of middle-earth would soon have fallen into the hands of Saruman and sorrow Gandalf had to fight the Balrog to protect the fellowship and allow during free passage he sacrificed himself without Gandalf Stan the Fellowship would all have been killed by the Balrog and the quest to Mount Doom would have failed utterly what happens during this encounter is of great importance to the story it's a turning point talking incorporates the idea that the plan of God has failed and thus an intervention is needed to make a plan that have failed right Gandalf returns as Gandalf the White to make things right the Lord of the Rings is not just about more corruption but also reduction Aragorn willing to sacrifice himself before the gates of the Black Gate to aid Frodo in the ultimate task redeemed Suleiman Orient's which rebelled against God Boromir fall into the corruption of the ring and then sacrificing himself to law Merry and Pippin to escape is also Redemption the same thing is shown in our scenario gandalf sacrifices himself to give the fellowship and the ring free passage in addition to portray the importance of redemption in his story it was necessary for talking to separate gana from Frodo and the ring with Gandalf alive the quests of the ring baron could have proved to be too easy and an anticipation of the story could have been lessened after the re embodiment Gandalf is found by ye win Lord and brought to Lauria where he gets a new rope and most likely he makes a new style this allows Gandalf to continue his healing against the works of Sauron and Saruman the battle of the peak sets a new mood for talking story the Fellowship is broken and scattered and Rohan is idle a new power must be set in motion to fulfill arrow Aluva toss plan and that is gun after white I hope you now have an insight into what this battle really offers two talking story and that you can now understand what I talking would bring someone back for the death if you enjoy a lot of the rainstorm I highly suggest you check out this playlist right here it covers many interesting topics and the playlist expands every week make sure to subscribe and leave a like if you enjoy this video 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Length: 11min 38sec (698 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 15 2019