Why did Gandalf use a sword against the Balrog?
WEBAug 10, 2019 · Moments later when Gandalf and the balrog are falling into the abyss, Gandalf repeatedly stabs his foe with a sword. We don't see him use any magic against the balrog. Maybe he did use magic, but we didn't see it. His staff is either lost or destroyed by then. As best we can tell, Gandalf defeats the balrog with a sword.
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WEBMar 3, 2017 · During the speech Gandalf gives when he confronts the Balrog he instructs the Balrog to "go back to the Shadow!". "You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun. Go back to the Shadow!
the lord of the rings - Where did "you shall not pass" come from ...
WEBOne of the most memorable lines from the Lord of the Rings movies is when Gandalf stands before the Balrog and says "you cannot pass". It's commonly quoted as "you shall not pass" because he says that afterwards. He doesn't actually say that in the book. In The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf blocks the Balrog saying:
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WEBSep 27, 2016 · The Balrog is a survivor from the Silmarillion and the legends of the First Age. So is Shelob. The Balrogs, of whom the whips were the chief weapons, were primeval spirits of destroying fire, chief servants of the primeval Dark Power of the First Age.
Why was Gandalf afraid of the Balrog of Morgoth?
WEBMar 12, 2017 · While Balrog and Gandalf are both Maiar, they are different ones: Balrog still has a full power of a Maiar. Gandalf is in a mortal form, very deliberately stripped of most of his power, as his role was not to fight Sauron but to advise Men and Elves on the fight. Gandalf < Olorin - independently of how Olorin the Maia compares to Balrog the Maia.
Did Gandalf know the Balrog he fought in Moria?
WEBApr 12, 2016 · I think I've always taken it for granted that the Balrog, when we saw it in Moria, looked very different from whatever its appearance had been thousands of years earlier, "in the good old days." So even if Gandalf knew any given Balrog had to be "a fellow Maia gone bad," he wouldn't necessarily be able to tell which one he was meeting that …
How many Balrogs did it take to defeat Fëanor?
WEBAug 29, 2013 · If feanor was like fingolfin who made morgoth himself squeel or even stronger, then it's pretty safe to assume feanor killed at least 1 balrog. To say feanor couldn't manage to kill any would be like saying "glorfindel fought many orcs and died" and then assuming he didn't kill any orcs simply because the book doesn't clearly state it.
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WEBDec 9, 2012 · Gandalf is making three very specific references as both warning and challenge to the Balrog. By identifying himself as a servant of the Secret Fire (or Flame Imperishable), Gandalf is identifying himself as a Maia, an embodied angelic servant of the Valar protecting the light of Creation that Eru Ilúvatar (or God) has set to burn at the …
the lord of the rings - Why did Gandalf chase the Balrog down ...
WEBNeither he nor the Balrog was killed by the fall, and Gandalf pursued the creature for eight days until they climbed to the peak of Zirakzigil. Here they fought for two days and nights. In the end, the Balrog was cast down and it broke the mountain-side as it fell. And from the Two Towers: at last he fled into dark tunnels.
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WEBSep 27, 2016 · Gandalf challenges the Balrog by saying "It is forbidden for any Balrog to come beneath the sky since Fionwë[a] son of Manwë overthrew Thangorodrim." Notice the difference between "to come beneath the sky" and "to come upon the face of the earth". 7. Tolkien, J.R.R.. The Fall of Gondolin from The Silmarillion: