The Balrog Statue

The artisans of Weta Workshop have designed this unique statue of the Balrog, the ancient evil lurking in Khazad-dûm.

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The crouching Balrog is constructed with heavyweight polystone, hand painted and stands at an astounding 13.5" tall, weight 25 lbs (10 kg).

A fiery whip encompasses the entire front of the sculpture and the charred interiors glow red with fire.

The Balrog Statue is limited to only 1,000 pcs worldwide and is expected to sell out quickly.

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In The Fellowship of the Ring:
The Balrog is an ancient servant of Morgoth. It is an even older evil than Sauron. It had dwelt in the depths of Moria for untold years. The Dwarves disturbed it when the delved too deeply for mithril. The Balrog wiped out the dwarven colony of Dwarrowdelf and became known as Durin's Bane. It is also known as Flame of Udûn.

When the Fellowship journeyed through Moria, the Balrog was awakened. Gandalf had feared some ancient evil and when he saw the Balrog, he was disheartened. He stood and faced the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. The Balrog fell as the bridge gave way, but dragged Gandalf down with its whip.

In The Two Towers:
As the film opens, the Balrog and Gandalf are battling as they fall. They fall into an underground lake. Later, after Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas find Gandalf in Fangorn Forest. He relates what happened. He followed the Balrog to a mountain peak where he finally smote the Balrog.

The origin of Balrogs
The Balrogs originated as Maiar, beings of the same kind as Sauron himself. They were primordial spirits of fire that had allied themselves with Melkor in ancient times, and became the most feared of his servants, especially during the Wars of Beleriand in the First Age. Details of their numbers are hard to state with certainty, but there seem to have been relatively few of them - probably no more than seven.

In appearance, the Balrogs were man-like, but fire streamed from them, and they were swathed in dark shadows. They carried whips of flame and induced great terror in friends and foes alike. In the War of Wrath, Morgoth was assailed by the forces of the Valar. Most of the Balrogs were destroyed in that War, but some few escaped over the Blue Mountains and hid in Middle-earth. Durin's Bane, the creature that drove the Dwarves from Moria, was one of these.

The Balrogs Before the First Age
The Balrogs were in origin Maiar, of the same order as Sauron or Gandalf. Melkor corrupted them to his service in the distant past of the World, in the days of his splendour. They were originally gathered by him in his ancient fastness of Utumno during the time of the Lamps of the Valar. When this fortress was destroyed by the Valar, at least some fled and lurked in the pits of Angband (whether any of the original Balrogs were slain in the Valar's attack on Utumno is not known).

Balrogs in the First Age
When Melkor and Ungoliant escaped from Valinor three ages later with the Silmarils, the Balrogs were still to be found in the ruins of Angband. Ungoliant trapped Melkor in her webs, demanding the Silmarils for herself, but the Balrogs issued from their hiding-place and rescued their lord.

The Balrogs were apparently first encountered by the Elves during the Dagor-nuin-Giliath in the first year of the First Age. After the great victory of the Noldor over Morgoth's Orcs, Fëanor pressed on towards Angband, but the Balrogs came against him. He was mortally wounded by Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs. Though his sons beat off the demons of fire, Fëanor died of his wounds soon after, and his spirit departed for the Halls of Mandos.

The Appearance and Nature of Balrogs
Balrogs were spirits of fire - their hearts were of fire, we are told, and they carried whips of flame. They could, however, shroud themselves in darkness and shadow. The Balrog that Gandalf fought in Moria, for example, at first gave no hint of his fiery nature apart from the flames that issued from his nostrils.