Was the Balrog more powerful than Gandalf?
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Was the Balrog more powerful than Gandalf?
The Balrog of Moria is a lot more powerful than Gandalf the Grey, who needs to use a ring of power to defeat the monster. He is also weaker than Saruman, another Maia. The Valar are simply the kings, and the Maiar, their people. They are as varied as any race, even human race.
Could Gandalf have fought smaug as he did the Balrog were Smaug and the Balrog similar in power?
Gandalf absolutely could have killed Smaug in a one-on-one fight. The grey wizard fought and defeated the Balrog of Moria, and a dragon was a lesser evil than that. As such, dragons were powerful, but because of the Balrogs’ preeminence, they commanded evils that the dragons only hoped to imitate.
What was the name of the Balrog that killed Gandalf?
Durin’s Bane
| Durin’s Bane | |
|---|---|
| Death | 25 January T.A. 3019 Battle of the Peak |
| Notable for | Killing Durin VI and ruining Khazad-dûm |
| Physical Description | |
| Race | Maia (Balrog) |
How did Gandalf kill the Balrog of Moria?
The Balrog of Moria probably could not have been killed by a simple fall from a mountainside, but that is just a guess based on an earlier passage where Gandalf describes his faceless encounter with a powerful foe at the entrance to one of the doors to the Chamber of Mazarbul: Suddenly at the top of the stair there was a stab of white light.
How powerful is Gandalf as a Maia?
Olorin the Maia (Gandalf) chose to remain loyal to the Valar (the god of chief powers of Arda) while the Balrog are an unspecified number of Maiar who rebelled with Melkor Morgoth and thus shared his corruption and fearsome powers. Gandalf as a Maia certainly has the power to beat a Balrog in combat…
How did Gandalf die in The Lord of the Rings?
5 Answers. Gandalf the Grey faced Durin’s Bane on the bridge of Khazad-dûm. He forbade the Balrog’s passage and broke the bridge beneath him. The Balrog ensnared him with his whip, and the two fell. They fell into a subterranean lake deep within the mines. The Balrog’s flames were extinguished, his body a thing of slime.
How powerful is Gandalf in his mortal form?
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.