The balrog attacked Gandalf and the party because it was an evil territorial creature who attacked any who ventured into its area.
Gandalf attacked the balrog because he was the only one who could realistically fight the Balrog. As the balrog was massive, they could only run for so long before having to fight.
Gandalf fought the balrog because he was forced to. The party could not run away fast enough, and no one else stood a chance against the balrog.
A Balrog
The Balrog is the beast of Morgoth that killed Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring. It is said to be made of fire and ash and carry a firey whip.
It's called a "Balrog"
A Balrog of Morgoth that had lived in the mines for many years. He defeats a balrog in the Mines of Moria.
Gandalf fought the balrog because he was forced to. The party could not run away fast enough, and no one else stood a chance against the balrog.
Gandalf. Not even a Balrog can kill him.
A Balrog
The dwarven city in which the battle occurred was originally known as Khazad-dum by the dwarves, and Hadhodrond by the elves (Sindarin). Both of these names mean "The Dwarrowdelf." Later, after the Balrog had been awaken, and Khazad-dum defiled and overrun by orcs, the name was changed to Moria, "The Black Pit." The fight between Gandalf and the Balrog had several stages in and outside Moria. First there was the Battle of the Bridge of Khazad-dum. This is where Gandalf destroyed the bridge and the Balrog fell, dragging Gandalf with him. They clutched and hewed at each other and hit ice cold water. After exiting that, the slimy, flameless Balrog tried to escape through the passages of the lower depths and then up the Endless Stair, which ironically, did have an end. Gandalf chased him all the way to Zirik-Zigal, the peak. Here he killed the Balrog.
Gandalf.
The Balrog is the beast of Morgoth that killed Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring. It is said to be made of fire and ash and carry a firey whip.
It's called a "Balrog"
A Balrog of Morgoth that had lived in the mines for many years. He defeats a balrog in the Mines of Moria.
To my knowledge there is not anyone who said those words, though Gandalf said "You shall not pass" in the first movie "The Fellowship of the Ring" while attempting to defeat the Balrog in Moria. The Black Knight in Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail uses that phrase.
Sort of. Gandalf is actual a Meia, from another world and like the elves is immortal.He goes into Moria with Frodo, Aragorn, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Gimli, Legolas and Boromir, Where they are attacked by orcs and have to run to the bridge of Khazad-dum where a Balrog comes to kill them all.Gandalf tells them all to run ahead and stays to stop the Balrog, where they fight for a bit until Gandalf brackes the bridge in half and falls to his death with the Balrog, telling everyone else to run!Heck no he don't! He "supposedly" and "tragically" died in Moria when he and the fellowship were attacked by a Balrog. Gandalf broke the bridge in half and fell into Shadow. He fought with Balrog on the mountain and smote Balrog's ruin. Darkness took him. He strayed out of thought and time as stars wheeled overhead. BUT!!! Then he came back into the light and felt renewed power. He comes back in The Two Towers while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli were looking for Peregrin Took and Merioadoc Brandybuck, two of the halflings (Hobbits) that were kidnapped by the Orcs that murdered their friend Boromir. Then The White Wizard (Gandalf, not Saruman) appeared right in their faces. They were so astonished they tried to kill him but Gandalf deflected the arrow and ax and he knocked away Aragorn's sword.
Balrogs are fictional characters in the story The Lord of the Rings. Just over 1000 years before The Fellowship of the Ring Dwarf King Durin VI is killed by a Balrog, and it earns the name Durin's Bane. Then Gandalf is forced to battle Durin's Bane in the mines of Khazad-dum (Moria), he and the balrog are both killed a few days later though Gandalf is sent back to Middle-earth as Gandalf the White. .
only gandalf can beat the balrog and then only by dieing WITH him. They are exactly evenly matched because they are both Miar of identical rank.