So my guess is Tolkien felt even Gandalf was not powerful enough to take on Smaug single handed or with a group.What's the true origin story of the Balrog from The Lord of the Rings? Alongside orcs, dragons, and ents, the Balrog is one of the most memorable fantasy creatures glimpsed in The Lord of the Rings. Now, years later it is finished.Smaug, for years, was pretty much hiding in plain sight, yet Gandalf never organized a party of warriors to assault the dragon. I bought it ages ago and never had the technique for painting fire down, so I got frustrated with it and left it sit in my minis collection. Gandalf and the Balrog are finally complete This set is the first release from Games Workshop's Lord of the Rings miniatures line.
While their master was kept prisoner by the other Vala, the Balrogs slept in the pits of Angbad, only to be awakened by the cry of Morgoth's return to Middle-earth, at which time they resumed their servitude, waging war against elves and men. The Balrog's origin closely follows Christian mythology, where the angels who chose to follow Lucifer ultimately became demons.Among Morgoth's earliest servants, the Balrogs were present in Middle-earth long before the Ring was forged, long before the time of men, and even before the arrival of the elves. As one of the Valar, Morgoth outranked the Maiar, and those who fell under his control were corrupted, taking on the monstrous, fiery form seen in The Lord of the Rings.
As they are wont to do, the dwarves' greed led them too deep into the mines, and their hammering disturbed the Balrog for the first time in millennia. Being such rare specimens, Durin's Bane undoubtedly would've been present during those ancient historic battles, but without Morgoth, he remained undisturbed in Moria until the arrival of the dwarves. At times in The Silmarillion, Tolkien suggests a host of Balrogs are under Morgoth's command, but the author's son Christopher later confirmed that only a maximum of 7 ever existed.
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