Why did the Balrog not leave Moria?

Tolkien said in one of his letters that after the war of wrath the surviving balrogs were forbidden to ever walk under the sky again. This is the only explanation of why the balrog stayed in moria. It wasnt a mindless beast. It was a corrupted spirit of the same order as Gandalf.

What if Gandalf didnt fall in Moria?

If Gandalf hadn’t fallen in Moria, he would not have become ‘the White’; which would probably have meant, some adjustment to the way Saruman was dealt with at Isengard (as ‘the Grey’, Gandalf did not have the authority to order Saruman around, or break his staff).

Did the dwarves reclaim Moria after the War of the Ring?

The Appendices (and maybe somewhere else too) tell us that the dwarves did indeed reclaim Moria, under Thorin the 3rd Stonehelm, and that after many years all of the dwarves slowly dwindled off naturally and died.

What happened to Moria after the ring was destroyed?

Aftermath. With the Dwarven colony destroyed, Moria continued to be a place of evil that few dared enter. The Fellowship of the Ring passed through Moria not long afterwards and found it desolate, they discovered a partial account of its fall recorded in the Book of Mazarbul.

Can the Balrog go outside?

Why didn’t the Balrog of Moria go outside? J.R.R. Tolkien never explained what that was all about. “It is forbidden for any Balrog to come beneath the sky since Fionwe son of Manwe overthrew Thangorodrim.” So perhaps that explains it.

Why was Gandalf so afraid of the Balrog?

So when Gandalf heard that a Balrog still lurks in the depth of Moria, of course he would be afraid. A Balrog is a terror of the First Age. And something that was a threat in the First Age would be an unstoppable terror in the Third.

Why did Gandalf go to Moria?

Having foreseen his death, the Balrog surely seemed to be the cause. It reflects his great courage that he went to Moria anyway, and that he stood against the Balrog to buy the others time, though he knew it was suicide. We don’t know the entire history of Gandalf.

How did the Balrog fall into the Abyss?

With a terrible cry the Balrog fell forward, and its shadow plunged down and vanished. But even as it fell it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about the wizard’s knees, dragging him to the brink. He staggered and fell, grasped vainly at the stone, and slid into the abyss.

What if the fellowship did not run across the Balrog?

Even if the Fellowship did not run across the Balrog, the wizards eventually would have to delve after it to get rid of it outright and keep it from being a threat to middle earth. It was the Dwarves that freed the Balrog in the first place.