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What I wonder is why the Balrog did not fight at the Battle of Azanulbizar I'm sure it could have slaughtered the Dwarven army and also how Balin's realm in Moria lasted the length it did when I'm sure the Balrog could have wiped it out with a flick of its whip. Was it just lazy?
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In Durin's Folk, Appendices, it is speculated that the dwarves released the balrog from prison, or that they merely awakened him. This idea is sustained by Gloin's words at the Council of Elrond
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Too deep we delved there, and woke the nameless fear.
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