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'Deep is the abyss that is spanned by Durin's Bridge, and none has measured it,' said Gimli.
'Yet it has a bottom, beyond light and knowledge,' said Gandalf. 'Thither I came at last, to the uttermost foundations of stone. He was with me still. His fire was quenched, but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake.'

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I, ALWAYS, have loved this description, and the production designs based on it for the LOTR films, it's a pity that the slime Balrog didn't make it into the movies, but I understand why. The concept that this thing of fire and shadow has condensed, and become concentrated, into tar, and still just as evil as before, has always appealed to me.

Description

'Deep is the abyss that is spanned by Durin's Bridge, and none has measured it,' said Gimli.
'Yet it has a bottom, beyond light and knowledge,' said Gandalf. 'Thither I came at last, to the uttermost foundations of stone. He was with me still. His fire was quenched, but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake.'

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I, ALWAYS, have loved this description, and the production designs based on it for the LOTR films, it's a pity that the slime Balrog didn't make it into the movies, but I understand why. The concept that this thing of fire and shadow has condensed, and become concentrated, into tar, and still just as evil as before, has always appealed to me.