Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-152.44.36.234-20181003170645/@comment-34241117-20181015150831

No, in his plans, Tolkien planned to "kill" gandalf, and bring him back. To kill Gandalf, he would need a very powerful being, one of his so called "big guns". Since making Gandalf fight a dragon himself would not really make sense, he went half a step down, to a "dragon rider" a balrog.