Thread:Eras of Arda Team/@comment-73.140.51.21-20170831182645

Durin's Bane was a Maiar spirit who existed before the creation of the world. Like the other Valaraukar, Durin's Bane was tricked, seduced and corrupted by Melkor, (later known as Morgoth.) He convinced the soon-to-be Balrogs to desert their creator, Eru Ilúvatar, and join him. The Maiar cloaked themselves in Shadow and Flame and became monstrous devil-like abominations. Before the miners of Dwarf-King Durin VI, who were delving for Mithril under the great dwarf kingdom of Khazad-dûm, awakened the creature, he had been slumbering for many a year, nameless, forgotten, at most a fictional monster to scare children. But Durin's Bane was alive. Not much is known about his deeds in the First Age, he probably fought for Melkor with the other Balrogs and most likely killed many of his foes, but alas, nothing was ever recorded. All that is known for sure is that he somehow survived The War of Wrath, and slunk from the ruins of Angband to sleep in the Misty Mountains. Until one day, dwarves with pickaxes awoke him. He quickly extinguished their pitiful lives and slew King Durin VI. The dwarves sought to hold their city-fortress against The Nameless Terror, but were defeated by the power of the Balrog. Soon, news traversed the lands and the once great Dwarf City became known as Moria, the Dark Abyss. But no one knew that the beast was in fact a Valaraukar, some of the wise may have guessed, but no one dared to find out. Five hundred years passed and the newly named Durin's Bane thrived. Sauron then began building his might in Mordor and sent many orcs and trolls into the Misty Mountains to secure the passes. Some came into Moria and forged and uneasy alliance with the Balrog although the orcs and trolls feared him greatly. In TA 2799, the Battle of Azanulbizar erupted, the dwarves fought and triumphed over many of the orcs, but when sensing the Balrog just inside the gate, the dwarves retreated, dismayed and alarmed, wondering what lurked in the depths of Khazad-dûm. TA 3019, a fateful, (SPOILERS) and final year for Durin's Bane. The fellowship of the Ring entered Moria. The fellowship were ambushed by orcs in the chamber of Mazarbul. They fled through a side door, Gandalf cast a "shutting spell" on the door to block the pursuit, however, the Valaraukar cast a counterspell, and as Gandalf spoke a Word of Command to keep the door closed, the door shattered and the whole chamber collapsed. The company fled, but the Balrog and Orcs caught up with them at the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm. Gandalf challenged the Balrog in order to allow the rest of the company to escape. This was the beginning of an epic duel of Maiar that lasted multiple days, and traveresed from the bottom of an ice-like subterranean lake to the top of Mount Zirakzigil, or Celebdil.Gandalf finally beat the Balrog and cast it down onto the slopes of the mountain. Gandalf died shortly after but was sent back to finish his task. Gandalf had become Gandalf the White, and the physical form of Durin's Bane was destroyed, it is not known what happened to the spirit of the Balrog, it is also not known if this Nameless Terror had been the last of the Balrogs, or if there were still others, hiding in the deep places of Middle Earth. The Reason why I would like to be Durin's Bane is because when I first read the book/saw the films etc. I looked at the Balrog character as more powerful and more dangerous and cooler than even Sauron, I was awed by the Balrog's power and fire-shadow-swag and I really thought it would be cool to roleplay as one. I chose Durin's Bane because I wanted to choose a Balrog who was known, but there were not too many Balrogs who had a name. I did not try to post an application for the Second Age Server because Durin's Bane kind of just slept the whole time. I chose Durin's Bane because since there is basically nothing known of him during the First Age, I feel like it would be so fun to try to fill that gap in with the stuff I do and the battles I fight on this server, of course it wouldn't be 'Canon' but I do know that it would be fun for me and hopefully others. I played as Khurthal, (A custom Blue Dwarf character) in the Second Age Server and as I found that fun, I also found that playing as a custom character was very easy, and got a little repetitive. I think it would be great to try to play where I have to think about everything I do/say beforehand to make sure its Lore-Accurate. My username is Openonic (for all those wondering it used to be Openfire98) I have played on this mod for a couple years, its great! I love it! I love lotr and I have enjoyed minecraft, so combined = an amazing experience thats just amazing. Thank you so much for considering my application to roleplay as Durin's Bane. Thanks! 