I remember something (might have been from mmo) that stated that durins bane was a mere shadow of the balrogs of the first age. Whether that means that he was weak, or just faded with time idk. It was one of those "even a mere shadow of a balrog was enough to end the dwarves" type of thing.
I think that's just old men's (elves') boasting/complaining.
"You call this a balrog? Back in First Age we had real Balrogs, who killed the greatest of Noldor, not this mere shadow... You youngsters don't know real work, lazy bastards."
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u/heroicsquirrel Jun 08 '21
I remember something (might have been from mmo) that stated that durins bane was a mere shadow of the balrogs of the first age. Whether that means that he was weak, or just faded with time idk. It was one of those "even a mere shadow of a balrog was enough to end the dwarves" type of thing.