•The Balrog, Thing of Slime
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Damage +2. Fierce.
When you play The Balrog, discard all other minions.
Each time The Balrog loses a skirmish, you may exert him to add a burden and discard up to 3 cards at random from the Free Peoples player’s hand.
Assignment: Exert The Balrog twice to assign him to an unbound companion. The Free Peoples player may make The Balrog gain enduring to prevent that. “‘…stronger than a strangling snake.’”

•The Balrog, Strangling Snake
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Enduring. Damage +1.
While at an underground site, The Balrog is fierce.
Assignment: Spot Gandalf to assign The Balrog to an unbound companion.
“‘His fire was quenched, but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake. We fought far under the living earth, where time is not counted. Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him....’”

•The Balrog, Keeper of Dark Tunnels
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Damage +1. Fierce.
To play, discard a card from hand.
Regroup: Discard all other minions and remove to make the Free Peoples player chose to move again (if the move limit allows.) You may play the fellowship’s next site.
“‘In that despair my enemy was my only hope, and I pursued him, clutching at his heel. Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways of Khazad-dûm: too well he knew them all.’”

•The Balrog, Creature of Slime
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Enduring. Fierce.
Each time The Balrog wins a skirmish, you may exert him to make a companion strength -3 until the end of the turn.
Assignment: Assign The Balrog to a companion he has already skirmished this turn.
“‘His fire was quenched, but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake.’”

•The Balrog, Thing of Slime
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 5
Enduring. Damage +1.
At the start of the maneuver phase, you may exert The Balrog to play a Shadow condition from your discard pile (or two Shadow conditions if you can spot a Wizard).
Regroup: If you can spot no other minions, heal the Balrog four times and discard him to exert each companion and make the Free Peoples player move again (if the move limit allows).
“‘In that despair my enemy was my only hope, and I pursued him, clutching at his heel. Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways of Khazad-dûm: too well he knew them all. Ever up now we went, until we came to the Endless Stair.’”

•The Balrog, Terror of the Deep
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 13
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Lurker. Fierce.
The Balrog is strength +1 for each site on the adventure path.
The Balrog is damage +X, where X is the shadow site number.
“‘Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways of Khazad-dûm: too well he knew them all.’”

•The Balrog, Terror Of The Underdeeps
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Damage +1. Fierce.
Shadow: If The Balrog is at an underground site, exert him twice to play the fellowship’s next site (replacing your opponent’s if necessary).
“‘Thus he brought me back at last through the secret ways of Khazad-dum; too well he knew them all.’”

•The Balrog, Creature of Slime
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 14
Vitality: 5
Site: 6
Fierce.
While at an underground or marsh site, The Balrog is strength +3. Response: If the fellowship moves during the regroup phase, you may remove a Balrog in your discard pile from the game to play this minion from your discard pile or hand. Its twilight cost is -2 and it gains damage+1.
“‘His fire was quenched, but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake.’”

•The Balrog, Creature of Fire and Slime
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Damage +2.
Assignment: Exert The Balrog twice to assign him to an unbound companion with strength 7 or more. Unless the current site is underground, the Free Peoples player may discard 3 cards from hand to prevent this.
While The Balrog is skirmishing, skirmish special abilities may not be used (and if at an underground site, skirmishes may not be cancelled and skirmishing characters may not be replaced).
“‘His fire was about me. I was burned. Then we plunged into the deep water and all was dark.’”

•The Balrog, Creature of Slime and Darkness
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 15
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Fierce.
While at a battleground or underground site, skip the archery phase.
While skirmishing a companion with strength 7 or more, The Balrog is damage +1.
The Balrog is strength +1 for each twilight token you can spot (limit +6).
“‘We fought far under the living earth, where time is not counted. Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him....’”

•The Balrog, Fire Beast
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Fierce. Damage +1.
When you play the Balrog at Bridge of Khazad Dûm, the Free Peoples player must exert three companions.
Maneuver: Discard The Balrog to discard Gandalf.
“‘The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep.’”

•The Balrog, Strangling Snake
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 5
Fierce. Enduring.
While at an underground site, the Balrog is twilight cost -3.
Each time The Balrog wins a skirmish, you may exert him to prevent the losing character from being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase.
Regroup: Heal The Balrog twice to exert 2 companions (or each companion if you can spot 6 or more companions).
“‘His fire was quenched, but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake.’”

•The Balrog, Quenched
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 14
Vitality: 5
Site: 5
Fierce.
At the start of the maneuver phase, you may discard all other minions to choose an unbound companion with strength 7 or higher. Until the regroup phase, only that companion can be assigned to skirmishes.
Response: If a player reconciles while the fellowship is at an underground site, return this minion to its owner’s hand.
“‘...but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake.’”

•The Balrog, Thing of Slime
Minion • Balrog
Strength: 17
Vitality: 5
Site: 4
Fierce.
Response: If The Balrog wins a skirmish in which the character he was skirmishing was not killed, exert The Balrog twice to assign him to that character and begin another skirmish phase involving them immediately.
“‘Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him....’”