Gandalf winter, they crossed "under" the mountains through the Mines of Moria, though only Gimli the Dwarf was enthusiastic about that route. In Moria, they discovered that the Dwarf colony established there earlier had been overrun by orcs. The Fellowship fought with the orcs and trolls of Moria and escaped them. At the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, they encountered "Durin's Bane", a fearsome Balrog from ancient times. Gandalf faced the Balrog to enable the others to escape. After a brief exchange of blows, Gandalf broke the bridge beneath the Balrog with his staff. As the Balrog fell, it wrapped its whip around
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) the country's 91st best-selling computer game during this period. Although the planned "Hobbit" game, "Middle-earth Online" and "War of the Ring" were all ultimately released, the two sequels in the "Lords of the Rings" trilogy were not. The first game, an adaptation of "The Two Towers", was renamed "The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard" (a discarded title for the original "Two Towers" novel), so as not to cause confusion with EA's 2002 "Two Towers" game. "Treason" was first announced on April 24, 2003, with plans for a non-playable demo at E3 in May. The game was being