The Moria goblins fought the Balrog because they were tired of being dicated to by someone who doesn't even have a real body for crying out loud! The Fellowship all thought the goblins were shooting at them, but they were actually shooting at the Balrog and were simply very bad shots. After the Fellowship got across the bridge, someone finally managed to land a hit, breaking one of the Balrog's fingernails. It had just had a manicure, so this made it angry, but it was still willing to let the goblins go until another arrow landed in its hair and stuck there. The Balrog was ridiculously proud of its "do" and having an arrow sticking out of it was simply the last straw. It found and slaughtered every goblin in the place. After that was finished, it looked around for the nassty creatures that had woken it up originally, but they had all managed to escape. The Balrog was very disappointed, but all it could do was shrug and go back to sleep.
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Why did the Balrog attack the Fellowship?
[ May 30, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ]
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