Balrog and servants of Sauron

[Leyrana Silumiel]

You should read the book again. The Orks do not run away when the Balrog does approach the hall. They go aside to let him pass. They do approach after him and the work of the trolls to get the orcs across the fire was continued during the approach of the Balrog.

Oops. My mistake. I think Peter Jackson's take on it is starting to blend with the books (which is one of the reasons why I try to refrain from watching the movie too much). If you recall, the bloody orcs / goblins ran from the Balrog in FOTR (the movie), and I think that's where I got it from.

And I'm actually working on re-reading LOTR again for my thesis; however, I haven't gotten that far in the story yet (I'm at the part where the hobbits are about to go into the Old Forest and are looking for the path).

Thanks for the correction, Findegil!