The company standing in shock of finding that Balin had died and was reposed there in Moria, silently looked about and construed the bones of dead and their weapons dispersed in the cave. Gandalf found an old book that was falling apart besides the tomb. The writing had deteriorated and was hard to read but they could make out that it was a the journal of the last days and of a battle with orcs that ended badly for the dwarves. The book also revealed where they were in Moria and from that Gandalf knew the direct to the exit.
Large booming sounds were now coming from below, and suddenly a group of orcs tried to barge through the door of the chamber. The company drew their weapons, slew a number of them until the orcs retreated, and then they made a run for it. All the while they could hear a rhythmic doom-boom sound from below. The further they ran downward, the hotter the temperature was getting. They rested in a chamber but were attacked by a Balrog, a demonic monster and named Durin’s Bane. They fled the Balrog.
Finally they came to a great chasm that could only be crossed by a flimsy bridge, known as the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. With the Balrog now ready to strike, the company scrambled onto the bridge. Durin’s Bane also climbed onto the bridge and approached them. Gandalf turned to face him while urging the rest of the company to run forward. A great battle ensued between Gandalf and the Balrog. Gandalf raised his staff and rammed it to the floor of the bridge. The bridge cracked and collapsed under the Balrog, dropping him into the chasm, but the Balrog’s whip caught a hold of Gandalf and was also pulled into the chasm.
In tears, the company made it across the bridge and out the gate of Moria.
Book 2, Chapter 6: Lothlórien
In despair the company made their way through the east side of the mountains, through the Dimrill Dale, by a stream called Silverlode, and to the woods of Lothlórien, the fairest of the Elves’ land. The company pressed on into the woods, but both Sam and Frodo had been wounded from the fighting in Moria and lagged behind. They made camp and Aragorn tended to their wounds, and the next day they all continued on.
The next night with another camp, Frodo heard rumblings about. Legolas told them they were now in the Golden Wood, where the leaves during the summer turn golden. Into the forest, Legolas identified Nimrodel, a stream that has provided healing to those who bathe in it. They followed Legolas and they all bathed their feet in the water and then made camp. Legolas at dinner sang an ancient Elves song of the maiden of Nimrodel.
Back moving through the woods, the company came upon a cluster of great large trees with grey trunks. They heard a sound which they thought might be orcs but as it turned out it was a few local elves who lived in high mounted platforms in those trees. They bid Legolas and Frodo to come up, and rope ladder came down. They spoke of who was in the company and Haldir, the chief of the local Elves, shocked that the company included a dwarf, invited the four hobbits to the top to spend the night. In the middle of the night, Frodo awoke to see two eyes of some creature who had climbed up to spy on them, a creature that Haldir, who had also spotted him, had never seen before.
The next morning Haldir offered to guide the hobbits through Lothlórien, but once they got to a heart of the region Haldir announced that here the Dwarf must be blindfolded or he cannot pass. Gimili was insulted and refused and confrontation ensued. Only from Aragorn’s suggestion that they all be blindfolded alleviated the standoff. And so they were all blindfolded and led by holding onto a rope. That evening Haldir received a message from the Lord and Lady of the Galadrim giving permission for the company, including the Dwarf, to walk through without blindfolds.
They came to a group of white trees, “the heart of Elvendom on Earth,” and upon it were another housing of high platforms. They all climbed up and from the top had a grand view of the surrounding countryside.
Book 2, Chapter 5: The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
The company standing in shock of finding that Balin had died and was reposed there in Moria, silently looked about and construed the bones of dead and their weapons dispersed in the cave. Gandalf found an old book that was falling apart besides the tomb. The writing had deteriorated and was hard to read but they could make out that it was a the journal of the last days and of a battle with orcs that ended badly for the dwarves. The book also revealed where they were in Moria and from that Gandalf knew the direct to the exit.
Large booming sounds were now coming from below, and suddenly a group of orcs tried to barge through the door of the chamber. The company drew their weapons, slew a number of them until the orcs retreated, and then they made a run for it. All the while they could hear a rhythmic doom-boom sound from below. The further they ran downward, the hotter the temperature was getting. They rested in a chamber but were attacked by a Balrog, a demonic monster and named Durin’s Bane. They fled the Balrog.
Finally they came to a great chasm that could only be crossed by a flimsy bridge, known as the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. With the Balrog now ready to strike, the company scrambled onto the bridge. Durin’s Bane also climbed onto the bridge and approached them. Gandalf turned to face him while urging the rest of the company to run forward. A great battle ensued between Gandalf and the Balrog. Gandalf raised his staff and rammed it to the floor of the bridge. The bridge cracked and collapsed under the Balrog, dropping him into the chasm, but the Balrog’s whip caught a hold of Gandalf and was also pulled into the chasm.
In tears, the company made it across the bridge and out the gate of Moria.
Book 2, Chapter 6: Lothlórien
In despair the company made their way through the east side of the mountains, through the Dimrill Dale, by a stream called Silverlode, and to the woods of Lothlórien, the fairest of the Elves’ land. The company pressed on into the woods, but both Sam and Frodo had been wounded from the fighting in Moria and lagged behind. They made camp and Aragorn tended to their wounds, and the next day they all continued on.
The next night with another camp, Frodo heard rumblings about. Legolas told them they were now in the Golden Wood, where the leaves during the summer turn golden. Into the forest, Legolas identified Nimrodel, a stream that has provided healing to those who bathe in it. They followed Legolas and they all bathed their feet in the water and then made camp. Legolas at dinner sang an ancient Elves song of the maiden of Nimrodel.
Back moving through the woods, the company came upon a cluster of great large trees with grey trunks. They heard a sound which they thought might be orcs but as it turned out it was a few local elves who lived in high mounted platforms in those trees. They bid Legolas and Frodo to come up, and rope ladder came down. They spoke of who was in the company and Haldir, the chief of the local Elves, shocked that the company included a dwarf, invited the four hobbits to the top to spend the night. In the middle of the night, Frodo awoke to see two eyes of some creature who had climbed up to spy on them, a creature that Haldir, who had also spotted him, had never seen before.
The next morning Haldir offered to guide the hobbits through Lothlórien, but once they got to a heart of the region Haldir announced that here the Dwarf must be blindfolded or he cannot pass. Gimili was insulted and refused and confrontation ensued. Only from Aragorn’s suggestion that they all be blindfolded alleviated the standoff. And so they were all blindfolded and led by holding onto a rope. That evening Haldir received a message from the Lord and Lady of the Galadrim giving permission for the company, including the Dwarf, to walk through without blindfolds.
They came to a group of white trees, “the heart of Elvendom on Earth,” and upon it were another housing of high platforms. They all climbed up and from the top had a grand view of the surrounding countryside.