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According to Peter Jackson, Gothmog's affliction is an elephantiasis-type disease; he dubbed him "the Elephant Man Orc".

Film [ ] Further information: The battle is the centrepiece of Peter Jackson's film ; The Telegraph wrote that "the battle scenes involving the storming of Minas Tirith and the climactic battle of Pelennor Fields are quite simply the most spectacular and breathtaking ever filmed".

As revealed in the director's commentary for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Gothmog was supposed to make a cameo appearance as a juvenile orc and one of Azog's lieutenants during the titular battle.

Mighty was the fallen, meet was his ending.

Balrogs are tall and menacing beings who can shroud themselves in fire, darkness, and shadow.

Tolkien's Fiction, New York City: North Landing Books, , pp.

A now-defunct fantasy writing prize, the , was named after the monsters.

See above under "Follow Michael".

Elegiac tone [ ] Robert Lee Mahon states in CEA Critic that Tolkien's account of the battle is tinged with the , so that whatever the outcome, much will be lost.

They are armed with fiery whips "of many thongs", and occasionally used long swords.

Balrogs appear in and merchandise.

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