BALROG™ Churchwarden Smoking Pipe

"The ranks of orcs had opened, and they crowded away, as if they themselves were afraid. Something was coming up behind them. What it was could not be seen: it was like a great shadow, in the middle of which was a dark form, of man-shape maybe, yet greater; and a power and terror seemed to be in it and to go before it. …. The flames roared up to greet it, and wreathed about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air. Its streaming mane kindled, and blazed behind it. In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it held a whip of many thongs. …‘A Balrog! A Balrog is come!’ cried Legolas." Long ago, primordial spirits were seduced by the darkness, twisting their light into a scourge of fire cloaked in shadow whose malice knows no bounds. These towering creatures wield weapons of flame, fueled by an inner fiery turmoil of corruption and striking fear into the hearts of Men, Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs alike. The Balrog beneath Khazad-dûm, once unleashed, would be