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Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs

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Gothmog holds the titles of the Lord of the Balrogs, the High Captain of Angband, and Marshal of the Hosts. He is physically massive and strong, he wields a black axe and whip of flame as his weapons. In the Second Battle, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, he leads a force that ambushes Fëanor and wounds him mortally. He leads Balrogs, Orc-hosts, and Dragons as Morgoth's commander in the field in the Fifth Battle, Nírnaeth Arnoediad, and slays Fingon, High King of the Noldor. In that same battle, he captures Húrin of Dor-lómin, who had slain his personal guard of Battle-trolls, and brings him to Angband. As Marshal of the Hosts he is in command of the Storming of...