вЂIt was made, and it had not been destroyed,вЂ™ said Gandalf. вЂMany have said that it was never made save in legend, but others say that it was destroyed.вЂ™ Ever up now we went, until we came to the Endless Stair.вЂ™ Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways of Khazad-dГ»m: too well he knew them all. In that despair my enemy was my only hope, and I pursued him, clutching at his heel. Now I have walked there, but I will bring no report to darken the light of day. Far, far below the deepest delvings of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. They were not made by DurinвЂ™s folk, Gimli son of GlГіin. Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him, till at last he fled into dark tunnels. вЂWe fought far under the living earth, where time is not counted. His fire was quenched, but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake. вЂThither I came at last, to the uttermost foundations of stone. вЂYet it has a bottom, beyond light and knowledge,вЂ™ said Gandalf. вЂDeep is the abyss that is spanned by DurinвЂ™s Bridge, and none has measured it,вЂ™ said Gimli. Cold it was as the tide of death: almost it froze my heart.вЂ™ Then we plunged into the deep water and all was dark. ' вЂLong time I fell,вЂ™ he said at last, slowly, as if thinking back with difficulty. He basically had an epic moving battle that went from the roots of the mountain all the way to the highest peakД«onus (Gandalf's explanation of the battle in the books):

Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin upon the mountain side.' 'From the lowest dungeon to the highest peak I fought with the Balrog of Morgoth.

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