Your spirits rise as you are drawing near to the East Gate of Moria. But then a huge, dark shape rises in front of you and bursts into flames: a Balrog! Durin's Bane blocks your escape.

When Revealed: Add the set-aside Durin's Bane to the staging area. It cannot take damage this round. If there is more than 1 player, it makes an immediate attack against the first player.

Durin's Bane engages the first player.

Durin's Bane cannot take more than X damage per round, where X is the number of progress tokens on this stage.

This stage cannot be defeated while Durin's Bane is in play. If the players defeat this stage, they win the game.