“Far, far below the deepest delving of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things. Even Sauron knows them not. They are older than he. Now I have walked there, but I will bring no report to darken the light of day. In that despair my enemy was my only hope (…)"

This is all that Gandalf will tell of the horrors he encountered after falling after the Balrog, into the deepest depths beneath Moria. With this mysterious statement, Gandalf manages to spark in us our curiosity and the first embers of a great fascination with the most mysterious beings in all of Arda.
But what were these monstrosities? Where did they come from and how powerful are they?

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