Scene: Gandalf Slays the Balrog

"Those that looked up from afar thought that the mountain was crowned with storm ... great smoke rose about us, vapour and steam. Ice fell like rain. I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin."

— Gandalf the White

Gandalf the Grey and the Balrog known as Durin's Bane fought in the Mines of Moria, eventually reaching the peak of the Misty Mountains where both entities were destroyed and Gandalf the White was reborn.

I've always wanted to create this epic scene, but so many builders have already done the underground portion. I knew the snowy mountaintop would present a unique and contrasting backdrop to this memorable duel!