Balrog (disambiguation)
A Balrog is a demon from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the inspiration for many other demons in fiction.
A Balrog may also be:
In media and entertainment
In awards
- Balrog Award, awarded to science fiction works
In fictional characters
- Balrog (Street Fighter), a character in the Street Fighter video game series
- Vega (Street Fighter), the Street Fighter character named Balrog in the Japanese versions
- Balrog, a recurring boss in the video game Cave Story
- Balrogs, tall, muscular demons in the video game Diablo II
- Balrog, the name used in the Japanese version of Golden Sun: The Lost Age for Valukar, boss of the Yampi Desert Cave
- The Jr. Balrog, Crimson Balrog, and Party Quest Boss Lord Balrog, monsters in the MMORPG MapleStory
- A monster in the computer game Moria
- A high-level boss of the Lost Tower in the MMORPG Mu Online
- Balrog, a boss in the MMORPG Survival Project
- Balrog, model name of a file in the game data of World of Warcraft used for several demons
In sports
- Balrog Botkyrka/Södertälje IK, a Swedish Floorball team outside Stockholm
In astronomy
- Balrog (Pluto), the second-largest dark region on Pluto
See also
- Balor (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of demon
- Anthracosuchus balrogus, an extinct reptile named after Tolkien's Balrog
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