Greetings from Superspy Winja Celeborn!

I received an anonymous letter under my door yesterday, telling me be to outside the stone street studios with a camera within the hour. As befits my status as someone skilled in the arts of the Doner Winja clan, I arrived by bus at the studios an hour later. Drawing my katana, I waited in the shadows. Suddenly a rope appeared over the studio perimeter wall and a figure dressed in black dropped to the pavement. He approached me and beckoned me to follow. We passed through a side door and into a large sound stage. The set was dressed as a large cavern with intricate carvings. My contact told me to wait near the edge of the set and be ready...

I waited... a voice shouted "Action!" and through a door appeared... THE BALROG! Words cannot describe the utter horror I felt as it advanced through the cave and spread its huge shadowy bat-like wings. Luckily I composed myself enough to take one picture. Hurriedly I left the building, shaken.

I debated long and hard about whether to publish this picture; Peter Jackson has obviously laboured to devise this hellish creature, to build up the suspense and keep the design a secret. Should I show everyone this terrifying creature from the depths of the human psyche? So I thought "What the hell" - To see the spine-chilling Balrog, click on the link below. WARNING! Anyone following this link does so at their own risk! This is NOT for children or anyone with a weak heart or a nervous disposition!!!

I am over 18 and either foolhardy or extremely brave!

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