Escape From Moria

Intro For an age and more Khazad-Dûm has prospered. However, while the dwarves were digging for further riches, disaster suddenly strikes. A horrible creature of fire and darkness has been awakened: a balrog of Morgoth. The horrible monster (shown in this picture) has attacked the dwarvish city with extreme brutality and orcs of the Misty Mountains have flooded in as well, hoping to seize the uncountable riches here in the chaos. Word has also been spread that Durin himself, king of Khazad-Dûm, has been slain by the balrog, so things seem exceedingly bleak for the dwarves still here. You are a great dwarf warrior, and you have watched in horror as your home has been destroyed; dwarves flee in every direction, and the remaining dwarf soldiers not yet killed are attempting to assemble one last army for the defense of the city, desperate for a leader. Soon, you realize that a young dwarf soldier, by the name of Ori, is running to you. He has recognized you and knows of your esteemed reputation; he knows that if anyone can do something, it’s you. Surely the balrog and the orcs will in the end triumph over Khazad-Dûm, so only one option lies open to you: to cut your way through the forces of evil out of the overrun city, and take as many survivors with you along the way, hoping to establish a new haven for the dwarves somewhere else.