Battle of the Peak

The Battle of the Peak was the climax of the fight between Gandalf the Grey and the Balrog Durin's Bane atop Zirakzigil after they ascended the Endless Stair from the depths of Moria.
== History ==
After their fight at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, Gandalf and the Balrog both fell into the deep chasm. Gandalf was burned by the Balrog's fire on the way down, then almost froze in the water at the bottom. He pursued his foe for days through dark tunnels, and then all the way up the Endless Stair to the top of Durin's Tower in the living rock of Zirakzigil, where the two engaged in a two-day long battle at the pinnacle of the Silvertine above the clouds. They fought in a narrow space upon Celebdil, above the mists of the world. The sun shone fiercely, but all below was wrapped in cloud, so that anyone watching from below would think they saw flashes from lightning and heard thunder. A great smoke of vapor and steam rose about them, and ice fell like rain.
There they fought until at last Gandalf threw down his enemy, and the Balrog broke the mountain-side as it fell. Then darkness took Gandalf, and he passed away. The battle had left Durin's Tower in ruins and caused the destruction of the Endless Stair. The entire battle, from the confrontation on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm to the mutual demise of the Balrog and Gandalf, had taken ten days. 
Gandalf's body lay on the peak for nineteen days, until he was resurrected by Eru and sent back to Middle-earth alive to complete his task. For three days he lay in a trance, until he was found by the Windlord Gwaihir and carried to Caras Galadhon in Lothlórien, where he was healed and clothed in white, and thus became Gandalf the White, more powerful than ever before.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. V: "The White Rider"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Moria"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Slag van die Piek
Albanian 	Beteja e Majës së Malit
Amharic 	የተራራ ጫፍ ውጊያ
Arabic 	معركة قمة البرج
Armenian 	Լեռնային գագաթին պայքարում
Assamese 	শিখৰৰ যুদ্ধ
Azerbaijani 	Zirvə döyüşü
Basque 	Gailurreko Bataila
Belarusian Cyrillic	Горная вяршыня бітвы
Bengali 	পাহাড়ের লড়াই
Bosnian 	Bitka za Vrh
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Битката за Върха
Cambodian 	ការប្រយុទ្ធ នៅលើ កំពូលភ្នំ
Catalan 	Batalla del Cim
Chinese (Hong Kong)	頂峯之戰
Croatian 	Bitka za Vrh
Czech 	Bitva o Vrchol
Danish 	Duellen på bjergtoppen
Dari 	جنگ در قله ها
Finnish 	Taistelu huipulla
Dutch 	Slag van de Piek
Esperanto 	Batalo de la Pinto
Estonian 	Lahing Tippu
French 	Bataille de la Crête
Galician 	Batalla no Cume
German 	Schlacht an der Spitze
Gujarati 	પર્વત શિખર યુદ્ધ
Haitian Creole 	Batay nan Pikwa nan
Hebrew 	קרב הפסגה
Hindi 	चोटी की लड़ाई
Hmong 	Sib ntaus sib tua ntawm lub ncov
Hungarian 	Csata a csúcs
Icelandic 	Orrustan við Hámarki
Italian 	Battaglia del Picco
Irish Gaelic 	Cath ar an Bhuaic
Japanese 	ピークの戦い
Kannada 	ಪರ್ವತ ಶಿಖರದ ಯುದ್ಧ
Kazakh 	Тау шыңдары шайқасы (Cyrillic) Taw şıñdarı şayqası (Latin)
Korean 	피크의 전투
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Тоо чокусу согуш
Laotian 	ສູ້ຮົບຢູ່ໃນກອງປະຊຸມສຸດຍອດ
Latin 	Bellum Apicem
Latvian 	Kaujas Pīķa
Lithuanian 	Mūšis Smailės
Macedonian Cyrillic	Борбата на Врвот
Malagasy 	Ady 'ny tendrony
Malayalam 	പർവത ഉച്ചകോടിയുടെ യുദ്ധം
Malaysian 	Pertempuran di Puncak
Maltese 	Battalja ta Il-quċċata
Marathi 	माउंटन समिटचे युद्ध
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Оргилын тулаан
Marathi 	शिखरावरची लढाई
Norwegian 	Slaget ved Toppen
Nepalese 	पहाड चोटी युद्ध
Persian 	کوه بالا نبرد
Pashto 	باټلې وف تهې پېاک
Polish 	Bitwa na Szczycie
Portuguese 	Batalha do Pico
Punjabi 	पर्वत शिखर लढाई
Romanian 	Bătălia de Vârf
Russian 	Битва при Пике
Scottish Gaelic 	Cath na Mullach
Sardinian 	Batalla de su Picu
Serbian 	Битка на врхуc (Cyrillic) Bitka na Vrhu (Latin)
Sicilian 	Battagghia dû Piccu
Sinhalese 	ශිඛරයේ සටන
Slovak 	Bitka pri Vrchole
Slovenian 	Bitka za Vrhunec
Somali 	Dagaal ee ugu Xumaa
Spanish 	Batalla del Pico
Sundanese 	Perang tina puncak nu
Swahili 	Vita ya Kilele
Swedish 	Slaget vid Toppen
Tajik Cyrillic 	Батл аз қуллаи
Tamil 	மலை உச்ச போர்
Tatar 	Саммитта сугыш
Telugu 	పర్వత శిఖరం యొక్క యుద్ధం
Thai 	การต่อสู้บนยอดเขา
Turkish 	Zirve savaşı
Turkmen 	Sammitdäki söweş
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Битва на піку
Urdu 	سمٹ پر جنگ
Uzbek 	Чўққисига Жанги (Cyrillic) Cho'qqisiga Jangi (Latin)
Venetian 	Bataja del Pico
Vietnamese 	Trận chiến trên đỉnh Zirakzigil
Welsh 	Brwydr y Brig
Yiddish 	שלאַכט פון די באַרג שפּיץ
Yoruba 	Ogun ti awọn tente oke
== References ==
fr:Bataille de la Cime
it:Battaglia del Picco
ru:Битва на Пике
pl:Bitwa na Szczycie
Category:Battles
Category:War of the Ring