The greatest of the Balrogs and the high captain of Angband during the First Age. Gothmog slew Feanor, the greatest of the Noldor, in the battle that followed the burning of the ships at Losgar. He also killed Fingon, High King of the Noldor, during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (Battle of Unnumbered Tears). He was slain by Ecthelion of the Fountain during the Fall of Gondolin, and the two perished together in combat.