In
Hinduism,
Balin is the monkey-King of
Kishkindhya[?] and a son of
Indra. He was killed by
Rama, an avatar of
Vishnu.
In
J.R.R. Tolkien's
fantasy world of
Middle-earth,
Balin was a
Dwarf leader, the son of Fundin. He was among the Dwarves that traveled with
Bilbo and
Gandalf in
The Hobbit. Balin was the last leader of the Dwarves of
Khazad-dûm. He was killed at
Moria after the
Orcs and the
Balrog invaded the dwarf-mines. In
The Lord of the Rings, the
Fellowship of the Ring discovers his tomb in the Chamber of Mazarbul.