Balrogs in LOTR

I was just wondering why Sauron never uses all the Balrog's during the war of the ring. Is it stated somewhere maybe in the Silmarillion, or do you have any theories?

not entirly sure, but to clear things up balrogs are basically like fallen angels, they were ppl that were one below gods that got seduced to the dark side, of the same stature as gandalf or saruman (of the race called the Maiar). i think they can only live underground or something and there was a small number of them, 7 i think. most were killed in some battle rite at the start of middle earth so the one that gandalf killed may well have been the last one in existence. they were used in wars by morgoth and melkor but maybe suaron doesnt have total control over them because they fled to the mountains after nearly all getting killed.

ya there isnt too many left, maybe durins bane being the only one. but that is why gandalf fell from the bridge, he knew that the balrog had to be defeated, much like how he knew that smaug had to be defeated.

I think it was the last one in Middle-Earth...I killed the other ones 😛

badger badger morgoth and melkor were the same person

and sauron never used them because they were servants of morgoth and when he was defeated gained a fear of men and elves and fled to the mountains

Sauron was too weak for that being also only a Maia

In the last versions there were only seven Belryg, yes, but in the former ones there were several hundred... and Ecthelion alone killed about 5 or something at the downfall of Gondolin before he was killed by melcors son 😉

ok exa im not up to there in the simarillion but can you please tell me how melkor got a SON i mean come on who was the mother, she blind or something

The mother was an ogre or something... forgot her name...

I read the Silmarilion when I was six, and read about Morgoth's "son," but now I think on it it sounds inconsistant. In the Miltonic theodicy, the fallen angels could not interpenetrate any more. I should have thought that Melkor would have rapidly lost all such ability.

The archangels Aule and Yavannah should have had more success at procreation.

Sauron could have used the dragon had it been still alive 😂

Okay, I remember something about the Belryg living in other lands... one was destroyed by an act of bravery...

And Sauron wasn't smart enough to use them... 😛

Thats strange indeed as Ainur cant make new life.

Originally posted by Exa
Thats strange indeed as Ainur cant make new life.

Maybe it was one of the ways Eru punished Melkor...

Or maybe he prefered ogres and the experience was so bad that Melkor didn't want to repeat it again 😑 🤨

doest it say melkor lost all things to do with his previous powers this is after the valar beat him the first time

Leeeet it live

wow, i was such a newbie....cool

Well...they're showing Balrogs in The Batlle for Middle-Earth game...I read one scenario of the battle of Hem's Deep and a balrog came and "crippled" the men of Rohan...don't trust games though...*cough*Harry Potter*cough*

The Balrogs fled into the ruins of the Deeps forged by Melkor.
It's not known their exact number-it's never fully stated.
And Sauron wasn't as powerful as Melkor, or else he might've tried to find, and use, Dragons.

he might have been able to play to Smaug's vanity 😬

Originally posted by Darth Sauron
ok exa im not up to there in the simarillion but can you please tell me how melkor got a SON i mean come on who was the mother, she blind or something

Originally posted by Darth Sauron
wow, i was such a newbie....cool

Originally posted by Murazor
I read one scenario of the battle of Hem's Deep and a balrog came and "crippled" the men of Rohan...

Originally posted by Manôkhâu
It's not known their exact number-it's never fully stated.

Well, then.....sorry......