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Theoric Windcaller · 06-06-2003, 04:39 PM

I've been wondering this. If the Balrog was so powerful as to fight Gandalf, why didn't Sauron take an army of these things instead of Orc. I've read the entire LotR Trilogy and the Hobbit and I am halfway through the Silmarillion, so this might sound like a foolish question. But were there a lot of Balrogs around the time of the War of the Ring?

06-06-2003, 04:39 PM	#1
Theoric Windcaller Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Following where the wind takes me... Posts: 68	Balrogs I've been wondering this. If the Balrog was so powerful as to fight Gandalf, why didn't Sauron take an army of these things instead of Orc. I've read the entire LotR Trilogy and the Hobbit and I am halfway through the Silmarillion, so this might sound like a foolish question. But were there a lot of Balrogs around the time of the War of the Ring? __________________ Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens... -The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Book 2, Chapter 3)