[Dondagnirion]

Wow, lots of things to say, not sure where to start. First of all, Sauron was the superior to the Balrogs which is shown by the fact that he was "second in malice only to Morgoth himself." I think the line goes. A friend of mine is borrowing my copy of The Silmarillion so you will have to excuse my rusty memory. This means that he could have controlled them but to what extent we can not know. The obvious reason to why he did not is because he did not know that they were there because if they were staying hidden from the Valar you can be shure they were damn hard to find.

"And as you know, Gandalf had trouble with one, so you know right there that it would be a pretty tough task" - Willie

That is true it would be a difficult task but in Gandalfs own words - "White is strong but black is stronger still." reffering to Sauron having more power than him.

""They were inherently weaker Maiar than Sauron – who himself may only have been able to reincarnate so many times because of his Ring – and could not re-embody themselves as he did.""- Sharku The reason Sauron was able to reincarnate himself so many times was quite definetly the ring because he was bound to the ring and as long as it survived he did. Also, no matter how many times he reincarnated himself he was not able to change forms after the point when he was caught in the storm created by Eru to destroy the Armada of Ar-Pharazon.

I think that covers it all, let me know if I missed anything or if I am mistaken on something.

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