Just a note on a portion of the quote provided above from Letters:
"20. The Balrog never speaks or makes any vocal sound at all. Above all he does not laugh or sneer."
JRRT actually got this wrong as the Balrog does make a vocal sound:
After Gandalf breaks the bridge:
"With a terrible cry the Balrog fell forward, and its shadow plunged down and vanished."
LotR, FotR
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