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Another reason I think Balrogs are stonger is because Tolkien wrote that the elves feared the Balrog of moria greater than anyone but he who sits in the Dark tower. (Sauron)
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Well, there were no dragons for them to fear after Smaug died.
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In the Silmarillion Tolkien says that other than Sauron, Gothmog was Melkor's strongest slave (for lack of a better word)
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Can you provide a quote for this? It may be right, & I haven't got the
Silm with me to verify or disprove, but I think I remember Glaurung being described as Morgoth's greatest servant besides Sauron.