Thread: Evil Maiar
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Old 07-30-2002, 07:50 AM   #2
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For of the Maiar many were drawn to his splendour in the days of his greatness, and remained in that allegiance down into his darkness; and others he corrupted afterwards to his service with lies and treachorous gifts. Dreadful among those spirits were the Valaraukar,
~Valaquenta: Of the Enemies

I'm not terribly well-versed in the Sil and HoME, so this might be wrong. But to me this passage suggests that there were many corrupted, and only some were Balrogs (Valaraukar). If the only other one was Sauron, I think it would have been more specific to that. So my guess is yes, he did [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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