The Sixth Wizard wrote:
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Being Maiar, could they all alter their form at creation to suit their own wishes? Maybe the only Balrog with wings was in LOTR but didn't use them being caught up with Gandalf.
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It's certainly not clear that this is true, but it has long been my opinion. The Ainur were what the Eldar called "Ealar", souls that could "clothe themselves" when they wished but that were not tied to one physical form. Unless the Balrogs became permanently incarnate for some reason, they would have been capable of taking on any appearance.
It is possible for an Eala to become permanently incarnate - this happened to Morgoth and to Sauron and perhaps to Melian (and the Istari were also semi-permanently restricted). But I don't know of any evidence that it happened to the Balrogs.