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Originally Posted by Morthoron
If one really considers the story itself in its entirety, then the answer and the question itself is superfluous.
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I am proud of the majority of the forward thinking and creativity that this thread has encouraged.
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Originally Posted by obloquy
It doesn't matter how Legolas knew: Tolkien told us unequivocally that Sauron was greater than the balrogs.
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A Balrog versus Sauron would still be a tightly fought contest, and the comparably sourced dark power they would have used may have largely cancelled each other out. Was Sauron mightier than a Balrog without his Ring?