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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
I highly doubt that the Balrog wants/needs the Ring to do the first thing that you mention. It has enough power by itself to scare away almost everyone that bothers him - with the sole exception that cost it its life.
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The first thing was of course more like an illustrative example. I meant "something like that" - the Balrog could use the Ring for some "simple tasks" of his "daily life". To use a parable, even though you could perfectly well just walk to your workplace, if you own a car, why not use it and drive there, right?
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As for the orcs - I think they were afraid to death of the Balrog, but that is what made them more obedient, imo.
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This is what I totally agree with and I wanted to say it already in the beginning when I first saw this conversation. I don't think they necessarily were subject to the Balrog, but if it happened, it would be like "aaaa, help, that scary fire-demon told me that we should attack the wizard! Let's do it or he will fry us alive!" or something like that. To be honest though, I think the Orcs acted on their own accord in Moria.