Gandalf's Staff

[alatar]

Originally Posted by Nilpaurion Felagund

Seriously: the Dragon, yes, would have allied with Sauron. But the Balrog most probably wouldn't. It's more loyal to Morgoth, and Sauron abandoned Morgoth after his defeat at Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

But Sauron's was the only gig in town, and he was able to turn Numenoreans, Maia etc to the dark side, so why not some sweet words for the Balrog ("I'll make those darned wings really work. Here, put this ring on...")

And if Sauron were to recover the One, would he then be able to control the Balrog? If so, wouldn't it have been better for the Balrog to be on the bandwagon a bit sooner, like Saruman?