Sauron's Super Army? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

popo · 04-12-2018, 03:25 PM

Tolkien novice here, but reading the Silmarillion yesterday and I came upon the line the OP was based upon:
"[Sauron] gathered again under his government all the evil things of the days of Morgoth that remained on earth or beneath it"

Do the lore experts here consider this the best evidence that Sauron held sway over Balrogs - espeically Durin's Bane? To me the quote seems an expicit yes!
However I've seen other threads here debating who's interest Durin's Bane would have acted under in FOTR, his own or Sauron's.

04-12-2018, 03:25 PM	#24
popo Newly Deceased Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 5	Tolkien novice here, but reading the Silmarillion yesterday and I came upon the line the OP was based upon: "[Sauron] gathered again under his government all the evil things of the days of Morgoth that remained on earth or beneath it" Do the lore experts here consider this the best evidence that Sauron held sway over Balrogs - espeically Durin's Bane? To me the quote seems an expicit yes! However I've seen other threads here debating who's interest Durin's Bane would have acted under in FOTR, his own or Sauron's.