Posted: July 12, 2000 at 21:28:51: by Bacchus
: : If the Balrog of Moria had defeated Gandalf, and killed or captured the rest of the Fellowship (which it came very close to doing), what would it have done with the Ring? It is pretty clearly not a slave of Sauron, so it would not have simply have handed the Ring back to him. At the same time, the Balrog doesn't seem very interested in 'world domination', so it is hard to imagine that it would have tried to use the Ring to gather forces and attack Rohan, Sauruman, Gondor, and Mordor.: It would have taken the ring to Sauron. Not because it was under Sauron's control, but because it, like all balrogs, were subservient to Morgoth. Sauron's evil essence, if you will, was in fact Morgoth's essence. This, coupled with the Ring's seeking its master, would have drawn the Balrog to Sauron.
: ~Aelmer I have to disagree. While one of the Nazgul would certainly have returned the Ring to Sauron, I think that the Balrog would have attempted to keep it. Now this does not mean that the Balrog would have been able to keep Sauron from taking the Ring. The results of a Balrog/Sauron Texas Death Match would have been interesting. I'll take the Balrog plus seven points. ;-)
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