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Originally Posted by Gorthaur the Cruel
So he became mightier than Morgoth when he wore the One Ring right?
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Morgoth at the end of the First Age, yes.
As I said, I think it likely that Sauron- wearing the Ring- COULD have asserted control over the Balrog, but I don't KNOW that. After all, the Balrogs were under Morgoth's control from the very beginning, and the reason that Morgoth was so weakened by the late First Age was the dissemination of his power throughout the physical matter of Arda. Perhaps some of that power was imbued into the Balrogs- binding them to his will?
Anyway, that's all speculation on my part, and not speculation to which I am greatly attached, either.