Gandalf's Staff

[Kuruharan]

but in my opinion the Balrog was 'called in'

I assume you mean called in by Sauron?

I seriously doubt that. First of all, I don't believe that Sauron and the Balrog were in that kind of communication (let's just get that out of the way).

However, assuming they were, how would Sauron communicate with the Balrog that quickly?

Would it be merely content to drive them out?

In my view, yes.

The Balrog was there to hide, not anything else.

And just how *do* you explain to your orc and troll groupies that nine good guys, including a dwarf and some midgets, just got away because they were 'one foot over the line?'

You eat them.