Balrog and the One ring

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Drognan

I was wondering was Balrog able to "sense" One ring when it entered Moria, and was it the real reason for attack on Company?

First, to echo Eonwë, welcome to the Downs!

We are told in the books on more than one occasion that the Ring "called to those of evil bent; that is given in Unfinished Tales as one of the reasons Isildur and his company were attacked by the Orcs near the Gladden Fields where the Ring was lost. With that in mind, I do think the Balrog might have sensed the presence of the One, thought it may not have known what the Ring was, or what it did.

However, I don't think it was the Ring alone that caused the attack on the Fellowship in Moria; ie, I doubt that if they hadn't had the Ring with them that they would have been allowed to pass through. Pippin's dropping the rock into the well raised an alarm.

Originally Posted by Drognan

Could Balrog use One ring?

I don't see why it couldn't have.

Originally Posted by Drognan

Were orcs and goblins of Moria under his command?

I would say that in Moria at least, the ocs were obedient to it. They don't seem to answer to Sauron, at any rate. When the orcs of moria are seen in Rohan with forces if Isengard and the Red Eye bearing the captive hobbits, the Moria orcs aren't interested in anything but to kill for vengeance and return to the mines.