Somehow a Balrog with puny, non-functional, vestigial wings isn't as scarey. He must have graduated with low honors at Balrog school.
Whew! am I glad to see Postings on this thread again, thought it had folded or moved, and I couldn't find the new location@
About the Balrog, wasn't he "awakened" or "roused" when the Dwarves kept mining deeper and deeper?
I kind of wondered if it didn't represent the monster "Greed"?
Sure love to hear comments - or corrections.