Seems to me sauron had a the same relationship with any hiding balrogs as the one he had with shelob, pretty much giving them sanctuary at the areas they inhabited. There were even orcs in moria. I also think sauron was waiting to be able to use the one ring before asking for favors from equal beings
Sauron didn’t recruit the Balrog because they outranked him. Not only were they maiar like Sauron, but they also received power from Morgoth. Making them a more powerful being than Sauron. Sauron was a deceiver, a politician, and a schemer. He was most powerful behind a desk. A necessary pawn for Morgoth, for he needed Saurons desire of order to balance out his own desire of destruction and corruption, just enough so he could achieve his goals without destroying everything before hand. Unlike Jackson’s Sauron, Tolkiens was not a fighter. Not that he never tried. He just lost every fight he had. It’s like Tolkien was trying to send a message about what type of person he was. Tolkien would probably have Sauron fight a infant and lose. Balrogs were Morgoths best. Sauron was just his Wormtongue. He never rose to their ranks. But when Morgoth faltered so did they, when he disappeared, they went into slumber, waiting for his return. A book that Tolkien never wrote. They probably looked at Sauron as a pretender, or a lesser being. Sauron by the time of the third age was no longer powerful enough to change his form, just trying to form a body took a long time. And he wasn’t able to make it beautiful. This wasn’t a restriction or a curse. He just wasn’t that powerful.
This isn't really the case. Sauron was of equal rank to Gothmog, Captain of the Balrogs, under Morgoth. In other words, he outranked every other servant of Morgoth, including the other Balrogs. Unfortunately for him, Balrogs don't appear to be very concerned with rank. Also, he's not nearly as weak as you make him out to be. He overcame one of the mightiest elf-lords of the First Age (Finrod Felagund) and his retinue, and he nearly effortlessly overran Eregion in the Second Age. He couldn't defeat Huan through little fault of his own: the Hound was destined to be killed by another. Ultimately, in the Second Age, it took the five greatest warriors of their age (Gil-Galad, Elrond, Cirdan, Elendil and Isildur) to best him, and still two fell. Just because he prefers subtlety over brute force doesn't mean he's a weakling
Seems to me sauron had a the same relationship with any hiding balrogs as the one he had with shelob, pretty much giving them sanctuary at the areas they inhabited. There were even orcs in moria. I also think sauron was waiting to be able to use the one ring before asking for favors from equal beings
He in the rings of power
Sauron didn’t recruit the Balrog because they outranked him. Not only were they maiar like Sauron, but they also received power from Morgoth. Making them a more powerful being than Sauron. Sauron was a deceiver, a politician, and a schemer. He was most powerful behind a desk. A necessary pawn for Morgoth, for he needed Saurons desire of order to balance out his own desire of destruction and corruption, just enough so he could achieve his goals without destroying everything before hand. Unlike Jackson’s Sauron, Tolkiens was not a fighter. Not that he never tried. He just lost every fight he had. It’s like Tolkien was trying to send a message about what type of person he was. Tolkien would probably have Sauron fight a infant and lose. Balrogs were Morgoths best. Sauron was just his Wormtongue. He never rose to their ranks. But when Morgoth faltered so did they, when he disappeared, they went into slumber, waiting for his return. A book that Tolkien never wrote. They probably looked at Sauron as a pretender, or a lesser being. Sauron by the time of the third age was no longer powerful enough to change his form, just trying to form a body took a long time. And he wasn’t able to make it beautiful. This wasn’t a restriction or a curse. He just wasn’t that powerful.
This isn't really the case. Sauron was of equal rank to Gothmog, Captain of the Balrogs, under Morgoth. In other words, he outranked every other servant of Morgoth, including the other Balrogs. Unfortunately for him, Balrogs don't appear to be very concerned with rank.
Also, he's not nearly as weak as you make him out to be. He overcame one of the mightiest elf-lords of the First Age (Finrod Felagund) and his retinue, and he nearly effortlessly overran Eregion in the Second Age. He couldn't defeat Huan through little fault of his own: the Hound was destined to be killed by another. Ultimately, in the Second Age, it took the five greatest warriors of their age (Gil-Galad, Elrond, Cirdan, Elendil and Isildur) to best him, and still two fell.
Just because he prefers subtlety over brute force doesn't mean he's a weakling
because the durins bane is a similar power level to sauron and would of probably beat the shit out of him