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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Balrogs, being spirits of fire, seem like a natural enemy to a creature of pure darkness

If memory serves I believe Balrogs are beings of fire, shadow, and darkness. I thought their "wings" were a mix of fire and smoke that they exuded and which Tolkien described as them being cloaked in it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

The balrogs were fire maia that were corrupted by Melkor into beings of fire cloaked in shadow. I interpret that to mean they're primarily beings of fire that "wear" shadow over themselves (which composes their wings)