Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26119768-20170222024948/@comment-31907131-20170224024424

Recneps wrote: Yes, which is why I said that the ring had some part in the preservation of his power. Also, Ithilion, a single Balrog would be practically the same as no Balrogs, and would remove much of the "end-game" of Utumno. Actually, a single Balrog would remove practically all of the end-game of Utumno. Because Ithilion means a single Balrog in Moria, i.e. Durin's Bane, not a Balrog in Utumno.

But this end-game being destroyed does not matter! It's not meant to be an 'end game' of any kind. When quests are added, I do not doubt there will be many more suitable end-games, for all different factions, or at least for good and evil. In the meantime, we don't need to have another Sauron-type end game like Utumno. Remove the Balrogs in Utumno, for the same reason that Sauron was removed: so people don't think it's the end. It's not.