Board Thread:Lore/@comment-97.125.181.26-20150621121221/@comment-26116279-20150621142241

The main detail about balrogs is that in the silmarrillion there were only 7 of them and that the majority died in the first age. Also they were not made by melkor like what he did with dragons, they were maiar that served him and eventually became the spirits of fire and darkness that are called balrogs