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Makes sense to me
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good points but I have a nit to pick. I don't think Flame of Anor refers to Narya, the Ring of Fire. keeping the 3 rings secret was imperative, so much so that Aragorn chides Frodo for mentioning that Galadriel has one, even though that's a pretty obvious guess, and they were completely alone in the wilderness when it was said, and assaulting Lorien to get it would be difficult for Sauron's forces. so for Gandalf to say directly to one of Sauron's highest captains that one of the 3 is directly in front of him, carried by someone unexpected, as easy to take as defeating a single enemy (powerful as that enemy may be), just doesn't make sense
Anor is the sun, so I think Gandalf is just saying "we both wield fire, but mine is bright like the sun, and thus superior to yours which is dark"
Good point, but, was Durin's Bane working for Sauron? I never got the impression Sauron had Balrogs in service, much less that one in particular.
I don't know for sure actually. definitely Sauron would have commanded the Balrogs during the Years of the Trees when Morgoth was imprisoned by the Valar. but then the Balrogs fled and scattered during the War of Wrath when Morgoth was defeated at the end of the first age. and then my knowledge of the 2nd and 3rd age history is pretty fuzzy, so I don't know if Durin's Bane (or any other Balrogs) would have been in contact with Sauron, or if he tried to regather them (which I imagine he would if he knew of any that still existed), or if they were all just isolated in hiding for thousands of years. but in any case, if the confrontation with the Fellowship had gone differently, Durin's Bane might have been flushed out of hiding, and gone out into the world to discover that Sauron was regathering his forces, and in that case I don't see any reason why he wouldn't agree to ally with Sauron