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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

That's a very good question, and one that I don't know the answer to. I would guess no, as the point of the Istari losing their memories was to make them more like the people they were sent to save; it's not something about being embodied that made them lose their bodyless memories, it was part of their mission. The balrogs had no such mission