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Swan-Knight of Dol Amroth
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: On the Bay of Belfalas
Posts: 1,125
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I don't think that you needed to know that the Ring was irredeemably evil, but you did need to know that it was the Ruling Ring, as Isildur did. BTW, JRRT stated conclusively in the Letters that Tom Bombadil was intentionally left an enigma.
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