11-28-2004, 01:18 PM | #21 |
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Of course Sauron did not wear all of the Rings, or perhaps any, to wield their power. Mere possession is enough. After all, he had a hand in their making, and corrupted them afterwards, so he knew all that there was to know about them.
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11-28-2004, 10:01 PM | #22 |
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when he made the Ring in the Second Age he used it to grow as many fingers as possible to hold ALL of the magic rings. Then Isildur cut one off, but he probably had tonnes more where that came from...
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11-28-2004, 11:09 PM | #23 |
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Why only one ring per finger?
*pictures Sauron as the 'Liberace of Middle-earth'*
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11-28-2004, 11:16 PM | #24 |
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*pictures the assorted Rings of Power assembled in a nice illuminated wooded Collector's Case, with a prominent empty spot where the One Ring should be*
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11-29-2004, 10:06 AM | #25 |
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"Rings of Power assembled in a nice illuminated wooded Collector's Case".
That's good one! LOL |
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1. i think that the powers granted to the 9 Mortal Men, were not unlike those given to Frodo, Bilbo, Isildur or Sauron via the One Ring, except the powers were not as um.....powerful
2. Most likely at the beginning when they had just recieved the rings, their kingdoms grew in size, and thye ruled justly, but as the rings gained power over them, their kingdoms spiraled down into a dark pit 3. Most likely the Witch King of Angmar went in first, because he was an evil-dude to begin with, so he didn't need much urging, and then we don't ever really learn the names of the other Kings, so we can't tell 4. Probably whoever had the largest kingdom at the time of his entrance into the service of Sauron, either that or whoever had killed more innocents during his reign |
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