12-22-2002, 01:45 PM | #1 |
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Of course the greatist Ring was Sauron's, but what was next? Was it Sauron's Ring, the nine ring's for men, the ones for the elfs, and then the dwarves? I don't know where to find this in the book, so it would also be nice if you gave me the passage or chapter and book that you can find the info. on!
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12-22-2002, 05:02 PM | #2 |
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I don't think there is a right answer to this question. I never considered it. I don't know if there was a Dwarven, Mannish, or Elven Ring considered more powerful than the others. I think it's important to remember that the Nine and the Seven were not divided so before Sauron handed them out: they were 16 Rings of Power that Sauron possessed, and decided to give away to nine Men and seven Dwarves. If there was one Ring more powerful than the others in the Nine, I would guess it to be the one given to the Witchking, and if there was one of greater power among the Seven, I would guess it to be the one given to Durin III, but I do not know. As for the Three, they are sort of different because they were made by Celebrimbor alone, and Sauron never touched them. The greatest of the Three Rings is explicitly said to have been Vilya, the blue Ring of Air, which was originally possessed by Gil-galad and given to his herald, Elrond -- but I do not know if Vilya was greater than all the other Rings as well (bar the One).
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I always believed the three stronger because there were less and then dwarves and then men because. I think the mens all put together equaled the three. Or the 7 for that matter and the 7 equaled the three or the 9. Thats my opinion.
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i always thought that Gil-galads ring Vilya was the most powerful ring behind the one... i know that it was the most powerful of the elven rings... it stands to reason doesnt it??? celebrinbor crafted the rings of power and he would naturally make the elven rings the most powerful...
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12-23-2002, 10:00 AM | #5 |
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It says in "the grey havens" that Vilya was the greatest of the Three. I would also assume that the Witch-kings ring is the greatest of the Nine.
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If I were Sauron I would have made the 7 rings given to the Dwarves more powerful than the 9 rings given to Men, simply because Men were more easily corrupted. But there is no sign that he did so.
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I made that assumption only because the others all seem fungable, he is the only one the least bit differant.
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12-23-2002, 10:43 AM | #9 |
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thats what i thought... but it must have given him some qualities like immortality and the terror they inspired...
i think that as Celebrimbor was the maker and Sauron only added what he needed i dont think he would have given that much care to which ones where the most powerful...
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I'm with Artanis on this one: I believe that the men that once weilded (before becoming wraiths) were powerful, not the rings. The key point about the nine is that of submission.
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I may just be making a mistake, but I thought that I read somewher that Sauron's ring was the most powerfull, and then the rings for mortal men, and then eather the elves rings, or the Drawfs rings, that's what I'm asking.
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I agree with Artanis and BoP.
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12-30-2002, 05:58 PM | #15 |
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I geuss that makes sence, although it dose seem that The One Ring itself holds more power then the other rings, not just its owner. It draws more objects to it, and more people long to own it when they see it then say, Galadriels Ring. When Galad. held up her ring for Frodo to see, he dosn't want it, but that may just be because of The One Ring? But, if that was so, then the One Ring DID have more power, right? Or maybe Frodo didn't want it because The One had showed him how dangerous the Rings of powers are? Now I'm really confusing myself!
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I'd say the one was the strongest. The Three were inherantly different from the nine and the seven. The three exist to preserve Elven art. The nine exist to turn men into wraiths who serve Sauron, and the seven exist to exploit dwarven greed, and thus make them either to manipulate. It is written that dwarves can't be turned to wraiths, otherwise Sauron would have tried to do so. It makes one wonder; Why didn't Sauron offer a ring to a Numenorian king? Wouldn't Ar Pharazon be a better servant then a random black numenorian lord? Or would he be too powerful to dominate?
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The rings were all intended for elves, when the plan didn't work he got all but three of the rings back:
"but the elves fled from him and three of their rings they saved and bore them away and hid them. Now these were the three that had last been made and they held the greatest power. But Sauron gathered into his hands all the remaining rings of power and he dealt them out to the other peoples of Middle-Earth, hoping thus to bring under his sway all those that desired power beyond the measure of their kind" The Silmarillion Last edited by squinteyedsoutherner : 12-30-2002 at 07:43 PM. |
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Ok, this may be considered off topic, but not really
We know that the men that were given rings were turned into wraiths right? Well what happened to the Dwaves and Elves?
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Some of the dwarven rings, 4 or 5 I think, were consumed by dragon fire and the rest were back in Sauron's power. I don't think dwarves lusted power as much as gold, so the Rings didn't really affect them. I think there's some discussion as to whether a dwarf would have been best to take the Ring to Mordor, because they weren't as easily corrupted. All the rings lost their power upon the unmaking of the One Ring in the fires of Orodruin.
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