Thread: The Rings
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Old 08-02-2002, 08:16 PM   #3
Manwe Sulimo
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Sorry about any confusion....I didn't mean the *Great* Rings.

Quote:
Now the Elves made many rings....
Quote:
'In Eregion long ago many Elven-rings were made, magic rings as you call them, and they were, of course, of various kinds: some more potent and some less. The lesser rings were only essays in the craft before it was full-grown, and to the Elven-smiths they were but trifles - yet still to my mind dangerous for mortals. But the Great Rings, the Rings of Power, they were perilous.'
It goes on to say that the Great Rings made mortal bearers immortal, etc, so the Nine, Seven, and Three were not the lesser rings. In other words, there were many more. Those are the ones I'm curious about.
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