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Old 07-01-2003, 12:45 PM   #15
Gorthol
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Both the One Ring and the Nine Rings (and quite possibly the Seven Rings too) had the power to lengthen the lifespan of a mortal, although they did not grant immortality. (Quite possibly this was related to the power of the Elven Rings to preserve.) When worn for a sufficient length of time (dependant upon the will of the wearer to resist), they caused the wearer gradually to become a creature of the wraith world, subject to the will of Sauron, and to lose their physical body entirely (as occured with the Ringwraiths).
The Seven and the Nine were quite different from the Three and made partly by Sauron and *also* influenced by him when he regathered them before handing them out. Wasn't the purpose of the elven rings more to preserve the nature, grass, trees, leaves, as was Galadriels wish? Couldn't it have been so that Sauron was the one who imbued the rings he gained control over (or took part in creating) with the "gift" of a prolonged life. But in the end the rings would betray each and everyone who wore them, turning them into shadows and wraiths controlled by The One.

So, the question is, where came the extended lifespan that followed with every ring from?
From Sauron, or from the elvish ideas of preserving nature as it is? Wasn't Sauron their teacher and instructor for a time?Artano.
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