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**lindil** · 03-14-2001, 03:02 PM

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Dwarf rings

I will have to chew on it.
I just finished reading my daughter 'the mirror of Galadriel' and the Elf -Ring there seems to be behind several things that happen although it is hard to say what is of the Rings , what is her innate power ad what is a combination of the 2.
She 'seemed to grow in stature [or size ?]'
she became srrounded by white light.
she appeared momentarily ',beautiful beyond enduring and worshipful' or some thing close.

So it is hard to say, again what 'power' comes from what.
Although now that I think of it Glorfindel also shown w/ light - sans ring.
She used it to erect a sort of Girdle of Galdriel which kept Sauron's eye out at least if not his Orcs ['curse their foul feet on Nimrodel's clean waters'] so it was less powerfiul than melians which kept out all but beren's doom. Or got folks l0st to the point of death.
But the Haze of Gold and the near cessation of time and the exp[erience of the sun being younger, all these belong to the ring

For the dwarves we know that they increased lust for gold [thrain and thror] and left them restless, I would imagine it also increased in a subtly poisoned way their creative skills , possibly tainting the arkenstone [if thror had fashioned it himself], and magnifying Thorin's lust for it and willingness to assault bilbo over it, a real guess that one is though.

It is said a ring lay at the foundation of each dwarf hoard of old [appendices? -council of Elrond?] and this brought dragons as often a not as dragons were said to ave consumed 3 or 4 .

so sauron's virus [which may not have effected Durin's clan] seemed to be active although how the rings worked I have not read. But there are still quite a few footnotes in HoME I have not read much less, 6-9 which may have variant texts that offer clues. Anyone know?

Lindil is often found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowowns and working on his own board Osanwe-Kenta[/i]- 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>

03-14-2001, 03:02 PM	#9
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 477</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Dwarf rings I will have to chew on it. I just finished reading my daughter 'the mirror of Galadriel' and the Elf -Ring there seems to be behind several things that happen although it is hard to say what is of the Rings , what is her innate power ad what is a combination of the 2. She 'seemed to grow in stature [or size ?]' she became srrounded by white light. she appeared momentarily ',beautiful beyond enduring and worshipful' or some thing close. So it is hard to say, again what 'power' comes from what. Although now that I think of it Glorfindel also shown w/ light - sans ring. She used it to erect a sort of Girdle of Galdriel which kept Sauron's eye out at least if not his Orcs ['curse their foul feet on Nimrodel's clean waters'] so it was less powerfiul than melians which kept out all but beren's doom. Or got folks l0st to the point of death. But the Haze of Gold and the near cessation of time and the exp[erience of the sun being younger, all these belong to the ring For the dwarves we know that they increased lust for gold [thrain and thror] and left them restless, I would imagine it also increased in a subtly poisoned way their creative skills , possibly tainting the arkenstone [if thror had fashioned it himself], and magnifying Thorin's lust for it and willingness to assault bilbo over it, a real guess that one is though. It is said a ring lay at the foundation of each dwarf hoard of old [appendices? -council of Elrond?] and this brought dragons as often a not as dragons were said to ave consumed 3 or 4 . so sauron's virus [which may not have effected Durin's clan] seemed to be active although how the rings worked I have not read. But there are still quite a few footnotes in HoME I have not read much less, 6-9 which may have variant texts that offer clues. Anyone know? Lindil is often found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowowns and working on his own board Osanwe-Kenta[/i]- 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.