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Since when did Saruman have a ring??
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Gandalf tells of it at the Council of Elrond, about how Saruman ensnares him and locks him in the Tower.
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You guys are probably right about Saruman imitating Sauron, just like Orthanc was an imitation of Barad-dur. But think of the havoc Saruman could have created with a Ring equal in power to Sauron's.
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Orthanc was not built by Saruman as an imitation of Baradur. It was Built by the Dunedain of Gondor before the Last Alliance. Saruman doesn't move in until TA 2759, and takes it for his own and fortifies it in TA 2953.