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Fordim Hedgethistle · 07-11-2005, 09:27 AM

Seems to me that the only thing we can do about this ring is to speculate about it, as Tolkien does not give us much to go on. That having been said....

If Saruman was trying to emulate the craft of Sauron then we can assume that his Ring was like the Rings of Power, but lesser; just as he made Isengard into a lesser version of Mordor. We can probably assume as well that the Ring he wore was his attempt at his own One, so he probably passed into it much of his strength, just as Sauron did with the One.

So the question I have is this: what happened to this Ring or other Rings??? As they are not mentioned again, it can be assumed that they were either destroyed in the fall of Isengard or, more intriguingly, lost.....hmmmmm....imagine if they, or It, were found by someone years after the War.....hmmmmmmmm...methinks I smell an RPG.......

07-11-2005, 09:27 AM	#2
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Seems to me that the only thing we can do about this ring is to speculate about it, as Tolkien does not give us much to go on. That having been said.... If Saruman was trying to emulate the craft of Sauron then we can assume that his Ring was like the Rings of Power, but lesser; just as he made Isengard into a lesser version of Mordor. We can probably assume as well that the Ring he wore was his attempt at his own One, so he probably passed into it much of his strength, just as Sauron did with the One. So the question I have is this: what happened to this Ring or other Rings??? As they are not mentioned again, it can be assumed that they were either destroyed in the fall of Isengard or, more intriguingly, lost.....hmmmmm....imagine if they, or It, were found by someone years after the War.....hmmmmmmmm...methinks I smell an RPG....... __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.