I looked up the chronology again [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] The conjectured date of Deagol finding the One Ring, TA 2463, is three years after Sauron's return to Dol Guldor, ending the Watchful Peace. Also, it is the same year that the White Council was formed, with Saruman as its head. Probably by this time Saruman had begun his study of the Rings of Power. Given all this, it was virtually assured that the One Ring was going to be found, and sooner rather than later. So actually there was a very narrow window of opportunity for the Ring to be spirited away before it fell into either set of the wrong hands. So Ulmo may have "arranged" for someone else to find it first.
Very fortuitous...for everyone except poor Deagol [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
[ October 15, 2003: Message edited by: Angry Hill Troll ]
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