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09-17-2007, 02:46 PM
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Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die
When the Witch King departed from the world, what happened to his Ring? One Ring to find them, One Ring to rule them all springs to mind - did it survive & therefore fall back into the hands of Sauron? Or was this Ring destroyed the moment the Witch King was slain?
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09-17-2007, 02:58 PM
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The Nine Rings had long been in Sauron's possession. If it wasn't physically destroyed in the fall of Barad-Dur, it was nonetheless shorn of its power when the One was destroyed.
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09-18-2007, 03:13 AM
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The Rings are probably still in existance, somewhere under the rubble of Barad Dur. Like the three Elven rings, they are now just jewelery.
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09-18-2007, 09:15 AM
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If the Ring was still intact, why didn't anyone think of seizing the opportunity to take the Witch King's Ring after his all? |
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09-18-2007, 11:25 AM
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Because it wasn't there. Sauron had taken the Nine Rings back, presumably before the end of the Second Age.
At any rate, if anyone had taken and used the WK's Ring the result would have been exactly what happened to its first owner. An essential point Tolkien is on about is that you *can't* use the Enemy's weapons.
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09-19-2007, 09:15 AM
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