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Finwe · 12-09-2003, 04:42 PM

Perhaps the One Ring would have affected Gimli in the way that the Rings of Power affected the other Dwarves. It would have greatly increased his inherent desire for treasure, jewels, gold, etc. instead of power, like Sauron.

I just realized something. Do we actually know what visions the Ring put into Frodo's mind? All we know is that he eventually claims the Ring for himself, but he would have been shown visions of himself with some increased power by the Ring, and Tolkien never chooses, to my knowledge, to divulge the nature of those visions to the readers.

12-09-2003, 04:42 PM	#38
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Perhaps the One Ring would have affected Gimli in the way that the Rings of Power affected the other Dwarves. It would have greatly increased his inherent desire for treasure, jewels, gold, etc. instead of power, like Sauron. I just realized something. Do we actually know what visions the Ring put into Frodo's mind? All we know is that he eventually claims the Ring for himself, but he would have been shown visions of himself with some increased power by the Ring, and Tolkien never chooses, to my knowledge, to divulge the nature of those visions to the readers. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.