Short-Answer Questions

[Lyta_Underhill]

1- How does the ring work, did Sauron put all of his power in there to act as a intermediary so that if physicially died the ring would keep his lifeforce and his spirit on the physical plane?

I suppose that is true. Sauron lost his physical form at the drowning of Numenor in the Second Age; his spirit flew back to Middle Earth and he took up the Ring and clothed himself in power thereby. He had a terrible form when he wore the Ring, but he forsook it when the Ring was cut from his hand:

The Sauron was for that time vanquished, and he forsook his body, and his spirit fled far away and hid in waste places; and he took no visible shape again for many long years.

from The Silmarillion "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" I don't know if that means he couldn't take physical form, but he didn't for a long time after the beginning of the Third Age.

I hope this info helps!
Cheers,
Lyta

P.S. Sorry if this wasn't a short answer! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

P.P.S. I should have done a 100th post dance last night, but I was too busy posting! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[ July 22, 2003: Message edited by: Lyta_Underhill ]