Big Mystery: The Nine Rings of Power

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Morwen

Gandalf is making a statement about the possession/location of the Rings of Power. However he appears to have changed his mind as to who actually holds the Nine. If there are sources outside of the canon which support the first statement, i.e. that Sauron holds the Nine, then I think it should be preferred to Gandalf's later pronouncement.

Exactly. The point is, that Gandalf was ambivalent even inside LotR (and not just Gandalf - there are even others who speak their words to that matter, e.g. Galadriel).

...and whether you like it or not (Hooray! It's here!), UT is canon for me, as much as the Sil. (but please let's not debate about this further - this is not our topic, after all, and we all want to stay alive )