Posted: February 09, 1999 at 14:01:58: by Michael Martinez
: Well not exactly. The wearers of the elven rings torn their
: one's off didn't they, just so as to prevent Sauron from
: controlling them. Where as the wearers of the dwarven rings,
: being dwarves, were un-coercable anyway. The only ones who
: were mastered were the wearers of the nine rings for men and
: that was why nine ring-wraiths were soon knocking around. As
: soon as Sauron lost his ring, the elves could then start to use
: there ones again. I am sure that was the case, but then my
: memory may be failing me (again!).The Three, the Seven, and the Nine were all made for the Elves, and they were all being worn by Elves when Sauron made the One Ring. Sauron captured the Seven and the Nine, took them back to Mordor and perverted them, and then gave them out to Dwarves and Men. Sauron had to be wearing the One Ring in order to master the wearers of the other Rings. Hence, in the Third Age, if Saruman's Ring was subject to the One, Sauron would have been unable to control him through it until he regained the One Ring, which he never did.
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