Posted: January 13, 2000 at 06:50:51: by Gandalf
In the Council of Elron, Gandalf made clear why he broke tryst, and couldn't be with Frodo to help him flee from the shire.The reason was that Saruman had turned into a pompous arse, and decided to rival Sauron as an aspiring master of Middle Earth. When Gandalf arrived at Orthanc, he was given a lecture. In the middle of his speech, Saruman called himself "Saruman the many coloured, Saruman Ring-Maker". and on his finger, there was a ring. I take it that in mockery/copying Sauron, Saruman had studied enough ring lore to make himself a ring. Never again was this ring mentioned! I wonder what powers this ring may have had, and what happened to it. I assume that like Sauron, Saruman would have poured some of his former power into it, etc. So when his staff was broken, I assume that his ring still held some power? Then why was Saruman so weak, after the second confrontation with Gandalf? What happened to Saruman's ring? Did it actually have any power?
And if it did, why did we never hear of it again?
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