Posted: April 03, 2000 at 01:48:59: by Michael Martinez
: So why should they fade with the passing of the One?? The
: hacker goes off to bed, so the Three, forged without the hand
: should not fade with him.
: After all, the knowledge and Lore still exists. Why should
: something like the Three fade???: Makes no sense.... : But hey, that's my rave for the day The analogy is flawed. The Rings of Power don't work like networked computers. When Sauron made the One Ring, all the other Rings of Power became inextricably linked to that Ring. It would be more like a cancer connecting several living things together. Kill the cancerous body and all the attached bodies must die as well, although that analogy is also imperfect.
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