Posted: May 09, 2000 at 22:00:05: by Jim Gregors
: After taking over so much of middle-earth, and killing Celebrimbor, why did Sauron stop making rings? I don't think the lesser rings took him too much effort at all, and I don't think Celebrimbor diminished at all with the making of the Seven, Nine, and Three (as he didn't exactly pour much of himself into any of them), so why didn't Sauron make a few more rings to give away? He could probably have made a present of one to Ar-Pharazon, and THAT would have been amusing. Then we would CERTAINLY have a Nazgul as king of the Numenoreans. I mean, rings promise longevity, right? What was Ar-Pharazon after? Long life/immortality. I think he would have been lured pretty easily. THEN, Sauron would have had the power od Numenor, as well as Middle-Earth.: So why didn't he?
Well, for one thing, Sauron did not make the Three, the Seven or the Nine. The Seven and the Nine were created by the Mirdain under Annatar's guidance, but they were still the physical creation of the Elves. The Three where probably made by Celebrimbor alone; at the least, Sauron was not a party to their creation. Celebrimbor had no reason to put any of his own power into his rings because they were not created with the intention of dominating others. Sauron, OTOH, was required to place a great deal of his native strength into the One Ring for this very reason - that it was necessary in order to dominate the possessors of the other rings. As it turned out, the Dwarves could not be dominated by an outside will, even that of Sauron; and the Eldar possessed the strength of will to take off the rings when Sauron's purposes became clear to them. Only men fell victim to Sauron's plan. As for why Sauron did not give Ar-Pharazon a Ring of Power, I can think of a few reasons:
- Sauron had already given away all the Rings of Power, and he himself lacked the strength to create new ones (having spent the better part of his native power creating the One).
- Ar-Pharazon possessed great strength of will; it is possible that he could not have been controlled, even with a Ring of Power.
- Sauron had no desire to increase the already formidable might of Ar-Pharazon. With a Ring of Power in his possession, he may have decided that Sauron had outlived his usefulness. He may have even demanded that Sauron relinquish the One.
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