Posted: May 10, 2000 at 02:03:21: by Aelmer
: 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? : Gandalf Nine Rings for men. If you were Sauron, to which men would you give the rings? In my opinion, the bulk of the rings went to Numenoreans living on the mainland, with the other rings going to men in Harad and the East. So to whom do you give a ring? To a king? No, you give it to someone who wants more than their present status or station in life, because you know that their ambition or desires will make them use the ring.
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