Posted: May 29, 2000 at 00:57:42: by Josh
Hello, this is my first post, so if I'm asking already asked questions, please forgive.
(1) I have always wondered two things about the One Ring. First, how did Sauron not notice Bilbo using it throughout the very long time Bilbo had it? Bilbo admits to using the ring fairly often, and wouldn't Sauron have noticed it when bilbo used it at the Birthday party? Or did he not have the power to notice when his ring was being used until after Frodo set out from Hobbiton? It just doesn't quite make sense. Also, this is partially explained in the books, but was it really that hard for Gandalf to recognize the ring? He knew about the three, and if it was one of the Seven, it would have had a jewel and made Bilbo want gold, and the nine were with Sauron, and the Silmarillion says that all of the rings but the three were taken by Sauron. Is this one of the things Gandalf forgot when he went to Middle-Earth? I mean, how many magic rings could it have been?(2) One other question about rings. I noticed an earlier set of postings that talked about the nine and how Sauron kept them. My question is this: How did he get them back from the nine in the first place? I mean, you don't normally want to give up something that has enslaved you and gives you all your power. Granted, they probably didn't know that Sauron could control them through the nine, but still, would they really just give them back? Or did he take them, and wouldn't that have broken them and made them useless?
Josh.
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