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  Posted by Stephen Geard on April 06, 1999 at 04:20:00
In Reply to: In what ways did the Elves use their Rings? posted by elanor on April 05, 1999 at 22:42:51:



: Sorry if this has already been discussed to death. Do we know what the Elves did with their Rings when they put them back on again after the One was taken from Sauron? Cirdan gave his to Gandalf but did he use it in any known way before that?

I doubt the Ring of Fire was particularly well suited to the hands of a shipwright. Which may, in part, explain why he passed it on.

: Did Galadriel or Elrond do anything in particular with theirs except keep their havens going?

Nothing much more is explicit. Although keeping their havens going was no mean feat. The effect of holding back the fading of the Eldar meant that there were some still in Middle-earth to give advice and guidance during the War of the Ring. But, personally, I think Elrond had an especially important use for his Ring. Tolkien nowhere says it, but I am prepared to wager that the Children of Elrond were the only children born to the Eldar in Middle-earth after the death of Gil-galad.

: Also, did Celebrimbor die in one of the wars or did he just call it quits and go Eressea?

Celebrimbor was captured when Ost-in-Edhil fell to Sauron in SA 1697. Put to torture he revealed the locations of the Seven and the Nine Rings, but refused to say where the Three were. Sauron had him executed and then marched North using as a standard Celebrimbor's body hung on a pole.

You can read about the War of the Elves and Sauron in my History and Complete Chronology of Númenor (especially Part 2). Link below.

A History and Complete Chonology of Numenor



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