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  Posted by Osric on March 20, 2000 at 16:50:09
In Reply to: Re: Saruman's Ring? posted by Foradan on March 18, 2000 at 16:13:57:



: : : In addition to naming himself Saruman of Many Colours, he also called himself "Ring Maker." This implies pretty strongly that he made the Ring that he was wearing. As to its powers, however, I'm inclined to believe that it was quite weak. Gandalf mentions numerous lesser rings made by the Elves of Eregion before the Great Rings. If Celebrimbor working with the assistance of Annatar had a lengthy "apprenticeship" period, it seems logical that Saruman, working alone and in secret with whatever 5000 year old records he could find, would have even more of a trial and error period.

: : I think that Saruman did hake his ring, but the power it seemed to have was merely his own making it look like that.

Several contributors made approximately this comment. Why assume that a ring identified by Gandalf as (at least minorly) significant, supposedly made by Curunir the 'Man of Skill' a Maia who associated with Aule back in Valinor, would only have an illusion of power????

I can also see that it would suit his 'political' purposes to call himself "Ring-Maker" whether he made it or not. Perhaps -- and this is pure conjecture -- he did this precisely to hide or deny the fact that it was in fact a found-ring.

There is no one else in Third Age Middle-earth who would have had so much time and resources to spend in researching the Rings of Power as Saruman. Even a Lesser Ring would be a source of considerable insight into the magicks of the Enemy.

Osric P-)



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