Timeline for How does Gandalf know that dragon-fire might be able to melt the rings of power, but not the One Ring?
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| Feb 10, 2022 at 14:43 | history | edited | DavidW | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2018 at 15:41 | comment | added | Amarth | Supposedly Saruman is the expert of the ring lore, I think it is mentioned several times in the books - it's why Gandalf seeks his council when he becomes captured. Perhaps Gandalf simply heard it from Saruman, who could have done research about what became of the dwarven rings etc? Since Saruman's council is no longer available, Gandalf would be the one to know most about whatever knowledge Saruman had passed on to the other Istari. | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 14:28 | vote | accept | Thunderforge | ||
| Oct 16, 2018 at 22:34 | comment | added | Lexible | Long winded way to say "We don't know how Gandalf knew." | |
| Oct 16, 2018 at 22:06 | history | edited | Ian Thompson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 5, 2018 at 14:46 | comment | added | chepner | The One Ring was designed to exert influence over the others; there's no evidence that the other rings were linked in any way. | |
| Oct 5, 2018 at 7:45 | comment | added | Ian Thompson | @HarryJohnston --- Indeed, if the kings kept the rings on their person, then it's entirely possible that there are only two outcomes when a (fire-breathing) dragon invades: king gets incinerated and ring is destroyed or king escapes taking the ring with him (only for it to fall into Sauron's hands at a later date). Of course, if the ring was hidden away deep in the vaults when the king was incinerated ... it's a shame that we know so little about these events. | |
| Oct 4, 2018 at 22:16 | comment | added | Harry Johnston | +1, but I don't think there's any great mystery about how Gandalf knows what happened to the Dwarven rings, he would surely have investigated the fall of each of the Dwarf-kings. | |
| Oct 4, 2018 at 21:39 | history | edited | Ian Thompson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 4, 2018 at 21:33 | history | answered | Ian Thompson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |