Timeline for Why were there 3-7-9 Rings of Power?
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| Jul 15, 2018 at 1:12 | comment | added | Pryftan | @spiceyokooko Not actually true. Khamûl is the other named one - he was head at Dol Guldur and he was the one seen in the Shire. This is noted in The Unfinished Tales though. | |
| Jul 15, 2018 at 1:09 | comment | added | Pryftan | @Charles The Lost Tales was earlier on. Even in The Lord of the Rings it's talked about how only the Three he could never find (nor did he mind at that point). | |
| Jul 14, 2018 at 22:57 | comment | added | Pryftan | Technically.. no there weren't originally 19. Not in the original drafts (which there it was Sauron who made the Rings - yes plural). | |
| Jan 5, 2014 at 5:33 | comment | added | Charles | The quote you give is incorrect. According to the Lost Tales, "There Sauron took the Nine Rings and the lesser works of the Mírdain; but the Seven and the Three he could not find.". | |
| Dec 29, 2012 at 12:15 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | Your answer didn't indicate that there were no more than 7 Dwarf Lords. Nor did it explain why more were not given to Men, gven "hey were the easiest to control", at the expense of Dwarf Lords | |
| Dec 29, 2012 at 12:05 | comment | added | spiceyokooko | @DVK I clearly stated in my answer that 7 were given to the 7 Dwarf Lords, that left 9 to be given to the Human Kings. | |
| Dec 29, 2012 at 11:59 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | The selected answer, at least, addressed the 7 dwarf ones. Yourr reasoning "because they were easier to control" doesn't explain why any were given to the dwarfs, never mind 9. Moreover, Wikia is not canon, I'm seeking quotes from the books/letters. | |
| Dec 29, 2012 at 11:56 | comment | added | spiceyokooko | @DVK Neither does the answer you've selected as being the correct answer – that one doesn't even mention the 9 rings given to the Human Kings! It's explicitly stated in canon that the most were given to Human Kings because they were the easiest to control as given in my answer. | |
| Dec 29, 2012 at 11:49 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | The crux of my question is, why weren't 15 rings given to Human kings, or only 7? Your answer doesn't address that at all | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 14:56 | comment | added | spiceyokooko | Only one is ever mentioned by name - The Witch King of Angmar, none of the others are identified. | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 14:48 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | Is there canon confirmation that there were only 9 human Kings? That was exactly what I was seeking | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 13:45 | comment | added | spiceyokooko | Because there were only 9 Human Kings. It's likely the 19 rings were originally made all for Elves who were immortal. One of the affects of the rings was to lengthen life span which would not have affected the Elves (being immortal) it was never intended that the rings be given to mortals such as humans and dwarves. | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 13:42 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | That's not an explanation, that's a count. Why weren't 15 given to human kings? Or 7? | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 13:39 | comment | added | spiceyokooko | There's no explanation why 19 were created, but there is explanation for how those 19 were allotted. 3 were kept by the Elves which leaves 16, of those 16, 9 were given to Human Kings, which leaves 7 which were given to 7 Dwarf Lords. | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 13:36 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | But my question was, why were there 19 made by the Elves? And why were they allocated 7+9 of the 16? | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 13:31 | history | answered | spiceyokooko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |