Why didn't Galadriel take off her ring?
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The One Ring could rule all the other rings. So why didn't Galadriel take off her ring? It seems so dangerous to wear that ring. Before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the location of the One Ring wasn't known. So if by any chance Sauron got hold of the ring then wouldn't they go under his control? So why didn't Galadriel take off her ring?
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The One Ring could rule all the other rings. So why didn't Galadriel take off her ring? It seems so dangerous to wear that ring. Before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the location of the One Ring wasn't known. So if by any chance Sauron got hold of the ring then wouldn't they go under his control? So why didn't Galadriel take off her ring?
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The One Ring could rule all the other rings. So why didn't Galadriel take off her ring? It seems so dangerous to wear that ring. Before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the location of the One Ring wasn't known. So if by any chance Sauron got hold of the ring then wouldn't they go under his control? So why didn't Galadriel take off her ring?
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The One Ring could rule all the other rings. So why didn't Galadriel take off her ring? It seems so dangerous to wear that ring. Before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the location of the One Ring wasn't known. So if by any chance Sauron got hold of the ring then wouldn't they go under his control? So why didn't Galadriel take off her ring?
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The chapter "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" has the answers.
When they perceived the power of the One Ring, the Elves hid away the Three so that Sauron could not use his power against them.
But the Elves were not so lightly to be caught. As soon as Sauron set the One Ring upon his finger they were aware of him; and they knew him, and perceived that he would be master of them, and of an that they wrought. Then in anger and fear they took off their rings. But he, finding that he was betrayed and that the Elves were not deceived, was filled with wrath; and he came against them with open war, demanding that all the rings should be delivered to him, since the Elven-smiths could not have attained to their making without his lore and counsel. But the Elves fled from him; and three of their rings they saved, and bore them away, and hid them.
Now these were the Three that had last been made, and they possessed the greatest powers. Narya, Nenya, and Vilya, they were named, the Rings of Fire, and of Water, and of Air, set with ruby and adamant and sapphire; and of all the Elven-rings Sauron most desired to possess them, for those who had them in their keeping could ward off the decays of time and postpone the weariness of the world. But Sauron could not discover them, for they were given into the hands of the Wise, who concealed them and never again used them openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. Therefore the Three remained unsullied, for they were forged by Celebrimbor alone, and the hand of Sauron had never touched them; yet they also were subject to the One.
The bold part (emphasis mine) is the key point: they were never used openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. At the time when the LotR story is set, he didn't possess the One, and hadn't possessed it for hundreds of years.
Later, when Sauron did not have the One to use against them, they used the Three as forces of good.
Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed. Yet after the fall of Sauron their power was ever at work, and where they abode there mirth also dwelt and all things were unstained by the griefs of time. Therefore ere the Third Age was ended the Elves perceived that the Ring of Sapphire was with Elrond, in the fair valley of Rivendell, upon whose house the stars of heaven most brightly shone; whereas the Ring of Adamant was in the Land of Lуrien where dwelt the Lady Galadriel. A queen she was of the woodland Elves, the wife of Celeborn of Doriath, yet she herself was of the Noldor and remembered the Day before days in Valinor, and she was the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth. But the Red Ring remained hidden until the end, and none save Elrond and Galadriel and Cнrdan knew to whom it had been committed.
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Isn't it a bit risky? I mean they were never sure before bilbo found the ring.
– the-profile-that-was-promised
1 hour ago
No more risky than before. If Sauron regained the Ring, they would be aware and could take off their rings. Not that it would matter, because they realized there was no realistic chance of defeating Sauron if he rose again, Ring or no Ring. Bilbo finding the Ring was not significant because Sauron needed the ring, but because it provided the only chance of destroying the Ring (by which they hoped, but did not know, would result in Sauron's final downfall).
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In the Second Age the Elven Rings were unworn, as soon as Sauron put the One Ring on his finger the Elves realized what was happening and took theirs off. Leading to the War of the Elves and Sauron.
After Sauron lost the Ring there was no danger in using the Elven Rings. Unlike the Seven and Nine, Sauron was not involved with their making (beyond the indirect connection of Celebrimbor using the techniques Sauron taught the Elves for ring making). Galadriel, like the bearers of the other two rings, wore her ring throughout the Third Age.
Also, it appears to be a progressive rot, not instant mind-control
– Valorum
2 hours ago
@Valorum "And while he wore the One Ring he could perceive all the things that were done by means of the lesser rings, and he could see and govern the very thoughts of those that wore them." Not instant mind control, but a lot more knowledge (if not direct power) than they'd want to give him.
– Rand al'Thor♦
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@Randal'Thor - Sure, but given that the Elves could immediately determine that the One Ring was being worn, well worth the risk.
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The chapter "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" has the answers.
When they perceived the power of the One Ring, the Elves hid away the Three so that Sauron could not use his power against them.
But the Elves were not so lightly to be caught. As soon as Sauron set the One Ring upon his finger they were aware of him; and they knew him, and perceived that he would be master of them, and of an that they wrought. Then in anger and fear they took off their rings. But he, finding that he was betrayed and that the Elves were not deceived, was filled with wrath; and he came against them with open war, demanding that all the rings should be delivered to him, since the Elven-smiths could not have attained to their making without his lore and counsel. But the Elves fled from him; and three of their rings they saved, and bore them away, and hid them.
Now these were the Three that had last been made, and they possessed the greatest powers. Narya, Nenya, and Vilya, they were named, the Rings of Fire, and of Water, and of Air, set with ruby and adamant and sapphire; and of all the Elven-rings Sauron most desired to possess them, for those who had them in their keeping could ward off the decays of time and postpone the weariness of the world. But Sauron could not discover them, for they were given into the hands of the Wise, who concealed them and never again used them openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. Therefore the Three remained unsullied, for they were forged by Celebrimbor alone, and the hand of Sauron had never touched them; yet they also were subject to the One.
The bold part (emphasis mine) is the key point: they were never used openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. At the time when the LotR story is set, he didn't possess the One, and hadn't possessed it for hundreds of years.
Later, when Sauron did not have the One to use against them, they used the Three as forces of good.
Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed. Yet after the fall of Sauron their power was ever at work, and where they abode there mirth also dwelt and all things were unstained by the griefs of time. Therefore ere the Third Age was ended the Elves perceived that the Ring of Sapphire was with Elrond, in the fair valley of Rivendell, upon whose house the stars of heaven most brightly shone; whereas the Ring of Adamant was in the Land of Lуrien where dwelt the Lady Galadriel. A queen she was of the woodland Elves, the wife of Celeborn of Doriath, yet she herself was of the Noldor and remembered the Day before days in Valinor, and she was the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth. But the Red Ring remained hidden until the end, and none save Elrond and Galadriel and Cнrdan knew to whom it had been committed.
See also this answer.
Isn't it a bit risky? I mean they were never sure before bilbo found the ring.
– the-profile-that-was-promised
1 hour ago
No more risky than before. If Sauron regained the Ring, they would be aware and could take off their rings. Not that it would matter, because they realized there was no realistic chance of defeating Sauron if he rose again, Ring or no Ring. Bilbo finding the Ring was not significant because Sauron needed the ring, but because it provided the only chance of destroying the Ring (by which they hoped, but did not know, would result in Sauron's final downfall).
– chepner
17 mins ago
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The chapter "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" has the answers.
When they perceived the power of the One Ring, the Elves hid away the Three so that Sauron could not use his power against them.
But the Elves were not so lightly to be caught. As soon as Sauron set the One Ring upon his finger they were aware of him; and they knew him, and perceived that he would be master of them, and of an that they wrought. Then in anger and fear they took off their rings. But he, finding that he was betrayed and that the Elves were not deceived, was filled with wrath; and he came against them with open war, demanding that all the rings should be delivered to him, since the Elven-smiths could not have attained to their making without his lore and counsel. But the Elves fled from him; and three of their rings they saved, and bore them away, and hid them.
Now these were the Three that had last been made, and they possessed the greatest powers. Narya, Nenya, and Vilya, they were named, the Rings of Fire, and of Water, and of Air, set with ruby and adamant and sapphire; and of all the Elven-rings Sauron most desired to possess them, for those who had them in their keeping could ward off the decays of time and postpone the weariness of the world. But Sauron could not discover them, for they were given into the hands of the Wise, who concealed them and never again used them openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. Therefore the Three remained unsullied, for they were forged by Celebrimbor alone, and the hand of Sauron had never touched them; yet they also were subject to the One.
The bold part (emphasis mine) is the key point: they were never used openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. At the time when the LotR story is set, he didn't possess the One, and hadn't possessed it for hundreds of years.
Later, when Sauron did not have the One to use against them, they used the Three as forces of good.
Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed. Yet after the fall of Sauron their power was ever at work, and where they abode there mirth also dwelt and all things were unstained by the griefs of time. Therefore ere the Third Age was ended the Elves perceived that the Ring of Sapphire was with Elrond, in the fair valley of Rivendell, upon whose house the stars of heaven most brightly shone; whereas the Ring of Adamant was in the Land of Lуrien where dwelt the Lady Galadriel. A queen she was of the woodland Elves, the wife of Celeborn of Doriath, yet she herself was of the Noldor and remembered the Day before days in Valinor, and she was the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth. But the Red Ring remained hidden until the end, and none save Elrond and Galadriel and Cнrdan knew to whom it had been committed.
See also this answer.
Isn't it a bit risky? I mean they were never sure before bilbo found the ring.
– the-profile-that-was-promised
1 hour ago
No more risky than before. If Sauron regained the Ring, they would be aware and could take off their rings. Not that it would matter, because they realized there was no realistic chance of defeating Sauron if he rose again, Ring or no Ring. Bilbo finding the Ring was not significant because Sauron needed the ring, but because it provided the only chance of destroying the Ring (by which they hoped, but did not know, would result in Sauron's final downfall).
– chepner
17 mins ago
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The chapter "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" has the answers.
When they perceived the power of the One Ring, the Elves hid away the Three so that Sauron could not use his power against them.
But the Elves were not so lightly to be caught. As soon as Sauron set the One Ring upon his finger they were aware of him; and they knew him, and perceived that he would be master of them, and of an that they wrought. Then in anger and fear they took off their rings. But he, finding that he was betrayed and that the Elves were not deceived, was filled with wrath; and he came against them with open war, demanding that all the rings should be delivered to him, since the Elven-smiths could not have attained to their making without his lore and counsel. But the Elves fled from him; and three of their rings they saved, and bore them away, and hid them.
Now these were the Three that had last been made, and they possessed the greatest powers. Narya, Nenya, and Vilya, they were named, the Rings of Fire, and of Water, and of Air, set with ruby and adamant and sapphire; and of all the Elven-rings Sauron most desired to possess them, for those who had them in their keeping could ward off the decays of time and postpone the weariness of the world. But Sauron could not discover them, for they were given into the hands of the Wise, who concealed them and never again used them openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. Therefore the Three remained unsullied, for they were forged by Celebrimbor alone, and the hand of Sauron had never touched them; yet they also were subject to the One.
The bold part (emphasis mine) is the key point: they were never used openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. At the time when the LotR story is set, he didn't possess the One, and hadn't possessed it for hundreds of years.
Later, when Sauron did not have the One to use against them, they used the Three as forces of good.
Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed. Yet after the fall of Sauron their power was ever at work, and where they abode there mirth also dwelt and all things were unstained by the griefs of time. Therefore ere the Third Age was ended the Elves perceived that the Ring of Sapphire was with Elrond, in the fair valley of Rivendell, upon whose house the stars of heaven most brightly shone; whereas the Ring of Adamant was in the Land of Lуrien where dwelt the Lady Galadriel. A queen she was of the woodland Elves, the wife of Celeborn of Doriath, yet she herself was of the Noldor and remembered the Day before days in Valinor, and she was the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth. But the Red Ring remained hidden until the end, and none save Elrond and Galadriel and Cнrdan knew to whom it had been committed.
See also this answer.
The chapter "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" has the answers.
When they perceived the power of the One Ring, the Elves hid away the Three so that Sauron could not use his power against them.
But the Elves were not so lightly to be caught. As soon as Sauron set the One Ring upon his finger they were aware of him; and they knew him, and perceived that he would be master of them, and of an that they wrought. Then in anger and fear they took off their rings. But he, finding that he was betrayed and that the Elves were not deceived, was filled with wrath; and he came against them with open war, demanding that all the rings should be delivered to him, since the Elven-smiths could not have attained to their making without his lore and counsel. But the Elves fled from him; and three of their rings they saved, and bore them away, and hid them.
Now these were the Three that had last been made, and they possessed the greatest powers. Narya, Nenya, and Vilya, they were named, the Rings of Fire, and of Water, and of Air, set with ruby and adamant and sapphire; and of all the Elven-rings Sauron most desired to possess them, for those who had them in their keeping could ward off the decays of time and postpone the weariness of the world. But Sauron could not discover them, for they were given into the hands of the Wise, who concealed them and never again used them openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. Therefore the Three remained unsullied, for they were forged by Celebrimbor alone, and the hand of Sauron had never touched them; yet they also were subject to the One.
The bold part (emphasis mine) is the key point: they were never used openly while Sauron kept the Ruling Ring. At the time when the LotR story is set, he didn't possess the One, and hadn't possessed it for hundreds of years.
Later, when Sauron did not have the One to use against them, they used the Three as forces of good.
Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed. Yet after the fall of Sauron their power was ever at work, and where they abode there mirth also dwelt and all things were unstained by the griefs of time. Therefore ere the Third Age was ended the Elves perceived that the Ring of Sapphire was with Elrond, in the fair valley of Rivendell, upon whose house the stars of heaven most brightly shone; whereas the Ring of Adamant was in the Land of Lуrien where dwelt the Lady Galadriel. A queen she was of the woodland Elves, the wife of Celeborn of Doriath, yet she herself was of the Noldor and remembered the Day before days in Valinor, and she was the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth. But the Red Ring remained hidden until the end, and none save Elrond and Galadriel and Cнrdan knew to whom it had been committed.
See also this answer.
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Isn't it a bit risky? I mean they were never sure before bilbo found the ring.
– the-profile-that-was-promised
1 hour ago
No more risky than before. If Sauron regained the Ring, they would be aware and could take off their rings. Not that it would matter, because they realized there was no realistic chance of defeating Sauron if he rose again, Ring or no Ring. Bilbo finding the Ring was not significant because Sauron needed the ring, but because it provided the only chance of destroying the Ring (by which they hoped, but did not know, would result in Sauron's final downfall).
– chepner
17 mins ago
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Isn't it a bit risky? I mean they were never sure before bilbo found the ring.
– the-profile-that-was-promised
1 hour ago
No more risky than before. If Sauron regained the Ring, they would be aware and could take off their rings. Not that it would matter, because they realized there was no realistic chance of defeating Sauron if he rose again, Ring or no Ring. Bilbo finding the Ring was not significant because Sauron needed the ring, but because it provided the only chance of destroying the Ring (by which they hoped, but did not know, would result in Sauron's final downfall).
– chepner
17 mins ago
Isn't it a bit risky? I mean they were never sure before bilbo found the ring.
– the-profile-that-was-promised
1 hour ago
Isn't it a bit risky? I mean they were never sure before bilbo found the ring.
– the-profile-that-was-promised
1 hour ago
No more risky than before. If Sauron regained the Ring, they would be aware and could take off their rings. Not that it would matter, because they realized there was no realistic chance of defeating Sauron if he rose again, Ring or no Ring. Bilbo finding the Ring was not significant because Sauron needed the ring, but because it provided the only chance of destroying the Ring (by which they hoped, but did not know, would result in Sauron's final downfall).
– chepner
17 mins ago
No more risky than before. If Sauron regained the Ring, they would be aware and could take off their rings. Not that it would matter, because they realized there was no realistic chance of defeating Sauron if he rose again, Ring or no Ring. Bilbo finding the Ring was not significant because Sauron needed the ring, but because it provided the only chance of destroying the Ring (by which they hoped, but did not know, would result in Sauron's final downfall).
– chepner
17 mins ago
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In the Second Age the Elven Rings were unworn, as soon as Sauron put the One Ring on his finger the Elves realized what was happening and took theirs off. Leading to the War of the Elves and Sauron.
After Sauron lost the Ring there was no danger in using the Elven Rings. Unlike the Seven and Nine, Sauron was not involved with their making (beyond the indirect connection of Celebrimbor using the techniques Sauron taught the Elves for ring making). Galadriel, like the bearers of the other two rings, wore her ring throughout the Third Age.
Also, it appears to be a progressive rot, not instant mind-control
– Valorum
2 hours ago
@Valorum "And while he wore the One Ring he could perceive all the things that were done by means of the lesser rings, and he could see and govern the very thoughts of those that wore them." Not instant mind control, but a lot more knowledge (if not direct power) than they'd want to give him.
– Rand al'Thor♦
2 hours ago
1
@Randal'Thor - Sure, but given that the Elves could immediately determine that the One Ring was being worn, well worth the risk.
– Valorum
1 hour ago
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up vote
4
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In the Second Age the Elven Rings were unworn, as soon as Sauron put the One Ring on his finger the Elves realized what was happening and took theirs off. Leading to the War of the Elves and Sauron.
After Sauron lost the Ring there was no danger in using the Elven Rings. Unlike the Seven and Nine, Sauron was not involved with their making (beyond the indirect connection of Celebrimbor using the techniques Sauron taught the Elves for ring making). Galadriel, like the bearers of the other two rings, wore her ring throughout the Third Age.
Also, it appears to be a progressive rot, not instant mind-control
– Valorum
2 hours ago
@Valorum "And while he wore the One Ring he could perceive all the things that were done by means of the lesser rings, and he could see and govern the very thoughts of those that wore them." Not instant mind control, but a lot more knowledge (if not direct power) than they'd want to give him.
– Rand al'Thor♦
2 hours ago
1
@Randal'Thor - Sure, but given that the Elves could immediately determine that the One Ring was being worn, well worth the risk.
– Valorum
1 hour ago
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In the Second Age the Elven Rings were unworn, as soon as Sauron put the One Ring on his finger the Elves realized what was happening and took theirs off. Leading to the War of the Elves and Sauron.
After Sauron lost the Ring there was no danger in using the Elven Rings. Unlike the Seven and Nine, Sauron was not involved with their making (beyond the indirect connection of Celebrimbor using the techniques Sauron taught the Elves for ring making). Galadriel, like the bearers of the other two rings, wore her ring throughout the Third Age.
In the Second Age the Elven Rings were unworn, as soon as Sauron put the One Ring on his finger the Elves realized what was happening and took theirs off. Leading to the War of the Elves and Sauron.
After Sauron lost the Ring there was no danger in using the Elven Rings. Unlike the Seven and Nine, Sauron was not involved with their making (beyond the indirect connection of Celebrimbor using the techniques Sauron taught the Elves for ring making). Galadriel, like the bearers of the other two rings, wore her ring throughout the Third Age.
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Also, it appears to be a progressive rot, not instant mind-control
– Valorum
2 hours ago
@Valorum "And while he wore the One Ring he could perceive all the things that were done by means of the lesser rings, and he could see and govern the very thoughts of those that wore them." Not instant mind control, but a lot more knowledge (if not direct power) than they'd want to give him.
– Rand al'Thor♦
2 hours ago
1
@Randal'Thor - Sure, but given that the Elves could immediately determine that the One Ring was being worn, well worth the risk.
– Valorum
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Also, it appears to be a progressive rot, not instant mind-control
– Valorum
2 hours ago
@Valorum "And while he wore the One Ring he could perceive all the things that were done by means of the lesser rings, and he could see and govern the very thoughts of those that wore them." Not instant mind control, but a lot more knowledge (if not direct power) than they'd want to give him.
– Rand al'Thor♦
2 hours ago
1
@Randal'Thor - Sure, but given that the Elves could immediately determine that the One Ring was being worn, well worth the risk.
– Valorum
1 hour ago
Also, it appears to be a progressive rot, not instant mind-control
– Valorum
2 hours ago
Also, it appears to be a progressive rot, not instant mind-control
– Valorum
2 hours ago
@Valorum "And while he wore the One Ring he could perceive all the things that were done by means of the lesser rings, and he could see and govern the very thoughts of those that wore them." Not instant mind control, but a lot more knowledge (if not direct power) than they'd want to give him.
– Rand al'Thor♦
2 hours ago
@Valorum "And while he wore the One Ring he could perceive all the things that were done by means of the lesser rings, and he could see and govern the very thoughts of those that wore them." Not instant mind control, but a lot more knowledge (if not direct power) than they'd want to give him.
– Rand al'Thor♦
2 hours ago
1
1
@Randal'Thor - Sure, but given that the Elves could immediately determine that the One Ring was being worn, well worth the risk.
– Valorum
1 hour ago
@Randal'Thor - Sure, but given that the Elves could immediately determine that the One Ring was being worn, well worth the risk.
– Valorum
1 hour ago
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