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From: Troels@ThisIsFake.invalid
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Steve Morrison spoke these staves:
>
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:38:13 +0000, Dan C wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:23:45 -0400, Chris Hoelscher wrote:
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>>> at the Council of Elrond. Elrond (and others) refused to reveal
>>> the possessors The Three. WHY? At this same meeting they openly
>>> discussed the possessor of The One and its intended disposition
[...]
>>
>> Simple. It's a basic security fundamental.
[...]
>
> Yes. I've always assumed that they /had/ to discuss the One,
> because what to do with it was largely what the Council was about!
> But there was no need to discuss the whereabouts of the Three.
I agree -- the Council would have been fairly pointless without
discussing the fate of the One Ring, but revealing more about the
Three would have jeopardized their Keepers /needlessly/ -- see also
how Aragorn reacts when Frodo speaks of Galadriel wielding her Elven-
ring (I am not sure if this, in context, could mean some lesser Ring
than one of the Three -- one of the 'essays in the craft' that
Gandalf speaks of).
We had a discussion a while back on how much the Elves had told
Elendil and his sons, as well as their earlier Númenórean allies,
about the Master Ring. I can't remember now if we came to any
conclusion, and I don't have time to search for the thread now (I'm
leaving for Corby, England, this afternoon, and I'll have very
limited internet access, and even more limited time, for the duration
of the trip).
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