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   From: youmustbejoking@lan.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:31:12 -0800, sean_q wrote:   
      
   > I believe I have a Lesser Ring. That is, one made by the Elves as an   
   > essay in the ring-making craft before it was full grown. Indeed to the   
   > Elven smiths but a trifle, yet still in Gandalf's mind dangerous for   
   > mortals.   
   >   
   > It came to me disguised as an Engineer's Iron Ring, presented in a   
   > secret Masonic-like ceremony at college graduation.   
   > It is plain and unadorned, except for a multifaceted texture engraved by   
   > the smith(s) that made it.   
   >   
   > And why would this trifle be hazardous (beyond from the general caution   
   > not to meddle in the affairs of wizards)? Mainly because if Sauron were   
   > ever to re-acquire the One, then the holders of ALL the rings, even the   
   > Lesser ones like mine might come under his sway.   
   >   
   > In fact this may have happened already. Perhaps I am an inadvertent   
   > agent of the Dark Lord. I remember coveting an Iron Ring as a symbol of   
   > prestige and pride. Alas, as it is written, pride goeth before a fall.   
   >   
   > So beware of my postings. They may well contain hidden traps to snare   
   > the unwary. Think you that the Base Master of Treachery would be   
   > constrained to gnaw himself in the shadows indefinitely, never again to   
   > grow or take shape? Nay; he can still use others as his weapons. So do   
   > all great lords,   
   > if they are wise.   
   >   
   > Of course all this is mere speculation. Perhaps my trove is merely a   
   > toroidal chunk of stainless steel after all.   
   > But strangely enough someone yesterday in hooded black robes offered me   
   > a pet Pteranadon with a 10 meter wing span complete with riding tack. Of   
   > course I thought nothing of it at the time as this sort of thing is   
   > strictly routine for me, but then when I came to check for new messages   
   > on this forum I began to wonder...   
   >   
   > SQ   
      
   Time to put the crack pipe down for a few days.   
      
      
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