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**lindil** · 03-11-2003, 01:03 AM

It is not clear to me that galadriel's RIng was an essential ingredient in repulsing any military power. The orcs from moria marched right on in...

THeir was no 'Girdle of melian' around Lothlorien. What there was, was the power of the Ring, concentrated on the Naith, and this 'stopped' or rather slowed down incredibly, the flow of time. Within this realm, Galadriel was able to perceive Sauron's mind and he not hers. this may have had something to do with the ring. Or it could very well have been a function of Galadriel's well-trained Osanwe in conjunction or not with her mirror.

Birdland, the number most certainly would not have 'immediately jumped to three'. If it takes men many years to fade, the process certainly would not be faster for Elves, if they would succomb at all.

In all of the Tales there is no Elf, that seems so twisted as to leave a ring on that he/she knows Sauron could control them by.

They are extemely sensitive and naturally psychic. They would know that a Sauron controlled ring would be bad news. JRRT in several places, states that no Elf knowingly served the Darkness. maeglin comes closest, but even he was captured and threatened with torment and offered the object of his desire.

03-11-2003, 01:03 AM	#8
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	It is not clear to me that galadriel's RIng was an essential ingredient in repulsing any military power. The orcs from moria marched right on in... THeir was no 'Girdle of melian' around Lothlorien. What there was, was the power of the Ring, concentrated on the Naith, and this 'stopped' or rather slowed down incredibly, the flow of time. Within this realm, Galadriel was able to perceive Sauron's mind and he not hers. this may have had something to do with the ring. Or it could very well have been a function of Galadriel's well-trained Osanwe in conjunction or not with her mirror. Birdland, the number most certainly would not have 'immediately jumped to three'. If it takes men many years to fade, the process certainly would not be faster for Elves, if they would succomb at all. In all of the Tales there is no Elf, that seems so twisted as to leave a ring on that he/she knows Sauron could control them by. They are extemely sensitive and naturally psychic. They would know that a Sauron controlled ring would be bad news. JRRT in several places, states that no Elf knowingly served the Darkness. maeglin comes closest, but even he was captured and threatened with torment and offered the object of his desire. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.