[Keeper of Dol Guldur]

Thanks for taking it easy with the "A" word (meaning allegory). Tolkien always proclaimed that it wasn't an allegory, just a story he was fond of and wanted to relate to us. Uh, yeah, anyway, Sauron supervised the seven and the nine and Celebrimbor himself made the three (Sauron's hands never touched them), but even though Sauron didn't get the three he did manage to take all the others and he distributed them to men and dwarves.

"Grumpy, who's at the door?"
"It's some pretty lady."
"Who does she say she is?"
"Why Doc, she says she's called Annatar. . . ."