more than 9?

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Originally Posted by Anguirel

Need it have been Dwarves, in fact? I don't recall any innate difference between the lesser Rings of Power not made by Celebrimbor-that is, the Seven and the Nine. Could Sauron not have gifted human followers with the recovered Dwarven rings? The Mouth of Sauron, for instance, or Herumor of "the New Shadow"? (Herumor is a particularly interesting case as possession of a ring might just justify his being the same Herumor that lorded it over the Haradrim in the Second Age.)

Sorry, not exactly sure what you mean. Are you saying that one of the dwarven rings could have been recovered and redistributed to ensnare men? Would these men become wraiths like the Nine or simply covetous/greedy?

My point (if I were making one) was that Sauron knew of the Three, knew where the Nine were and was collecting the Seven. Some of these were consumed by the Dragons, yet a few (four?) still existed. Wasn't Thráin's Ring taken from him in Dol Guldur, and wasn't this the same ring that Balin was looking for in Moria? Could one of these be the same promised by Sauron, base father of lies, to Dáin Ironfoot in return for information regarding Bilbo Baggins?