Lords and Ladies of the Rings

[Amarie of the Vanyar]

By the way, have you thought, that if Galadriel, Elrond, Gandalf or any of the candidates would have taken the Ring and beaten Sauron(well, at least defeated his armies and given him a good set-back), it would have been Sauron's own fault? After all, the Ring offered itself to numerous persons and filled their minds with images of supreme power - was that a mistake, or planned by Sauron?

I think it was planned by Sauron: this was the safest way of defending the integrity of the Ring. Whithout this feature, anybody could destroy the Ring too easily, and that would have meant Sauron's immediate death.

Even though, this self-defense feature of the Ring has as an unwilling consequence the fact that also anybody could feel compelled to claim the Ring against Sauron.

Probably, Sauron thought that in this case the advantages of adding this feature to the Ring where so high that it was worth running the risk. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Everyone has discussed who could have taken the Ring and used it against Sauron, but what I was wondering - who would have?

I think that at least three people would: Boromir, Denethor and Saruman. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]