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The followers of Hobbitas long ago suggested that the
Ring should be hidden, but their logic has long since
been dismantled, having been …
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And Boromitus maintains that this Ring is a gift to
the armies of could be wielded against the enemy to
the advantage of Man. But he is notably a member of
the simple clan of Spartan men who know nothing of the
subtleties of this world, and his belief is obviously
pure folly. For the Ring was made to serve Sauron, and
its nature is not that of the sword, which is the ally
of he who holds it by the hilt; for the sword is pointy
by nature on one end, and pointy is damaging and unpleasant
to the senses, but the rounded hilt is far more benign
and pleasant to the body. Thus the sword has a definite
direction of advantage, for if it is turned one way,
it can help, and the other way it will maim. The Ring
works by a more subtle process (for it is a weapon of
the mind, and it is always correct to say that the Mind
is more subtle than the Body). The physical nature of
the Ring is rounded and pleasant along its entire surface,
and thus it does not harm the body of he who wields
it or him who it is wielded against. And yet, its power
cannot be denied, for any one who should approach it
can feel the draw it has on his ….
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been lost)
Gimles puts forth that the weapon should be destroyed,
and he is partially right, but not intelligent enough
to complete the method of this solution. He suggests
that the Ring be broken and smashed with such tools
as the sword or axe, but his foolishness in this is
easily shown faulty; indeed, he himself attempted his
solution and found, beyond the ability of his mind to
explain, that his solution was impossible; for the ing
is of harder substance than metal that Men can forge,
and it cannot be broken by a material more malleable
than itself, as no thing can be shattered by a lesser
force than its own.
Thus it comes to be obvious that the only force that
may destroy the Ring is the force that created it, that
force being the fires of Mount Doom, where flame burns
hotter than Man can perceive (So hot is it that we find
a new substance in the form of liquid that can be found
nowhere else, and most certainly cannot be created through
the crafts of humans). Elronedes, who listens wisely
to my wise council, thus decided a person must be chosen
to carry out this deed, which is of a most perilous
nature and may indeed….
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