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 | | However, calling it a ring of power on par with the other rings of power is probably false: most likely it was equal to some of the lesser rings the elves made before making the true rings of power. |
 | | The ring may well not make him invisible either, if he were to put it on, but it would weigh heavily on his mind, for he is powerful enough to throw down the dark lord singlehandedly if he were to wield it. |
 | | Their existence is tolerated by the masters (Aragorn and Gandalf) to whom they owe their protection, almost against the latter's better judgment, but in the hope that they may after all have some utility in the greater scheme of things, which indeed within these stories turns out to be true. |
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