Seriously - what was it that scared Gandalf to look more into Bilbo's ring? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 02-28-2024, 12:58 PM

The thing is, I don't believe that it says anywhere that autosizing is a property restricted to the One Ring, or even the Great Rings. For all we know, it may be a feature of any magic ring made by the Mirdain. Tolkien never bothers telling us.

So it may well be that all Gandalf has to go on is "magic ring"- which tells him nothing new. And keep in mind that magic rings are not Gandalf's field; that's Saruman's speciality.

02-28-2024, 12:58 PM	#1
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,304	The thing is, I don't believe that it says anywhere that autosizing is a property restricted to the One Ring, or even the Great Rings. For all we know, it may be a feature of any magic ring made by the Mirdain. Tolkien never bothers telling us. So it may well be that all Gandalf has to go on is "magic ring"- which tells him nothing new. And keep in mind that magic rings are not Gandalf's field; that's Saruman's speciality. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.