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Were the rings of power actually bound to a specific species?
Let's say Bilbo hadn't found the One, but had instead found one of the Seven - one of the ones believed taken by dragons, let's say. Would he have been able to use it to gain wealth like the dwarf-kings did? Would it have had the same negative effects (promoting greed, etc)?
The same question applies to the Three and the Nine, but those are all fully accounted for (though Hobbits, as I understand it, are Men in a larger ontological sense, so presumably the Nine would be their species-specific rings regardless.)
u/InfamousData1684 — 16 days ago