Where Are The Other Rings Of Power During LOTR

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The Lord of the Rings trilogy places the highest of stakes on the fate of the One Ring, but where are the other Rings of Power during its narrative? The opening scene of The Fellowship of the Ring sees Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) give a brief history of the forging of all twenty Rings of Power, naturally placing a greater emphasis on the One Ring into which Sauron poured "his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life." Yet after this opening scene, the majority of the other Rings of Power are conspicuous by their absence, leading audiences to query exactly where the other rings went during the events of The Lord of the Rings.

Galadriel's opening monologue in The Fellowship of the Ring sheds light on who many of the Rings of Power were made for across Middle Earth's Second Age. The Elven queen explains: "Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners, and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power." These Rings of Power were, on a tertiary level, designed to allow their respective wielders the strength and the will to govern over each respective race, although both the seven Dwarven rings and the nine rings for men were part of Sauron's larger plan for dominion over Middle Earth.

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Although these Rings of Power form an integral part of Middle Earth's history and shape the events of the Third Age in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, their whereabouts are not always clear in director Peter Jackson's films. Some of the Elven rings, such as Narya, are hidden in plain sight, while others are never